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CHAPTER 15
Content Intelligent Switching
This chapter discusses advanced load balancing solutions utilizing Layer 7 content switching.
Inspecting HTTP headers, examining content identifiers such as URLs and cookies, and pars-
ing content requests are discussed in the following topics:
n “Overview” on page 372
n “Content Intelligent Server Load Balancing” on page 375
n “Content Intelligent Web Cache Redirection” on page 394
n “Exclusionary String Matching for Real Servers” on page 410
n “Regular Expression Matching” on page 412
n “Content Precedence Lookup” on page 414
n “Layer 7 Deny Filter” on page 417
NOTE – Direct Access Mode (DAM) must be enabled or configure a proxy IP address on all
switch ports (except port 9) for all content-intelligent switching features.