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Comtech EF Data / Stampede

FX Series Administration Guide - Version 6.2.2

Chapter: Using This Document
Section: Table of Contents

MN-FXSERIESADM6 Rev 6

1.7.1

Theory of Operation ........................................................................................................... 36

1.7.2

Mesh Capability with two FX Series appliances at each node ............................................ 36

1.7.3

Mesh configuration with Redundancy ............................................................................... 38

1.8

FX Series Appliances Data Sheet .............................................................................................. 39

1.8.1

Single Sided with the Application Delivery Controller (ADC).............................................. 39

1.8.2

Two Sided with the ADC and the Remote .......................................................................... 39

1.8.3

Configuration Models ......................................................................................................... 40

1.8.4

FX Series Hardware Specification ....................................................................................... 41

1.8.5

FX-4010 Physical Description.............................................................................................. 42

1.8.6

FX4010 DC Physical Description ......................................................................................... 43

1.8.7

FX-1005 Physical Description.............................................................................................. 45

1.8.8

FX Series FX-1005 Hardware Mounting Options ................................................................ 47

1.8.9

FX-1010 Physical Description.............................................................................................. 48

Initial Installation Information ....................................................................... 50

2.1

Pre-Installation Information .................................................................................................... 50

2.1.1

Unpacking ........................................................................................................................... 50

2.1.2

User Interfaces ................................................................................................................... 50

2.1.3

Documentation ................................................................................................................... 50

2.2

How to Configure Appliance Management Address ................................................................ 51

2.2.1

All Installation Patterns ...................................................................................................... 51

2.3

How to configure FX Series Installation Pattern (In-Line Mode) ............................................. 52

2.3.1

Cable the Appliance ............................................................................................................ 52

2.3.2

Configure the Appliance ..................................................................................................... 52

2.4

How to configure FX Series Installation Pattern (Routed Mode) ............................................. 54

2.4.1

Cable the Appliance ............................................................................................................ 54

2.4.2

Configure the Appliance ..................................................................................................... 54

2.5

How to configure FX Series Installation Pattern (WCCP Mode) ............................................... 56

2.5.1

Cable the Appliance ............................................................................................................ 56

2.5.2

Configure the Appliance ..................................................................................................... 56

2.5.3

Configure WCCP Settings .................................................................................................... 57

2.6

How to Configure Two FX Series Appliances in a Mesh Configuration .................................... 59

2.6.1

Cable the Appliances .......................................................................................................... 59

2.6.2

Configure the appliances .................................................................................................... 59

2.6.3

Mesh installation with Redundancy capability ................................................................... 59

FX Series Configuration ................................................................................. 60

3.1

Standard Configuration Overview ........................................................................................... 60

3.2

Management Settings .............................................................................................................. 62

3.2.1

How to Configure Network Interfaces ................................................................................ 62

3.2.2

How to Configure Host/DNS Settings ................................................................................. 64

3.2.3

How to Configure SNMP Settings ....................................................................................... 65

3.2.4

How to Configure Web Admin Settings .............................................................................. 66

3.3

Traffic Interface Settings .......................................................................................................... 67

3.3.1

How to Configure In-Path Interfaces .................................................................................. 67

3.3.2

How to Configure LAN Interfaces ....................................................................................... 69

3.3.3

How to Configure Port Definitions ..................................................................................... 70

3.3.4

How to Configure WCCP ..................................................................................................... 72

3.4

Quality of Service ..................................................................................................................... 79

3.4.1

Theory of Operations for QoS and Traffic Shaping ............................................................. 79

3.4.2

QoS Configuration Hierarchy Screen .................................................................................. 81

Summary of Contents for FX series 1005

Page 1: ...sion 6 2 2 IMPORTANT NOTE The information contained in this document supersedes all previously published information regarding this product Product specifications are subject to change without prior n...

Page 2: ...Comtech EF Data Stampede FX Series Administration Guide Version 6 2 2 ii Chapter Using This Document Section Table of Contents MN FXSERIESADM6 Rev 6...

Page 3: ...ements xx 1 Overview FX Series 22 1 1 Stampede FX Series Product Line Update 22 1 2 Technologies that Optimize Satellite Bandwidth Acceleration 23 1 3 Single Sided Solution 25 1 3 1 Load Balancing via...

