http://blogs.technet.com/b/searchguys/archive/2012/06/04/smoke-testing-a-fast-for-sharepoint-install.aspxOne of the things I like to do after first installing and configuring FAST, and before trying to connect the SharePoint SSA's is to test the FAST install to make sure that basic indexing and search are working. None of this is rocket science but I goten-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/searchguys/archive/2012/06/04/smoke-testing-a-fast-for-sharepoint-install.aspx#3502012Mon, 04 Jun 2012 23:04:33 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3502012Ashish Mahajan Australia (Architect)<p>Informative article.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3502012" width="1" height="1">