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
Installing Edge Components with IBM Installation Manager
Installing IBM Installation Manager
Installing Edge Components with the IBM Installation Manager GUI
Installing Edge Components silently with IBM Installation Manager
Installing fix packs to Edge Components
Installing fix packs using the Installation Manager GUI
Installing fix packs with the command line
Uninstalling fix packs to Edge Components with IBM Installation Manager
Uninstalling Edge Components
Uninstalling Edge Components with the IBM Installation Manager GUI
Uninstalling Edge Components silently with IBM Installation Manager
Uninstalling previous versions of Edge Components
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