How to set up a Netscaler Application Switch

The following steps are the most basic, essential steps to get a Netscaler Application Switch up and running.

#set root password
set system user nsroot newpasswd1

#add mapped ip, this is the interface for connections to servers (inside)
add ns ip x.x.x.x 255.255.255.0 -type mip

#set netscaler ip (nsip), this ip used for administration only
set ns config -ipaddress x.x.x.x -netmask 255.255.255.0

#set default gateway on nsip
add route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 x.x.x.x

#save config
save ns config

reboot

#open the gui
http://nsip/

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Using IP's instead of domain names for NTP server configuration

To prevent devices from the extra step of having to resolve domain name, I often use the IP for NTP servers references. These IP's dont change very often, so its a pretty safe bet to use IP's and not the domain names. Typically I configure NTP with a list of 5-10 servers.

Typically I set my monitoring server up as the NTP check point for all the other servers and network devices in my network. But I also provide each system with a list of fallback servers.

I like to use the pool servers from ntp.org
There are about 1700 active servers, today.