SteelFusion™ Core Management Console User’s Guide
Preface
About This Guide
Audience
Document Conventions
Documentation and Release Notes
Contacting Riverbed
Overview of the SteelFusion Core Management Console
Product Dependencies and Compatibility
Hardware and Software Dependencies
Firewall Requirements
SNMP-Based Management Compatibility
How SteelFusion Works
Using the SteelFusion Core Management Console
Connecting to the SteelFusion Core Management Console
The Dashboard
Alarms
RPO and Cache Efficiency
Edge Overview
Backend Storage and Edge Performance
LUNs, Edges, High Availability, and Storage Summary
Navigating in the SteelFusion Core Management Console
Getting Help
Displaying Online Help
Downloading Documentation
Configuring Storage
Understanding Basic Procedures
Saving Your Configuration
Printing Pages and Reports
Restarting the Core Service
Logging Out
Performing the Initial Setup
Before You Begin
Configuring Network Settings
Mapping LUNs to an Edge
Importing a Saved Configuration
Exporting a Configuration
Configuring iSCSI Settings
Configuring LUNs
Fibre Channel LUN Configuration Steps in ESXi
Block-Disk LUN Considerations
Configuring Branch Recovery
Troubleshooting Branch Recovery
Configuring Edges
Configuring Replication
Base Requirements
Before You Begin
Basic Steps
Setting Up the Data Centers for Replication
Pairing the Cores
Configuring the Witness
Leader and Follower Roles in High-Availability
Witness Recommendations
Changing the Witness
Configuring Edges and LUNs for Replication
Suspending Replication
Initiating Failover (Recovering from Primary Data Center Failure)
Failing Back to the Primary Data Center
Terminating Replication
Configuring CHAP Users
Configuring Snapshots and Proxy Backup
Understanding Crash Consistency and Application Consistency
Configuring Snapshots
Configuring Snapshots for Storage Arrays
Configuring Handoff Hosts
Configuring Snapshot Schedule Policies
Defining Branch and Proxy Hosts
Configuring Snapshots for LUNs
Applying a Snapshot Schedule Policy to a LUN
Configuring Application-Consistent Snapshots for a LUN
Configuring Proxy Backup for a LUN
Prerequisites
Configuring Failover
Configuring Pool Management
Configuring REST API Access
Disabling REST API Access
Best Practices
Troubleshooting
Example Logs
Modifying Host and Network Settings
Configuring Host Settings
Configuring the Management Interfaces
Configuring the Data Interfaces
Configuring the Core for Jumbo Frames
Configuring System Settings
Creating Announcements
Setting Alarm Parameters
Configuring Date and Time
Current NTP Server Status
NTP Servers
NTP Authentication
NTP Authentication Keys
Setting SNMP Parameters and Trap Receivers
Creating SNMPv3 Users
Configuring SNMP Authentication and Access Control
Setting Up Email Notifications
Configuring Logging
Setting Up System Logging
Configuring Remote Log Servers
Filtering Logs by Application or Process
Managing Configuration Files
Configuring Security Settings
Configuring General Security Settings
Managing User Permissions
Accounts
Recommended Permissions by Role
Managing Password Policy
Selecting a Password Policy
Unlocking an Account
Resetting an Expired Password
Configuring RADIUS Server Authentication
Configuring TACACS+ Server Authentication
Unlocking the Secure Vault
Configuring Web Settings
Managing Web SSL Certificates
Maintaining Your System
Starting, Stopping, and Restarting the Service
Displaying Scheduled Jobs and Job Status
Managing Licenses
Removing a License
Fetching a License
Upgrading the Software
Rebooting and Shutting Down the Core
Changing the Administrative Password
Displaying and Customizing Reports
Viewing Storage Reports
Accessing Settings from Storage Reports
About Report Graphs
Viewing the SteelFusion Edge Stats
What This Report Tells You
About Report Graphs
Viewing the SteelFusion Edge Trends
What This Report Tells You
About Report Graphs
Viewing the LUN I/O Metrics Report
What This Report Tells You
About Report Graphs
Viewing the SAN I/O Metrics Report
What This Report Tells You
About Report Graphs
Viewing the Replication Data Sync - Remaining Bytes Report
What This Report Tells You
About Report Graphs
Viewing the Replication Journal I/O Report
What This Report Tells You
About Report Graphs
Viewing the Replication Write I/O Report
What This Report Tells You
About Report Graphs
Building Custom Reports with the Report Builder
Viewing the Networking Interface Counters Report
What This Report Tells You
Viewing Diagnostic Reports
Viewing Alarm Status Reports
What This Report Tells You
Viewing CPU Utilization Reports
What This Report Tells You
About Report Graphs
Viewing Memory Paging Reports
What This Report Tells You
About Report Graphs
Viewing Logs
Viewing User Logs
Viewing System Logs
Downloading Log Files
Downloading User Log Files
Downloading System Log Files
Generating Dumps
Generating System Dumps
Viewing Process Dumps
Capturing and Uploading TCP Dumps
Stopping a TCP Dump After an Event Occurs
Stop Trigger Limitations
Viewing a TCP Dump
SteelFusion Core MIB
Accessing the Core MIB
SNMP Traps
SteelFusion™ Core Management Console User’s Guide
SNMP Traps