Resolving the Name of the Proxy Cache Service

For an NIS-only environment, the following are two alternatives for resolving the name of the proxy cache service provided by a Netra Proxy Cache Array. Other alternatives are available.

• Configure the NIS server to forward unresolved queries to a DNS server that delegates the proxy cache's zone to the array. Set the Array DNS Proxy Records Time-To-Live property in the Advanced array configuration page, described in "DNS", to a low value, such as 3 seconds.

• Assign an NIS service name for each service address in the array. By doing this, you achieve failover functionality. However, the DNS configuration on the array becomes redundant.

• The browser's PAC file might have a facility for name resolution.