Cisco Internet CDN Software User Guide
Index

Table of Contents

index

index

Symbols


*.ok file   4-18

<CdnManifest> tag   2-6

<content-type> tag   2-8

<extension> tag   2-10

<host> tag   2-12

<item> tag   2-13

<item-group> tag   2-16

<options> tag   2-10

<playserver> tag   2-8

<PlayServerTable> tag   2-7

<server> tag   2-11

Numerics


200 HTTP OK code   4-19

204 No Content code   4-19

205 Reset Content code   4-19

206 Partial Content content   4-19

404 File Not Found code   4-19

409 Conflict code   4-19

A


activating
Content Engines   2-33

adding
locations   2-27
new update file   4-22
regions   2-24

administrators
CDN   1-10

alias
hosted domain   2-49

alternateUrl attribute
item   2-13, 2-17

assigning Content Engine to distribution networks   2-56

Audio Visual Interleaved
See AVI

AVI   1-3, 2-9

B


back-channel multicasting   4-9

bandwidth
error when setting replication   A -6

C


cache
about   1-3

CACHE_IDENT   4-20

Cache Disk Size   3-15

Cache Hits per minute   3-14

Cache Kb per minute   3-15

Cache Memory Size   3-15

Cache Misses per minute   3-15

CDN
about   1-1
administrators   1-10
architecture   1-12
back-channel multicasting   4-9
content type mapping   2-8
creating   2-1
database   1-9
definition of   1-13
devices   1-5
disaster recovery   4-38
end users   1-11
exporting data   3-41
hardware   1-4
linking to web page   2-19
modifying system properties   4-30
new features   1-4
policies   1-9
preparing   2-2
printing data   3-41
publishing URLs linking to content on   2-19
routing requests   1-14
setting up   2-3
terminology   1-13
time zones   B-1
typical configuration   1-5
updating software   4-22

cdn-http   2-20

cdn-media   2-20

cdnPrefix attribute
item-group   2-17

cdn-qtss   2-20

cdn-real   2-20

cdn-url attribute
and published URL   2-20
and src   2-16
item   2-14

changing system passwords   4-4

Cisco.com   xviii

Cisco Internet CDN Software
components   1-4
description   1-1
routing decisions   1-16
routing requests   1-14
updating   4-22
user interface   1-18
users   1-10

CLI
changing CSS password   3-23
restarting device   3-12

cluster
about   1-9
creating   2-41
deleting   3-27
maximum allowed   2-41
modifying   3-25

command-line interface
See CLI

configuration address
Content Services Switch   2-37

configuring
DNS server   4-14
multicasting   4-9
network   3-20
playserver   4-6
QuickTime server   4-13
RealServer   4-7, 4-11
supernode   2-37

contact information
primary   2-22
secondary   2-23

contains attribute
item   2-14

content
expiration date and time   2-14, 2-15
fetching   2-15
grouping   2-16
importing   1-17
manifest file for importing media   2-3
mapping   2-7
origin server   2-3
publishing URLs   2-19
replicating to hosted domain   2-52
server fetched from   2-15
supported   1-3
TTL   2-16
updating   3-36
URL   2-16

content attribute
listing   2-13

Content Delivery Network
See CDN

Content Distribution Manager
about   1-5
accessing   1-20
accessing user interface   1-20, 1-21
changing passwords   4-5
customers   1-19
definition of   1-13
description   1-5
enabling multicasting   4-10
exiting   1-20
graphical user interface   1-3, 1-18
help   1-19
networks   1-19
resources   1-19
tools   1-19
virtual CDN   1-19

Content Engines
about   1-6
activating and defining   2-33
adding to hosted domain   3-34
assigning by region   3-8
assigning to distribution networks   2-56
assigning to hosted domain   2-50
assigning to virtual CDN   2-56, 3-8
damaged drives   4-37
definition of   1-13
deleting   3-13
from root location   3-13
description   1-6
inactive status   3-24
maximum allowed   1-14, 2-33
modifying   3-9
passwords   3-10
pre-position disk space   2-36, 3-25
properties   2-29
reboot   3-12
region and location   2-24
remote logging   4-15
removing   3-34
replication log   3-39
restart   3-12
shut down   3-12
static cache content   2-36
statistics
viewing   3-14
stop   3-12
supernodes   2-37

content provider
creating   2-21
creating hosted domain for   2-45
definition of   1-13
deleting   3-29
hosted domain   1-2, 2-3, 3-30
modifying   3-28

Content Routers
about   1-6
activating   2-29, 2-30
deactivating   2-33
definition of   1-13
deleting   3-19
description   1-6
DNS mapping   2-30
maximum allowed   2-30
modifying   3-16
passwords   3-18
naming   2-32
properties   2-29
rebooting   3-19
region and location   2-24
restarting   3-19
routing user requests   1-14
shutting down   3-19
stopping   3-19

