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July 2000 A29914-001 Contents Preface ix Who should read this manual ................................................................... x Conventions used in this manual.............................................................. x Chapter 1 Introduction 1 What is an Intel® NetStructure™ Cache Appliance?...............................2 Why use this caching appliance?.......................................................2 Flexible cache architecture ................................................................2 Intel NetStructure Cache Appliance features.....................................3 How to use this guide ...............................................................................5 Chapter 2 Getting Started 7 Starting the system for the first time.........................................................8 Accessing the Manager UI .....................................................................12 Using Monitor and Configure mode .................................................13 Using online help..............................................................................15 Accessing the command-line interface...................................................15 Verifying that caching works...................................................................15 Changing passwords..............................................................................15 Chapter 3 Monitoring Appliance Performance 17 Accessing monitor pages .......................................................................18 Using the Dashboard page.....................................................................18 Dashboard alert lights......................................................................19 Changing the selected node ............................................................20 Using the Node page..............................................................................20 Using the Graphs page...........................................................................21 Using the Protocols page .......................................................................21 Using the Cache page............................................................................21 Using the ARM page.............................................................................. 21 Using the Other page............................................................................. 22 Using the MRTG page ........................................................................... 22 Chapter 4 Configuring the Appliance Accessing configure pages .................................................................... 24 Using the Server Basics page..............................