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Chapter 2
Getting Started
Verifying that Traffic Server is up and running
When you completed the initial configuration of the cache appliance as described in the HP Web Cache Server
Appliance sa2100/sa2200 Getting Started Guide, Traffic Server was automatically started.
To verify that Traffic Server is up and running:
1. Access Traffic Manager (refer to
Overview of Access Methods‚ on page 7
).
2. From the Monitor tab, click the Protocols button.
3. Make a note of the current HTTP Client Total Document Bytes statistic.
4. Set your browser proxy setting to the Traffic Server name and proxy port.
5. Browse the internet.
6. Recheck the HTTP Client Total Document Bytes statistic.
This value increases as Traffic Server processes HTTP requests.
Accessing Traffic Manager
Traffic Manager is Traffic Server’s browser-based user interface, consisting of a series of web pages. Traffic
Manager provides a rich set of graphs and statistical displays for monitoring Traffic Server performance and
network traffic, plus a set of options for configuring and fine-tuning your system. All common Traffic Server
configuration tasks should be performed using this UI.
You access Traffic Manager through your web browser.
To access Traffic Manager:
1. Open your web browser.
Traffic Manager requires Java and JavaScript; be sure to enable Java and JavaScript in your browser.
2. Type one of the following locations in your browser:
Standard
http://nodename:adminport/
SSL
https://nodename:adminport/
where nodename is the name of the appliance and adminport is the number assigned to Traffic Manager
port (the default value for adminport is 8081).
NOTE
Use the following
https
address in step 2 to reach Traffic Manager only if you have
restricted access to Traffic Manager via SSL connections; otherwise, use the
standard
http
address.