Page 4: ...eries Installation Pattern In Line Mode 52 2 3 1 Cable the Appliance 52 2 3 2 Configure the Appliance 52 2 4 How to configure FX Series Installation Pattern Routed Mode 54 2 4 1 Cable the Appliance 54...

Page 5: ...nfigurations in a WCCP Cluster 103 4 FX Series ADC General Settings 104 4 1 1 How to Configure FX ADC in Configuration Only mode 105 4 1 2 Object Retrieval Logging 106 4 1 3 Traffic Interception 106 4...

Page 6: ...ns 143 7 3 3 How to Configure Layer 5 Optimizations 144 7 3 4 Layer 5 Protocols 145 7 3 5 ToS handling method 145 7 3 6 Layer 5 Acceleration Discussion 146 8 FX Series Operations Features 147 8 1 Basi...

Page 7: ...10 FX Series QoS Hierarchy Screen 81 Figure 3 11 FX Series QoS Links Screen 84 Figure 3 12 F Series QoS Link Edit Screen 84 Figure 3 13 FX Series ACM QOS Status by Modem Report 87 Figure 3 14 FX Seri...

Page 8: ...TCP UDP Ports Table 146 Figure 8 1 FX Series Operations Menu 147 Figure 8 2 FX Series Backup and Restore Screen 148 Figure 8 3 FX Series Change Passwords Screen 149 Figure 8 4 FX Series Upgrade Fast...

Page 9: ...ons for all FX Series appliances It covers In Line Mode Routed Mode WCCP Mode and Mesh Configurations FX Series Network Settings This section discusses how to set the basic networking parameters such...

Page 10: ...pgrades and other important support provisions Contact Product Support for more information Key FX Series Appliance Information This information should be recorded and saved for future reference for e...

Page 11: ...itionally you have the right to make one 1 archival copy of the SOFTWARE for each appliance and for each computer which has the SOFTWARE installed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and su...

Page 12: ...E and the accompanying written materials Comtech EF Data does not warrant that the SOFTWARE s functions will meet your requirements or that its operation will be uninterrupted or error free This limit...

Page 13: ...o are registered trademarks of SUSE AG Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds Portions Copyright 1991 1997 Thomas G Lane All rights reserved All trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of...

Page 14: ...Web Server HTTP or Command Line Interface pages for the FX Series appliance Trademarks Product names mentioned in this manual may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies a...

Page 15: ...rformance of any part of the product or is damaged as the result of use in a way or with equipment that had not been previously approved by Comtech EF Data Corporation The warranty does not apply to a...

Page 16: ...during shipping Ship the product back to Comtech EF Data Shipping charges should be prepaid Online RMA Support An RMA number can be requested electronically by accessing Comtech EF Data s online Supp...

Page 17: ...ted SNMP can now be configured from the Administrative User Interface Ability to monitor and configure active flows has been added Network status screen now clearly illustrates connectivity problems Q...

Page 18: ...his now shows packet compression savings percentage Configuration QOS Queues pick list This function has been dramatically reworked You can now change CIR MIR Priority and enable disable packet compre...

Page 19: ...ess Fail to Wire option has been added to the general screen on or off ACM QOS Section of the Current Status screen has an added report Throughput by QoS with an updated description of By Modem Versio...

Page 20: ...er VLAN basis at ADC only not Remote Accelerated VLAN traffic will maintain original VLAN affinity Private HTTP caches on a per VLAN basis Cached HTTP data will be segregated between VLANs VLAN additi...

Page 21: ...This feature allows a user to upload a file to an FX device via ftp the file is then reliably multicast to a group of receivers The receivers then upload the content to a local ftp server The Multicat...

Page 22: ...Packet Aggregation As real time traffic moves to IP there is a proliferation of traffic with small payloads In this case the header bytes can be 2 to 4 times the number of payload bytes For small voic...

Page 23: ...FX Series supports a reliable multicast This is designed to work in a mesh network but will also work in a hub spoke network In the mesh any device can be a transmitter with the remaining devices bei...

Page 24: ...rise data centers we have the solution for your organization s needs Compatible with Advanced VSAT Solutions The Stampede FX Series products can be added to an Advanced VSAT Solutions network for WAN...

