These configuration options are available:

Appliance Name specifies a display name for the appliance.

Description specifies a description for the appliance.

Version specifies a RiOS software version from the drop-down list.

Optimization Group specifies an optimization group in which to add the appliance.

Region specifies the geographic region closest to you from the drop-down list.

Availability Zone specifies a geographic zone from the drop-down list. A zone is a physical data center site managed by Amazon that provides standby computing power to its assigned regions. Appliances communicate through IP addresses, and there are no traffic restrictions between zones (or costs for data passing between zones).

VPC Subnet specifies a subnet for the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) IP address from the drop-down menu. Subnets are segments of a VPC's IP address space. The subnets enable you to separate the isolated resources (such as Amazon EC2 instances) in the VPC based on security and operational requirements. If you create more than one subnet in a VPC, they are attached to each other by a logical router in a star topology. If you do not select a subnet, the system provisions the appliance in the public AWS cloud.

Elastic IP Address specifies an elastic IP address from the drop-down list. Elastic IP addresses are static IP addresses designed for dynamic cloud computing. An elastic IP address is associated with your account, not a particular instance, and you control that address until you choose to explicitly release it. The portal allows you to associate an elastic IP address with your Cloud Accelerator. If you choose to assign an elastic IP address to a Cloud Accelerator, the Cloud Accelerator will have the same IP address every time it is started.

Key Pair specifies an SSH key pair in your Amazon account for the appliance. You must select a Key Pair or specify an Admin Password or do both.

Admin Password specifies a password for the Cloud Accelerator administrator. The default username is admin, and the default password is Cloud Accelerator’s instance-id.

Confirm Admin Password confirms the administrator password entered in the previous field.

Network Access enables other SteelHeads and computers at your location to access the appliance. Select the check box Allow network access from my location.