Application Networking

Hi, Is there a way to stop the CSS trying to processing client requests even though all services are down. I would like the CSS to basically send an immediate "timeout" to the client side, knowing that all services are down. Instead of getting lock...

Hi Giles,We have a client who has a primary farm, and this backs up to a secondary farm if the primary fails. What they now want is to have a "static" page displayed if the main service being provided by the serverfarm is unreachable. This static p...

We are planning design with two CSM modules to be used in conjunction with SSLM modules both sets in redundant Catalyst 6513 chassis with Sup 720. For the CSM, I have read that Secure Router Mode and Bridged mode can be supported by the same CSM. M...

The documentation for COntent Engine says that it can interface with ICAP server to scan the incoming URL request. Is that possible to do the same on the CSS switches? if not what is the method you can use on CSS switches to be able to scan incoming ...

Hi,Model is CSS11150, 5.00 Build 105. 2 box, identical configuration/model. Will playing the synchronization script on the master to sync the config to the backup affect traffic passing through? Or should this be transparent? The master is in product...

Hi,Which of the following L5 ruleset should i use to enable advance-balance arrowpoint cookie?port 80 or url "/*" or BOTH???

CSS has been configured with one VIP which has four real servers behind the VIP. We would like that clients always being dispatched to server #1 for application access, and be able to access the rest of servers if server 1 fails, in other word, we ju...

I am load balancing three routers using the CSS11150. I have setup the three routers as primary, secondary and tertiary services. The routers feed X25 lines with the route determined by the port number. Everything works fine until I get above 100 ser...

Hi, currently for testing purposes we have had a one armed configuration that works using client nat. Now, due to an application requirement the original requesting client ip must be known. When I isolated a server completely behind the css, it can n...

When I tried to view the sys.log or sys.log.prev it display the inforamtion on the log file but terminates it with a truncated message.(--Truncated---).How can I view the entire file ?Could it be possible to rename sys.log.prev file so that the over...

I'm struggling with getting DNS Bind to delegate the domain with no prefix to multiple CSSs, in a global/DNS round-robin scenario. For example, I can easily delegate www.xxx.com, but can not get xxx.com to be delegated to CSS. CNAME is not an optio...

Should the Cisco Content Engine be use as a proxy appliance like a Blue Coat appliance, Squid cache engine, ISA server, etc...I am pretty sure it is but just need some feedback on past experiences. Customer would like to by a Cisco product for Web f...

Hi,We are setting up three Cisco CSS 11501 with SSL modules to provide access to some servers runnning BEA weblogic and Peoplesoft.The users on the Internet should connect using HTTPS to the content switches, which are then proxying the requests to t...

Hi,CSS used as web services loadbalancing, go alive to operation, and work smoothly.few days ago doing test for CSS performance and response time.the front end test client IP 10.76.152.37 same subnet with CSS VIP 10.76.152.241, and backend real web s...