Contents

Figures
About this book
Who should read this book
Accessibility
Conventions and terminology used in this book
Overview
Introducing WebSphere Application Server Edge components
Caching Proxy
Load Balancer
Dispatcher
Content Based Routing
Site Selector
Cisco CSS Controller
Nortel Alteon Controller
Metric Server
Edge components and the WebSphere family
Tivoli Access Manager
WebSphere Portal Server
WebSphere Site Analyzer
WebSphere Transcoding Publisher
More information on Application Server and Edge components
Edge component concepts and discussions
Caching
Basic Caching Proxy configurations
Reverse Caching Proxy (default configuration)
Forward Caching Proxy
Advanced caching
Load-balanced Caching Proxy clusters
Caching dynamic content
Additional caching features
Network performance
Network hardware
Memory considerations
Hard disk considerations
Network considerations
CPU considerations
Network architecture
Web site popularity and proxy server load considerations
Traffic type considerations
Availability
Load balancing
Load balancing multiple content hosts
Load balancing multiple reverse proxy servers
Load Balancer with multiple forward proxy servers
Failover support
Content Based Routing
Scenarios
Business-to-consumer network
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Business to client-banking-solution
Web portal network
Installing Edge components
Requirements for Edge components
Hardware and software prerequisites
Using browsers with the Caching Proxy Configuration and Administration forms
Using browsers with the Load Balancer online help
Installing Edge components using the setup program
Using the setup program for Windows
Using the setup program for AIX, HP-UX, Linux and Solaris
Installing Caching Proxy using system packaging tools
Uninstall Caching Proxy using system tools
Installing Load Balancer using system packaging tools
Installing for AIX
Before you install
Installation procedure
Installing for HP-UX
Before you install
Installation procedure
Installing for Linux
Before you install
Installation steps
Installing for Solaris
Before you install
Installation steps
Updating Edge components
Updating Caching Proxy for AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris operating systems
Before you begin
Installing the packages for Caching Proxy on the AIX, HP-UX, Linux, or Solaris operating systems
Updating Caching Proxy for Windows operating systems
Rejecting an update
Building networks with Edge components
Build a Caching Proxy network
Workflow
Review required computer systems and software
Build Server 1 (Linux and UNIX systems)
Build Server 1 (Windows system)
Configure Server 1
Test the Caching Proxy network
Build a Load Balancer network
Workflow
Review required computer systems and software
Configure the network
Configure the Dispatcher
Configuring using the command line
Configuring using the configuration wizard
Configuring using the graphical user interface (GUI)
Test the Load Balancer network
Appendixes