Chapter 14. Distributing and Routing Managed Content

In this Chapter, you will learn how to configure content distribution and routing by covering material that is organized into the following sections:

• Introducing Content Distribution and RoutingYou will learn the difference between pre-positioned, cached, and live content.

• Initializing and Registering Your ACNS Network DevicesYou will learn how to initialize and register devices in your Application and Content Networking System (ACNS) network.

• Setting Up Your ACNS Network for Acquisition and DistributionYou will learn how to create location trees and content channels.

• Acquiring Content to PrepositionYou will learn how to configure your ACNS network to acquire content that will be prepositioned throughout your network by distributing the content to the content engines (CE).

• Configuring Content PrepositioningYou will then learn how to configure content prepositioning.

• Content Request RoutingYou will explore how simplified hybrid routing and dynamic proxy autoconfiguration can be used to route client's content requests.

• Configuring Streaming MediaYou will learn how to configure video on demand (VoD) prepositioning and live/scheduled-rebroadcast programming using ACNS.

In this Chapter, you will learn how to efficiently deliver managed content to accelerate your enterprise applications. You can use content distribution, routing, and streaming media for a number of enterprise applications, including:

• E-learning and Corporate Communications

• Software and File Distribution