Welcome
The SteelHead (Virtual Edition) Installation Guide describes how to install and configure SteelHead-v appliances. This guide includes information relevant to these products and product features:
• SteelHead-v
• SteelHead-v Management Console (Management Console)
• Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS)
• SteelHead
• Virtual Services Platform (VSP)
• Riverbed Services Platform (RSP)
• SteelCentral Controller for SteelHead (SCC)
• Client Accelerator Controller (Client Accelerator)
Audience
This guide is written for administrators familiar with managing virtual environments, LANS, and WANs using common network protocols. You should also be familiar with using the Riverbed command-line interface (CLI), as described in the Riverbed Command-Line Interface Reference Manual, and with Microsoft Hyper‑V or VMware ESXi hypervisors.
Document conventions
This guide uses this standard set of typographical conventions:
Convention | Meaning |
italics | Within text, new terms and emphasized words appear in italic typeface. |
boldface | Within text, CLI commands, CLI parameters, and REST API properties appear in bold typeface. |
Monospace | Code examples appear in monospace font: amnesiac > enable amnesiac # configure terminal |
< > | Values that you specify appear in angle brackets: interface <ip-address> |
[ ] | Optional keywords or variables appear in brackets: ntp peer <ip-address> [version <number>] |
{ } | Elements that are part of a required choice appear in braces: {<interface-name> | ascii <string> | hex <string>} |
| | The pipe symbol separates alternative, mutually exclusive elements of a choice. The pipe symbol is used in conjunction with braces or brackets; the braces or brackets group the choices and identify them as required or optional: {delete <filename> | upload <filename>} |
Ethernet network compatibility
Riverbed appliances support these networking standards. An appliance with a Gigabit Ethernet card supports jumbo frames on in-path and primary ports.
Ethernet standard | IEEE standard |
Ethernet Logical Link Control (LLC) | IEEE 802.2 - 1998 |
Fast Ethernet 100BASE-TX | IEEE 802.3 - 2008 |
Gigabit Ethernet over Copper 1000BASE-T (All copper interfaces are autosensing for speed and duplex.) | IEEE 802.3 - 2008 |
Gigabit Ethernet over Fiber 1000BASE-SX (LC connector) | IEEE 802.3 - 2008 |
Gigabit Ethernet over Fiber 1000BASE-LX | IEEE 802.3 - 2008 |
Gigabit Ethernet over Fiber 10GBASE-LR Single Mode | IEEE 802.3 - 2008 |
Gigabit Ethernet over Fiber 10GBASE-SR Multimode | IEEE 802.3 - 2008 |
Gigabit Ethernet over Fiber 40GBASE-SR4 Multimode | IEEE 802.3 - 2008 |
Gigabit Ethernet over Fiber 40GBASE-LR4 Single Mode | IEEE 802.3 - 2008 |
Riverbed appliances support these connection types and standards.
Port | Speed |
Primary (PRI) | 10/100/1000BASE-T, autonegotiating |
Auxiliary (AUX) | 10/100/1000BASE-T, autonegotiating |
LAN | 10/100/1000BASE-T or 1000BASE-SX or 1000BASE-LX or 10GBASE-LR or 10GBASE-SR, and 40GBASE-LR4 or 40GBASE-SR4 depending on configuration |
WAN | 10/100/1000BASE-T or 1000BASE-SX or 1000BASE-LX or 10GBASE-LR or 10GBASE-SR, and 40GBASE-LR4 or 40GBASE-SR4 depending on configuration |
Riverbed appliances support VLAN Tagging (IEEE 802.3 - 2008). They do not support the Inter-Switch Link (ISL) protocol.
Riverbed appliances autonegotiate speed and duplex mode for all data rates and support full-duplex mode and flow control (IEEE 802.3 – 2008).
SNMP-based management compatibility
This product supports a proprietary Riverbed MIB accessible through SNMP. SNMPv1 (RFCs 1155, 1157, 1212, and 1215), SNMPv2c (RFCs 1901, 2578, 2579, 2580, 3416, 3417, and 3418), and SNMPv3 are supported, although some MIB items might only be accessible through SNMPv2 and SNMPv3.
SNMP support enables the product to be integrated into network management systems such as Hewlett-Packard OpenView Network Node Manager, BMC Patrol, and other SNMP-based network management tools.
Documentation and release notes
The most current version of all Riverbed documentation can be found on the Support site at
https://support.riverbed.com.
See the Knowledge Base for any known issues, how-to documents, system requirements, and common error messages. You can browse titles or search for keywords and strings. To access the Knowledge Base, log in to the Support site at
https://support.riverbed.com.
Each software release includes release notes. The release notes list new features, known issues, and fixed problems. To obtain the most current version of the release notes, go to the Software and Documentation section of the Support site at
https://support.riverbed.com. Examine the release notes before you begin the installation and configuration process.
Contacting Riverbed
This section describes how to contact departments within Riverbed. For some products, you might need to provide your Support ID. You can find this on the Help page of your product’s Management Console.
• Technical support—Problems installing, using, or replacing Riverbed products? Contact Support or your channel partner who provides support. To contact Support, open a trouble ticket by calling 1-888-RVBD-TAC (1-888-782-3822) in the United States and Canada or +1 415-247-7381 outside the United States. You can also go to
https://support.riverbed.com.
• Documentation—Have suggestions about Riverbed’s online documentation or printed materials? Send comments to
techpubs@riverbed.com.