Page 25: ...g over the WAN This improves application delivery response times and allows the WAN link to support more traffic Using WCCP traffic is transparently redirected to the FX Series appliance for TCP and H...

Page 26: ...which constantly open and close sessions as they poll and access various Web services Stampede eliminates this potentially network intrusive overhead 1 3 4 ACM QoS The Quality of Service Function wit...

Page 27: ...ot be used to compress HTTP headers or image data In a single sided mode the FX Series appliance utilizes GZIP to compress information that can be processed by standard browsers Stampede utilizes vari...

Page 28: ...rom servers Some of the key benefits include Reducing bandwidth consumption Keeping servers behind the FX Series anonymous for security purposes Delivering fast access to content 1 3 8 TCP Optimizatio...

Page 29: ...ver be delivered incorrectly While this technique adds value on expired pages it is extremely effective for dynamic page generation An important aspect of Stampede s Cache Differencing is the ability...

Page 30: ...ple transactions into a single transaction which eliminates round trips performing cache differencing on dynamically generated content and bi directional data compression In addition our patented tech...

Page 31: ...the Content Distribution Control Protocol CDCP to ensure that only one multicast transmission is in progress Figure 1 1 FX Series Multicator Theory of Operation Sequence of Events 1 Files are deposit...

Page 32: ...provider head end and work together with FX Series Remote appliances located at each remote site These products provide two sided WAN optimization and application acceleration to alleviate the adverse...

Page 33: ...r both the FX Series ADC and the FX Series Remote QOS Monitors The QoS Monitors provide a real time view of vital QoS statistics including current average and elapsed stats Monitors include one for Li...

Page 34: ...er rides can be set for specific FX Series Remote appliances Examples of policy based settings include Bandwidth reservation and prioritization HTTP application optimization Compression and caching se...

Page 35: ...egate Throughput WCCP Status By WCCP Definition ACM QoS By Modem Routes By Table Network Status By Interface Of WAN Interface Multicator Multicator Statistics Monitors WANOP Monitor This Monitor provi...

Page 36: ...e FX Series ADC The FX Series ADC applies deflate compression image transformation static and dynamic content caching The FX Series Remote applies static content caching dynamic content caching deflat...

Page 37: ...2 37 Chapter Overview FX Series Section Mesh Networking with the FX Series MN FXSERIESADM6 Rev 6 Hub Spoke with meshing between FX Remotes with the FX ADC hub available for web browsing and other app...

Page 38: ...Redundancy The Redundancy configuration could be set up at each site to provide total redundancy The fail to wire capability is structured between the two like devices and between the Remotes and the...

Page 39: ...1 2 4 6 10 15 10 15 25 45 70 155 310 Load Balancing via WCCP Connection Management Advanced Traffic Shaping with ACM d Source IP Preservation Optimize VLAN Tagged Data GZIP Compression b Image Reducti...

Page 40: ...d alone feature the maximum data rate is 700 Mbps when purchased with the WAN optimization the data rate is limited to the WAN optimization rate e Packets per second PPS is 50 outbound and 50 inbound...

Page 41: ...ce Ports 2 2 2 Rack Mount Kits 1 or 2 units in 1RU Power Supply UL Approved FCC Compliant Requires a 60 W 12V power adapter with lock 200 W ATX power supply unit with input range of 90 264V 47 63 Hz S...

Page 42: ...to a computer or to any other piece of equipment that has an Ethernet connection for example a hub or a switch Moreover LAN eth 2 WAN eth3 are configured as LAN Bypass when failure events occur Figur...

Page 43: ...linking 6 Auxiliary Port on Linking Off not linking 7 Temperature Warning Back Panel Using suitable RJ 45 cable you can connect FX Series FX 4010 System to a computer or to any other piece of equipme...

Page 44: ...e turned on Operating Environment System Operating Temperature Range 5 C 35 C 41 F 95 F Non Operating Temperature Range 40 C 60 C 40 F 140 F Operating Relative Humidity Range 8 90 non condensing Non O...

Page 45: ...system is powered off Status Green Amber If the LED is Green it indicates that the system s operational state is normal If it is Amber it indicates that the system is malfunctioning HDD Yellow If the...

