User interface options
You have some options around what tools you can use to manage the NetScaler. This is a quick review of what's available and when best to use them.
GUI
This is the easiest of the lot to use, and comprehensive. Its benefits also include the ability to more easily spot DOWN entities such as services/VIPs. You can also navigate to System | Diagnostics | Command Line Interface to invoke the CLI/shell, though I would personally prefer the ease and speed of an SSH client if that access is needed.
The ability to view reports is huge when you are looking at performance issues. Apart from the standard port 80 or 443 for SSL, you also need Java ports 3008/3010.
Tip
11.0 is now fully HTML5 and thus no longer needs Java.
CLI
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