Section C: Using the multiple-appliance management feature

About this section  

This section describes the CLI-based multiple appliance management feature. It describes configuration files, their use in multiple-appliance management, and provides information about cloning existing configurations.

Topics in this section  

This section provides information about the following topics:

• Strategies for managing multiple appliances
• About global configuration files
• Multiple appliance management by automatic configuration
• Scenario 1: Multiple cache administration at multiple POP sites
• Scenario 2: Applying uniform ACL rules over multiple appliances
• Automatic global file reading through the Appliance Manager
• Backing up and restoring local configuration files
• Configuring local settings that do not overwrite global settings
• Multiple appliance management by pushed configuration files
• Cloning appliance configurations
• Appliance upgrade considerations

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