Page 46: ...Two USB 2 0 Ports It connects to any USB devices for example a flash drive 4 Gigabit LAN ports Using suitable RJ 45 cable you can connect FX Series 1005 System to a computer or to any other piece of e...

Page 47: ...locked in place e Use the screws provided to fix the short ear bracket to the left and right sides of the system as shown in the picture f Use the mounting hardware included to attach and secure the...

Page 48: ...emale Cisco console cable you can connect to a computer terminal for diagnostic or configuration purpose Default terminal Configuration Parameters 115200 baud 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit no flow...

Page 49: ...Back Panel Figure 1 11 FX Series FX 1010 Rear Panel 4 System CPU Fans Power on Switch AC Power in socket 200W ATX power supply unit with input range of 90 264V 47 63Hz Power Supply Fan Summary of Spec...

Page 50: ...eration Appliance Quick Start Guide 1 Power Cord 2 Cat5e 7ft UTP Snagless Cable 1 Cat5e Crossover Orange Red 7ft UTP Snagless Cable 1 Null Modem 6ft Cable 2 1 2 User Interfaces The FX Series supports...

Page 51: ...ess a Enter the IP address of the appliance and press enter 6 Select option 3 Configure Netmask a Enter the subnet mask and press the Enter key 7 Select option 0 Return to previous menu 8 Select optio...

Page 52: ...is on the link closest to the satellite modem FX Series ADC FX Series Remote 2 3 2 Configure the Appliance Login to the appliance through the browser interface at http IP_address_of_the_appliance 100...

Page 53: ...he Add button to add a new LAN interface Select eth2 in the Physical interface selection box In the In Path Interface s selection box click the IP address of the in path interface from above In the Un...

Page 54: ...er interface at http IP_address_of_the_appliance 10000 1 Enter the default user name comtech and the default password comtech a Click Login FX Series ADC FX Series Remote Go to Configuration General S...

Page 55: ...he Add button to add a new LAN interface Select eth3 in the Physical interface selection box In the In Path Interface s selection box click the IP address of the in path interface see above In the Unt...

Page 56: ...re the Appliance Login to the appliance through the browser interface at http IP_address_of_the_appliance 10000 1 Enter the default user name comtech and the default password comtech a Click Login 2 G...

Page 57: ...tton 2 5 3 Configure WCCP Settings Go to Traffic Interfaces WCCP 1 Click Add WCCP Definition a Select the IP address of the interface that will send the WCCP messages to the router in the Source IP ad...

Page 58: ...ing source IP address preservation use the default value k Use the default values for Redirect based on Accept traffic for and Ports l If using source IP address preservation select Enabled for Use ad...

Page 59: ...he yellow connection in the figure below See picture of rear panel in section 1 8 6 above 1 Connect the Eth3 WAN port of FX Remote to the satellite connection Blue 2 Connect the Eth2 LAN port of the F...

Page 60: ...er 5 Application Policies Management Settings Basic Network Interfaces The FX series reserves two ports management and auxiliary for management traffic Host Settings Configure the host name and DNS se...

Page 61: ...nfrastructure Quality of Service Settings Hierarchy This screen delineates the configured relationship of Queues Groups and Links Links Maintain QoS links Links correspond to a satellite modems Groups...

Page 62: ...anagement traffic This traffic is isolated from the ports in which accelerated traffic flows These interfaces are tied to a management routing table which is not used for accelerated traffic Figure 3...

Page 63: ...te the speed and duplex Max Transmit Unit MTU Specifies the max transmit unit The default value is 1500 The range is 576 to 9000 Auxiliary Interface Automatically obtain IPv4 address If set then the F...

Page 64: ...followed by whatever is entered into the Domain field Domain This is the DNS domain of the appliance DNS Servers Enter one or more IP addresses separated by commas Host DNS File Entries Hosts If no DN...

Page 65: ...roup of SNMP monitors that have read write access to the MIB a typical value is private Traps Enable Traps If Yes then the FX will send SNMP trap messages to the address specified in Trap destination...

Page 66: ...anagement Settings MN FXSERIESADM6 Rev 6 3 2 4 How to Configure Web Admin Settings Figure 3 5 FX Series Web Management Interface Screen Administration Use SSL for the administrative Web GUI If enabled...

Page 67: ...reviously defined in path interfaces are displayed in the order in which they were defined An existing entry may be chosen by clicking on the IP Address The user adds interfaces by clicking the Add bu...