Content Services Switch
changing network address   3-21
configuration information   2-37
configuration IP address   3-21
configuration priorities   2-37
definition of   1-13
password   2-41, 3-23

conventions   xiv

copying
content to hosted domain   2-52

creating
hosted domain   2-45

CSS configuration IP address   3-21

current software version
determining   4-29

customer
See content provider

D


Darwin Streaming Server
See QuickTime

date attribute
expiration   2-14, 2-15
fetch content   2-15
serve content after   2-15

debug file package   4-35

debug logging
disable   4-32
enable   4-33

deleting
content provider   3-29
hosted domain   3-36
locations   3-6
regions   3-4
update file   4-29

Description property   2-30

desirable
option   3-4
region   2-24, 3-4

devices
changing passwords for all   4-6

distribution networks
assigning Content Engine to   2-56

DNS
hosted domain   1-2
properties   4-14
proxy   1-14
server
configuration   4-14

DNS Queries per minute
about   3-15

DNS Trace
disabling   4-36
enabling   4-36
logged information   4-37

DOC
See Microsoft Word

documentation
conventions   xiv
related   xv

document type definition
See DTD

domain name
hosted domain   3-32

DTD   2-5

E


end users
CDN   1-11
requesting content   1-11

Error in bandwidth specification   A -6

error messages   A -5  to A -8

event messages   A -1  to A -4

expires attribute
item   2-14

export
CDN data   3-41

F


fetch
content from origin server   2-52

file
attribute
marking for import   2-13
extension   2-10
mapping   2-7

formats
supported   1-3

G


GIF   1-3, 2-9

GMT   2-15

Graphics Interchange Format
See GIF

group
content   2-16

GUI
about   1-18

H


hardware
supported   1-4

help   1-19

HIER_HOST   4-20

host attribute
defining   2-12

hosted domain
about   1-2
alias   2-49
characteristics of   2-46
content copied to   2-52
Content Engines   2-50
creating   2-45
definition of   1-13
deleting   3-36
domain name   2-48
linking manifest file to   2-49
modifying   3-31
origin server   2-3
purging   3-37
replication   3-38
replication log   3-39
updating content   3-36
URL
and playserver definitions   2-20
translated into cache address   1-2
valid name   3-32
viewing   3-30

host name
cluster   3-25

HOST-RESOURCES-MIB   4-2

HTML   1-3, 2-9

HTTP
codes   4-19
password   3-18, 4-5
Content Engine and Content Router   2-30
playserver name   2-9

Hypertext Markup Language
See HTML

I


import
content   1-17

inactive status
Content Engines   3-24

IP address
Content Services Switch   2-37
DNS proxy   1-16

J


Java monitor   4-12

Joint Photographic Experts Group
See JPG

JPG   1-3, 2-9

L


license
distributed   4-11

license group   4-11

live
See type attribute

Location property   2-29

locations
about   2-24
adding   2-27
creating   2-27
deleting   3-6
maximum allowed   1-16, 2-24
modifying   3-5

log
remote logging   4-15
output   4-17
replication   3-39
SQuID cache log
format   4-18
system events   4-30

logfiletype   4-17

LoggingStyle   4-22

M


manifest file
creating   2-3
definition of   1-2
document type definition   2-5
example   2-18
importing content   1-17
linking to hosted domain   2-49
modifying location   3-33
structure   2-4
syntax   2-4
time zones   B-1
updating   3-36

manifest-id attribute
options   2-11

media
attribute
marking for import   2-13
playserver name   2-9
supported   1-3

merlot-css-setup script
configuring Content Services Switch   2-37

Microsoft PowerPoint   1-3, 2-9

Microsoft Word   1-3, 2-9

MIME   2-7, 2-8

modifying
Content Engine   3-9
content provider   3-28
hosted domain   3-31
locations   3-5
regions   3-2

Motion Pictures Expert Group
See MPG

MOV
See QuickTime Movie

MP3   1-3, 2-9

MPG   1-3, 2-9

multicasting   4-9
configuring   4-9
enabling   4-9

N


name
hosted domain   3-33

name attribute
content-type   2-8
extension   2-10
host   2-12
playserver   2-8
server   2-12

Name property   2-29

networks
modifying   3-20
user interface feature   1-19

next-click failover   2-37

noRedirectToOrigin attribute
item   2-15
item-group   2-17
options   2-11

O


Oracle 8i policy database
about   1-9
Content Distribution Manager   1-18

origin server
as DNS name of web server   1-2
definition of   1-13
hosted domain   2-3
linking to hosted domain   2-49
replicating content from   2-53, 3-37

P


password attribute
host   2-12

passwords
changing   4-4
Content Engine   3-10
Content Router   3-18
Content Services Switch   3-23

