Preface

The Sun Fire B10p SSL Proxy Blade Administration Guide provides installation and configuration instructions for the Sun Fire trademark B10p SSL proxy blade. These instructions are designed for an experienced system administrator with networking knowledge.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1 describes the product hardware and software and lists hardware and software requirements and features. It includes a summary of the basic operation of the blade.

Chapter 2 describes how to install the hardware and software.

Chapter 3 describes the steps required to initialize and configure the SSL proxy blade for use in a network environment.

Chapter 4 describes the steps required to configure the SSL proxy blade for load balancing SSL traffic.

Chapter 5 describes the command-line interface (CLI) for the SSL proxy blade used for viewing and configuring information and statistics.

Chapter 6 describes how to upgrade the firmware and software.

Appendix A provides a quick overview of the basic security concepts that are useful to the SSL proxy blade administrator, especially those new to the area of SSL security.

Appendix B includes application notes on various aspects of including the SSL proxy blade in new and existing network infrastructures.

Appendix C discusses requesting and managing certificates.

Appendix D shows a sample display of the information to the serial console during boot.

Appendix E lists and describes the key SSL statistics.

Appendix F outlines some common troubleshooting issues.

Appendix G provides an alphabetical listing of all the commands.

Glossary is a list of words and phrases and their definitions.

Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices.

See one or more of the following for this information:

Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals

Other software documentation that you received with your system

Typographic ConventionsTable with descriptions and examples of the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Typeface ^[1]	Meaning	Examples
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls` -`a` to list all files. `% You have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output	`%` `suPassword:`
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. To delete a file, type `rm` filename.

Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine-name`%`
C shell superuser	machine-name`#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

Application	Title	Part Number
Installation	Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis Hardware Installation Guide	816-7614-10
	Sun Content Load Balancing Blade Installation and User's Guide	817-0677-10
Software setup	Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis Software Setup Guide	816-3361-10
Safety and compliance	Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis Safety and Compliance Manual	816-3364-10

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