Page 68: ...ay for this interface Routes Enter into the text area static routes which are used by this in path interface Each static route must be entered on a separate line and must have exactly the following fo...

Page 69: ...ser adds interfaces by clicking the Add button Interfaces can be enabled disabled or deleted by checking box to the left of the IP address and clicking on the enable disable or delete button Clicking...

Page 70: ...This should only be set in redundant configurations where the traffic interception mode is in line In this case this field should be set to the permanent MAC address of the primary The permanent MAC a...

Page 71: ...low over the same port Comment This provides a place to store any user defined comment to describe the rationale for this port definition Status This allows you to control whether this port definition...

Page 72: ...redirect traffic to the appliance which will then make request on behalf of the user using the user s address as the source spoofing NOTE This configuration requires two service groups inbound and out...

Page 73: ...inition screen Configure WCCP Definitions Figure 3 9 FX Series WCCP Definitions Screen Source IP address This is the IP address must have been already defined as an In Path interface on the FX that wi...

Page 74: ...red then this password must match the setting of the WCCP router The default is no password Service group number This is the WCCP service group that the FX should join The default value is 96 Redirect...

Page 75: ...atus show ip wccp show ip wccp 99 view show ip wccp 96 detail term mon debug ip wccp packets debug ip wccp events clear ip wccp WCCP IP Spoofing Configuration for Routers The FX can preserve the sourc...

Page 76: ...ut on Interface A The subnets A User 192 168 103 xxx subnet B Content servers all other subnets via gateway at 192 168 101 158 C FXs 192 168 106 xxx show running config Building configuration Current...

Page 77: ...ssignment scheme On the FX do not define separate service group definition records instead set the Use additional service group field this is because the Cisco L2 expects the same WCCP source port to...

Page 78: ...rder to configure WCCP you must define an in path interface with an IP address that is on the same subnet as the Cisco router or switch The gateway for this in path interface must be that of the Cisco...

Page 79: ...h group can have a MIR and CIR data rate associated with it which gives further refinement on the traffic shaping A point to multipoint link can have Level 1 groups that span multiple remote points al...

Page 80: ...th the lowest priority queue and progressing through the queues in ascending priority until the requested CIR is met When traffic is dropped from queues with the same priority then each of the equal q...

Page 81: ...e and all FX1005 s on the other the amount of signaling will be 18 kbps 15 kbps 3 kbps In addition if the compression tunnels are not completely configured then the amount of traffic can be significan...

Page 82: ...This is the Maximum Information Rate of the group Group Level 2 Filter This is a list of all filters defined to get to the group immediately to the right in the table It is also a hyper link that wil...

Page 83: ...Rate of the queue Setting this to a number higher than the configured parent rate will result in an error MIR This is the Maximum Information Rate of the queue Prio This is the priority of the queue...

Page 84: ...Other buttons at the bottom of the screen are as follows Figure 3 11 FX Series QoS Links Screen Add to create a new QoS link Enable Disable Delete one or more links that are selected by the checkbox...

Page 85: ...modem over the FX management interface The default value is Disabled For 1 1 redundancy both a primary and secondary modem may be specified in which case the transmit data rate capacity of the modem w...

Page 86: ...em does not respond to SNMP polls The FX will continually poll all modems specified transmit link speed will be determined by the ONLINE modem The online modem is determined as follows CASE 1 Only one...

Page 87: ...ifying ACM QoS Connectivity To verify that the FX is correctly ascertaining the data rate from the modem navigate to Status View Current Status ACM QoS By Modem This causes the current data rate from...

Page 88: ...then this group and all queues or sub groups that are members of this group are not used Name This field is a logical name that is used as a reference for the Member of field when Groups are defined T...

Page 89: ...QoS queue basis The default setting is No Peer MAC address This setting specifies the MAC address of the WAN Interface of the FX which will receive the encapsulated compressed and aggregated packets...

Page 90: ...ion but must be eventually be assigned for them to take effect Protocol Select between IP MPLS The default is all protocols If IP is selected then the MPLS label field is inaccessible If is selected t...

Page 91: ...unassigned The Default Queue is always defined It is initial priority is 8 the lowest priority and is associated with the Default Filter Figure 3 18 FX Series QoS Queues Name This field is a logical n...