PDF   1-3, 2-9

playserver
http
supported formats   2-9
media
supported formats   2-9
modifying   4-6
qtss
supported formats   2-10
real
supported formats   2-10
URL   2-20

playserver attribute
item   2-15
item-group   2-17

playserver mappings
accepted locations   2-7

playserver tables   2-7

playserver versus <playserver> tag   2-8

policy database
See Oracle 8i policy database

Portable Document Format
See PDF

port attribute
host   2-13

postal address
content provider   2-22

PPT
See Microsoft PowerPoint

prefetch attribute
item   2-15

prepare
CDN   2-2

prepos
See type attribute

pre-positioning
content   1-17
disk space   2-36, 3-25

primary contact   2-22

print
CDN data   3-40

proto attribute
host   2-13

protocol attribute
used to fetch content   2-13

proxy tables   1-16

publisher RealServer   4-11

purging
hosted domain   3-37

Q


QT
See QuickTime

qtss
playserver name   2-10

QuickTime
Movie   1-3, 2-9, 2-10
server
modifying   4-13

R


RA
See RealMedia

real
playserver name   2-10

RealMedia
RealAudio   1-3, 2-10
RealPix   1-4, 2-10
RealText   1-4, 2-10
RealVideo   1-4

RealServer
access log   4-17
activating   4-8
configuring   4-9
distributed licensing   4-11
Java Monitor   4-12
live content   2-15
log file format   4-21
modifying   4-7
multicasting using   4-9
publisher   4-11
subscriber   4-11

Reboot option
Content Engines   3-11

Refresh Time field   3-33

Region property   2-29

regions
about   2-23
adding   2-24
assigning Content Engines by   2-55
creating   2-24
default   2-23
deleting   3-4
desirability of   2-24, 3-4
maximum allowed   2-24
modifying   3-2
removing default   2-23

remote logging   4-15
output   4-17

replicate
to hosted domain   2-52

replication
error setting bandwidth   A -6
log   3-39
status   3-38
status update   3-39

request
routing   1-15

resources   1-19

responsible person
See RP

Restart Software option
Content Engines   3-11

RM
See RealMedia

rmlog   4-17

root location
assigning   2-52
cluster   3-27
deleting Content Engines from   3-13
deleting supernode   3-24

root password   3-18, 4-5
Content Engine and Content Router   2-29

routing
about   1-15
decisions   1-16
requests   1-14

RP
address   4-14
See RealMedia

RT
See RealMedia

RV
See RealMedia

S


secondary contact   2-23

serve attribute
item   2-15
item-group   2-17

server attribute
item   2-15
item-group   2-17

service provider
definition of   1-13
needs   1-2

Shutdown option
Content Engines   3-11

Simple Network Management Protocol
See SNMP

SMIL
as supported file format   2-10
marking contained files   2-14

SNMP
agent   1-5
manager   4-2
creating   4-2
registering   4-3
removing   4-4

software
updating   4-22, 4-27

software version
determining   4-29

Space Required field   3-33

SQuID cache log
format   4-18

src attribute
alternate URL   2-13, 2-17
and cdn-url   2-16
and published URL   2-20
item   2-16

srcPrefix attribute
item-group   2-18

static content   2-36

statistics
Content Engines   3-14

StatsMask   4-22

status
replication   3-38

Status property   2-29

Stop Software option   3-12

Storage Allocation property   2-30

StreamingServerlog   4-17

subscriber RealServer   4-11

supernode
about   1-9, 2-37
configuring   2-37
Content Services Switch configuration information   2-37
creating   2-38
definition of   1-5
deleting   3-24
modifying   3-21
password   2-41
priorities when configuring   2-37
root location   3-24

System Configuration tool   4-30

system events log
remote logging   4-15
viewing   4-30

system passwords
changing   4-4

T


TAC
contacting   xviii

TCP_HIT request status   4-19

TCP_IMS_HIT request status   4-19

TCP_MEM_HIT request status   4-19

TCP_NEGATIVE_HIT request status   4-19

TCP_REFRESH_HIT request status   4-19

TCP_REFRESH_MISS request status   4-19

Technical Assistance Center
See TAC

technical support   xvii

Telnet   4-34

terminology
CDN   1-13

text conventions   xiv

Time To Live
See TTL

timezone attribute
options   2-11

time zones   B-1

tools   1-19

troubleshooting
mapping damaged drives   4-37
See also error messages

ttl attribute
item   2-16
item-group   2-18

type attribute
item   2-16
item-group   2-18

U


update file
adding   4-22
deleting   4-29

updating
hosted domain content   3-36
software   4-22, 4-27

URL
CDN   2-19
content   2-16
linking to CDN   2-19
manifest file   3-33

user attribute
host   2-13

V


version of software   4-29

Version property   2-29

video-on-demand
See VOD

virtual CDN
adding Content Engines   3-8
assigning Content Engines to   2-56
creating   2-53
deleting   3-9
modifying   3-7
removing Content Engines   3-8

virtual IP address
cluster   3-25

W


web page
linking to CDN content   2-19

X


XML
manifest file   2-3