and why there is a problem with simply using VLANs to insert the cache into the path?
-- deejay > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniska, Tomas > Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 1:41 PM > To: 'Pavel Dimow' > Subject: RE: [c-nsp] Forwarding traffic to "transparent" device > > and why there is a problem with simply using VLANs to insert the cache > into the path? > > -- > > deejay > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:cisco-nsp- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Pavel Dimow > > Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 11:26 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Forwarding traffic to "transparent" device > > > > Hello all, > > > > thank you for your suggestions, but as this is transparent device (ie > > it acts just like a wire) wccp is not and option. Beside that, it can > > cache bittorrent traffic which I belive is not wccp friendly :) > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Ryan West <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Pavel, > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 4:56 PM > > >> To: [email protected] > > >> Subject: [c-nsp] Forwarding traffic to "transparent" device > > >> > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> as I am not native english speaker I don't know how to name my > > problem > > >> but I will try to give as much details as possible. > > >> Here it is, I have Cisco 7600 wich is core switch, and it have one > > >> uplink to our edge router (it is SVI interface). Now, I would like > > to > > >> insert > > >> a transparent cache engine. That would not be a problem, except > that > > >> connection between edge and core is fiber and > > >> transparent device has only a copper ports. I know that I can buy > > >> media converters, but what I would really like before > > >> is to connect cache to core and forward all (to and from internet) > > via > > >> cache and then back to core and so on. > > >> Something like this: > > >> > > >> > > >> ------------ > > >> | EDGE | > > >> ------------ > > >> | > > >> --|-- > > >> | C | > > >> | O |-------CACHE > > >> | R |-------- > > >> | E | > > >> ----- > > >> > > >> USERS > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Is this possible at all, and is there are any other solutions? > > >> > > > > > > Are you sure your core and cache engine do not support WCCP? That > > might be your best bet. The VLAN mapping option will also work, but > if > > your caching engine decides to fail and does support a hardware based > > fail-open, no more traffic will flow. > > > > > > -ryan > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