Page 92: ...gorithm Priority This is the drain priority for the queues Classes of equal priorities will be treated the same with rates split proportionally between them The minimum value highest priority is 1 the...

Page 93: ...ort which is defaulted to ports 20 21 upon initial selection To maintain Multicator transmitter functionality when performing QOS on non standard FTP ports an additional QOS filter must be created for...

Page 94: ...separated by a comma The default is any subnet Acceleration tunnels utilized by FX WAN Optimization may not maintain the original application destination address therefore this field should not be use...

Page 95: ...his component receives the content which is transmitted by the MT Upon completion of a successful reception of new content the MR uploads this content to a local FTP server NOTE Any combination of MC...

Page 96: ...ource Interface field Controller Port The port that the controller will use to communicate with transmitters and receivers if this appliance is a transmitter or receiver it is the port used to communi...

Page 97: ...that must be used when content is uploaded to the FX appliance The default password is comtech Multicator Receiver Settings Enable Multicast Receiver This setting enables the multicast receiver on thi...

Page 98: ...figuration link Click the Multicator link 3 Select the appropriate interface in the Source Interface field in the General Settings section In routed mode this should always be the WAN facing interface...

Page 99: ...ter the user name for the FTP server that will receive the file delivered to the receiver via multicast 7 Default anonymous 8 In the FTP Password field enter the password for the FTP server where the...

Page 100: ...matically synchronize configurations feature is required Primary Appliance This is the host name of the primary master FX Secondary Appliance Enter the short host name or IP address of the secondary F...

Page 101: ...completes 3 6 2 How to Configure Key Exchange In order for the FXs to securely communicate with each other in an automated fashion it is necessary to use the FX Series Appliance Manager via SSH to con...

Page 102: ...ress 10 1 1 11 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Click Save 4 Browse to PrimAdc Configuration Management Network interfaces Set Auxiliary Interface Ip v4Address 10 1 1 10 netmask 255 255 255 0 Click Save 5 Br...

Page 103: ...ettings which are synchronized include only the following HTTP Application Policies L5 Application Policies Authorization Realms QoS Queue Definitions QoS Filters QoS Links QoS Groups QoS Group Filter...

Page 104: ...on Only Mode This setting is useful if you are in the process of configuring your FX Series ADC while the unit is networked in line In Configuration Only mode the in line networking card is put into b...

Page 105: ...ngs from the specified zip file This is also a useful method for transferring similar acceleration configurations from one FX to another without affecting management settings e Load and apply the back...

Page 106: ...he WAN port is eth3 Traffic is intercepted as a transparent bridge If there is a service disruption then the units will fail to wire In bridged mode you must assign an IP address to the in path interf...

Page 107: ...vity timer expires for that control connection the FTP transfer will cease On the other hand HTTP applications generally use very short lived connections in which active flow resources are quickly rel...

Page 108: ...XSERIESADM6 Rev 6 4 1 7 Other Use Spanning Tree Protocol If enabled then spanning tree protocol STP will be used when operating in in line mode Otherwise STP packets will be discarded The default valu...

Page 109: ...te sites where FX Series Remote appliances are installed Figure 5 1 FX Series Remote General Edit Screen 5 1 System Time Network time server Specify the host address for which the RWOC will attempt to...

Page 110: ...nfiguration return the configuration setting to the normal mode disabled and verify that there are no issues with the new configuration 5 If issues are seen you can return to original acceleration con...

Page 111: ...ic is redirected to the FX by a Cisco router via WCCP Disabled Mode Traffic redirection is effectively shut off VLAN Mode Controls how the FX will process VLAN tags In Trunk mode the VLAN tags are alr...

Page 112: ...data port there will not be any data flowing over the control connection and if the inactivity timer expires for that control connection the FTP transfer will cease On the other hand HTTP application...

Page 113: ...FX Series Status Menu QOS Monitors see Section 6 2 below The QoS Monitors by Queue and by Link provide real time views of vital QoS statistics including current average and elapsed statistics WANOP M...

Page 114: ...will automatically reduce its memory resource consumption to prevent service disruption Active Flows The number of UDP and TCP connections currently flowing through the FX ADC and also the maximum ca...

