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11BConfiguring session acceleration

Session acceleration can be configured only in the Web interface.

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Feature and hardware compatibility

Hardware Session acceleration

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atible

F1000-A-EI/F1000-S-EI Yes

F1000-E Yes

F5000 Yes

Firewall module Yes

U200-A No

U200-S No

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Overview

In some specific applications, session acceleration helps improve system performance for setting up

sessions. If the outbound interface of the session initiator is not the same as the inbound interface of the

session responder, and the service configurations on the two interfaces are not the same, session

acceleration is not available.

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Configuring session acceleration

1. Select Firewall > Session Table > Advanced from the navigation tree.

2. Click the Session Acceleration tab.

Figure 118 Session acceleration configuration page

3. Click the Enable session acceleration box.

4. Click Apply.

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Configuration guidelines

When you configure session acceleration, pay attention to the following guidelines:

• When session acceleration and active/standby failover are configured at the same time, session

acceleration does not take effect, but will degrade the system performance.