Page 115: ...t based on the refresh interval Capacity improvement This is the bits per second improvement in the WAN link capacity due to the optimization provided by the FX ADC and Remote over the refresh interva...

Page 116: ...t the FX Series ADC was last started Refresh interval sec This is how often the WANOP monitor will refresh the statistics Changes take effect immediately and are remembered in subsequent accesses to t...

Page 117: ...ts currently connected Throughput Statistics This is a recording of FX Series ADC throughput statistics based on current statistics since either the last time that the statistics were cleared or the c...

Page 118: ...he data rate and the redundancy status is shown If the polled data rate exceeds the licensed data rate then the licensed data rate will be shown in the modem status table It also provides a statistica...

Page 119: ...you are interfacing to WCCP in layer 3 mode you will see a section called greX which reflects the traffic redirected to the FX over a GRE tunnel This screen is critical for diagnosing common network c...

Page 120: ...If access logging has been turned off then the graph will not display information as is shown in the graphical example shown below Access logging was turned off in October The Refresh button will upda...

Page 121: ...since the client request came in until the last byte was sent back to the client AccelerationTechnique is one of IMS HIT The client issued an If Modified Since request for an object which was in the...

Page 122: ...2 Chapter FX Series Status Section FX Series ADC Status MN FXSERIESADM6 Rev 6 Multicator Status This page shows various counters and statistics of the reliable multicast fan out feature of the FX If a...

Page 123: ...statistics from the FX Keep in mind the RTT to the appliance as well as the network capacity in setting this parameter Average Time Period This selects the time for which stats are averaged in the ass...

Page 124: ...is enabled for the link Current There are three parameters associated with the current WAN Rate WAN Rate This shows the data rate averaged over the previous 5 seconds PPS This is the current Packet s...

Page 125: ...e the last reset then the fields represent the first 54 hours of traffic The rates are updated every minute and represent the data over the respective interval terminating at that time If the Average...

Page 126: ...in one of three modes current time average and since last reset Figure 6 5 FX Series QoS Monitor by Queue Priority This is the assigned priority and queues are sorted in this list by priority Header C...

Page 127: ...at 1 Hour the fields update every minute on the minute as given by the Since Last Reset timer and represent the statistics for the previous hour If the total time is less than an hour then the fields...

Page 128: ...ferred during the interval Packets Dropped Total packets dropped during the interval Drop Rates This indicates the rate at which packets are dropped during the interval Peak Queue Depth This is the ma...

Page 129: ...tically reduce its memory resource consumption to prevent service disruption Active Flows The number of UDP and TCP connections currently flowing through the FX Remote and also the maximum capacity is...

Page 130: ...out of all WCCP service groups Config Only Mode is set on the Configuration General Settings page Overflow memory The FX is low in memory resources WANOP will continue for existing accelerated connec...

Page 131: ...er the last time that the statistics were cleared or the configured throughput statistics interval has elapsed The delta value in the upper left corner of the report indicates the number of seconds th...

Page 132: ...tes that are currently in use on this FX Series Remote on all route tables Network Status By Interface and Of WAN Interface These reports shows detailed statistical and status information about each a...

Page 133: ...pon a flexible and secure base of operating system and acceleration software Utilizing an architecture that is modularized The FX Series accelerates the movement of data accelerates the processing of...

Page 134: ...to overcome inherent TCP inefficiencies This removes congestion from WAN links and significantly improves response time for downloading large attachments even those considered to be non compressible...

Page 135: ...he VLAN ID is not part of the match criteria when realms are evaluated The selector only shows VLAN IDs for which an in path interface has been defined Client Type This field allows you to specify tha...

Page 136: ...cies definitions by selecting the checkbox to the left of the Title column and clicking on the desired button By clicking on Add you can add a new Application Policy which will bring up the Applicatio...

Page 137: ...uration 7 1 7 Enable Acceleration Acceleration can be turned on or off When Enable Acceleration is Yes the FX Series ADC will perform the acceleration techniques that are enabled in this policy When E...

Page 138: ...on x Javascript application x shockwave flash and text javascript 7 1 11 Image Optimization JPEG Transformation This function can lower the resolution of a JPEG in order to reduce communication bandwi...

Page 139: ...default value is 60 seconds Use reduced window scaling If set to Yes then the ADC will use a smaller window scaling factor when connecting to back end servers The default value is No 7 1 13 When Appl...

Page 140: ...define the users who will use this policy If the default authorization realm is used then the policy will apply to all users Setting up authorization realms will be described in the next section Comm...

Page 141: ...licies and client policies and can be up to 64 characters of text Comment This field is used to briefly describe the users that this realm applies 2 Set the origin IP address ranges for the users that...

Page 142: ...ions is Yes for enabled except the reduced window scaling option All of the detail descriptions for each item are provided in Section 7 1 Figure 7 4 FX Series Specific Optimization Edit Screen NOTE Mo...

Page 143: ...e or more Policies definitions by selecting the checkbox to the left of the Title column and clicking on the desired button By clicking on Add you can add a new Application Policy which will bring up...

Page 144: ...pecifications of this policy otherwise it will not intercept the traffic specified in this policy This setting is useful for defining exceptions to a broad port range defined in other policies The def...

Page 145: ...fies parameters when running diagnostic tests between FX Series Remote and FX Series ADC FX Configuration This protocol entry is utilized by FX Remotes for ADC location services FX Remote appliances w...

Page 146: ...efore can t be accelerated by Layer 5 Due to the nature of some TCP IP based protocols The Layer 5 acceleration techniques can function however they do not provide significant benefit For example o Th...

Page 147: ...you to view and replace license files or Fast codes These are used to license the specific appliance turn on the Multicator functionality and set the Max Data Rate Shutdown Restart This page allows y...

Page 148: ...esktop Restore FX Acceleration and Management Configuration This button should only be clicked after selecting a backup zip file using the Choose File button Following this clicking the Restore Accele...

Page 149: ...iguration from the backup zip file 5 From the Operations page select Shutdown Restart Appliance then click Restart Appliance Hardware to restart the acceleration appliance 6 Restart Appliance Hardware...

Page 150: ...rate Upgrading Fast Code Enter the character sequence provided by Comtech and then click the Upload Upgrade Code and Restart button If successful this action will immediately restart the acceleration...

Page 151: ...stopped state or restart it if it is in the active state Upon doing so it will reset all the cache files Start or Stop Acceleration Service This button will either start or stop the acceleration serv...

Page 152: ...ing only the traffic which matches the filter 1 st Capture interface Select the Ethernet interface that the actions e g start stop of the first capture will be associated with In this case it is eth3...

Page 153: ...that are downloaded to obtain the current thread state of the acceleration service and or a 15 second execution profile of the acceleration service Sample Capture Filters host 10 1 1 1 Records only t...

Page 154: ...r higher This function allows you to apply available acceleration software updates to your FX appliance NOTE You must have run the Base Platform Image upgrade BPI3 and currently be at Version 5 78 0 o...

Page 155: ...ff Automatically distribute remote updates 2 On ADC navigate to Operations Update Software Use the Upload and Apply Installation Image to update the firmware on the ADC 3 After the firmware update is...

Page 156: ...umber and the following configuration information Date Time of Information FX Model software version and build patch version Options enabled Max throughput rate Interface Status Note the CEFD Serial N...

Page 157: ...mation about the FX which can be copied and pasted into an email if a support issue or question arises These items are available at http www comtechefdata com support Product Page Data Sheets White Pa...

Page 158: ...of the many reports available on the FX Series Others have been included in the main sections as appropriate Acceleration and Throughput Statistics Reports The Pull Down will allow inspection of accel...

Page 159: ...ment Functions Here are some of the key screens for configuring many parameters on the FX Series Appliances The FX Series supports a basic menu driven interface which is accessible using the console p...

Page 160: ...Guide Version 6 2 2 160 Chapter Appendix Section FX Series Console Management Functions MN FXSERIESADM6 Rev 6 Configure SNMP Settings Select 5 Configure SNMP Configure FAST Codes Select 7 Configure FA...

Page 161: ...of the following This Guide A bootable USB drive that will automatically install the new FX Series BPI including FX Series 5 78 0 system software 10 3 3 The Upgrade Process 1 You will need to save th...

Page 162: ...stem and use the basic menu driven interface as described above 4 You will be presented with FX Series Appliance Manager screen that includes which FX Series software FX SERIES ADC or FX Remote to ins...

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