•  Welcome
  • About product terminology
  • About document conventions
  • About documentation and release notes
  • Contacting Riverbed
•  Riverbed Software Licenses, Upgrades, and Image Signing
  • Riverbed licensing methods
  • About automatic licensing
  • About the Riverbed Licensing Portal
  • Installing your license keys
  • Software upgrades and image signing
  • About software image signing certificates
  • Importing image signing certificates
  • About software upgrades
  • Using an image located on the network
  • Using an image located on the Riverbed Support site
  • Using an image located on the local system
  • Switching to the backup software version
  • Restarting and shutting down the appliance
•  About SteelHead
  • About data streamlining
  • About transport streamlining
  • About application streamlining
  • About path selection for hybrid networking
  • About traffic classification
  • About packet forwarding
  • About availability monitoring
  •  About failover management
    • Fail-to-wire mode
    • Fail-to-block mode
  •  About centralized management and autodiscovery
    • Firewall requirements
  • About in-path and peering rules
  •  About upgrading the software
    • About upgrading with QoS and path selection
  • About SCC compatibility
•  About the Management Console
  • Connecting to the Management Console
  • The Dashboard
  • Navigating in the Management Console
  • Saving your configuration
  • Restarting the optimization service
  • Signing out
  • Printing pages and reports
  • Getting help
  • Downloading documentation
  • Next steps
•  About Host and Network Interface Settings
  •  Modifying general host settings
    • Viewing the test result
  •  Modifying base interfaces
    • About IPv6 support
  •  Modifying in-path interfaces
    • In-path settings
    • In-path interface settings
    • Configuring a Management In-Path interface
•  About In-Path Rules
  •  Creating in-path rules for packet-mode optimization
    • Upgrade consideration
    • Packet-mode optimization rule characteristics
  • Default in-path rules
  •  Configuring in-path rules
    • In-path rules settings
•  Configuring Optimization Features
  •  Configuring general service settings
    • Enabling basic deployment options
    • Enabling failover
    • Configuring general service settings
  •  Enabling peering and configuring peering rules
    • About regular and enhanced automatic discovery
    • Configuring peering
  • Configuring NAT IP address mapping
  • Configuring discovery service
  •  Configuring the RiOS data store
    • Encrypting the RiOS data store
    • Synchronizing peer RiOS data stores
    • Clearing the RiOS data store
    • Improving Client Accelerator performance
    • Receiving a notification when the RiOS data store wraps
  •  Improving performance
    • Selecting a RiOS data store segment replacement policy
    • Optimizing the RiOS data store for high-throughput environments
    • Configuring CPU settings
  •  Configuring SaaS Accelerator
    • Configuring SaaS Accelerator on multiple SteelHeads using SCC
    • Monitoring SaaS acceleration
    • Canceling SaaS acceleration
  •  Configuring CIFS prepopulation
    • Editing a prepopulation share
    • Performing CIFS prepopulation share operations
    • Viewing CIFS prepopulation share logs
  •  Configuring TCP, satellite optimization, and high-speed TCP
    • Optimizing TCP and satellite WANs
    • High-speed TCP optimization
  • Configuring service ports
  •  Configuring domain labels
    • When to use
    • Dependencies
    • Creating a domain label
    • Modifying domains in a domain label
  •  Configuring host labels
    • When to use
    • Configuring a host label
    • Resolving hostnames
    • Viewing the hostname resolution summary
    • Modifying hostnames or subnets in a host label
  •  Configuring port labels
    • Creating a port label
    • Modifying ports in a port label
  •  Configuring CIFS optimization
    • Optimizing CIFS SMB1
    • Optimizing SMB2/3
    • Configuring SMB signing
    • Encrypting SMB3
    • Viewing SMB traffic on the Current Connections report
  •  Configuring HTTP optimization
    • About HTTP optimization
    • Configuring HTTP optimization feature settings
  •  Configuring Oracle Forms optimization
    • Determining the Deployment Mode
    • Enabling Oracle Forms optimization
  •  Configuring MAPI optimization
    • Optimizing MAPI Exchange in out-of-path deployments
    • Deploying SteelHeads with Exchange Servers behind load balancers
  • Configuring NFS optimization
  •  Configuring Lotus Notes optimization
    • Encryption Optimization Servers table
    • Unoptimized IP address table
  •  Configuring Citrix optimization
    • Citrix optimization features
    • Citrix enhancements by RiOS version
    • Citrix version support
  •  Configuring FCIP optimization
    • Viewing FCIP connections
    • FCIP rules (VMAX-to-VMAX traffic only)
  •  Configuring SRDF optimization
    • Viewing SRDF connections
    • Setting a custom data reduction level for an RDF group
    • Creating SRDF rules (VMAX-to-VMAX traffic only)
  •  Configuring SnapMirror optimization
    • Working with Clustered Data ONTAP optimization
    • Working with Legacy 7-Mode SnapMirror optimization
    • Viewing SnapMirror connections
  • Adding a WinSec Controller appliance
  •  Windows domain authentication
    • Configuring domain authentication automatically
    • Easy domain authentication configuration
    • Configuring domain authentication for delegation
    • Status and logging
    • Configuring domain authentication manually
    • Delegation (deprecated)
    • Autodelegation mode (deprecated)
    • Configuring replication users (Kerberos)
    • Granting replication user privileges on the DC
    • Verifying the domain functional level
    • Configuring PRP on the DC
•  Configuring Hybrid Networking, QoS, and Path Selection
  •  Where do I start?
    • Best practices for QoS configuration
    • Best practices for path selection configuration
  •  Defining a hybrid network topology
    • Topology properties
    • Defining a network
    • Defining a site
    • Defining uplinks
  •  GRE tunnel optimization
    • Supported topologies for GRE tunnel optimization
    • Supported appliances
    • Supported features
    • Unsupported features
  • Defining applications
  •  Applying QoS policies
    • QoS overview
    • QoS recommendations
    • Bypassing LAN traffic
  •  Configuring QoS
    • Overview
    • Viewing and editing the default QoS classes
    • Adding QoS profiles
    • Adding and editing QoS rules
    • Enabling MX-TCP queue policies
    • Modifying QoS profiles
    • Classifying and prioritizing OOB traffic using DSCP marking
  •  Inbound QoS
    • How a SteelHead identifies and shapes inbound traffic
  •  Path selection
    • Using paths to steer packets
    • Path selection use cases
  • Configuring path selection in a SteelHead Interceptor cluster
•  Enabling DNS Caching
  • Configuring DNS caching
•  Configuring Network Integration Features
  •  Configuring asymmetric routing features
    • Troubleshooting asymmetric routes
  • Configuring connection forwarding features
  • Configuring IPsec encryption
  • Configuring subnet side rules
  •  Configuring flow statistics
    • Enabling flow export
    • Flow statistics settings
    • Flow export settings
    • Flow collector settings
    • Flow export in virtual in-path deployments
    • Troubleshooting
  •  Joining a Windows domain or workgroup
    • Domain and local workgroup settings
    • Preconfiguration checklist for joining a SteelHead to a Windows domain
  • Configuring simplified routing features
  •  Configuring WCCP
    • Verifying a multiple in-path interface configuration
    • Modifying WCCP group settings
  • Configuring hardware-assist rules
•  Configuring SSL and a Secure Inner Channel
  •  Configuring SSL server certificates and certificate authorities
    • How does SSL work?
    • Prerequisite tasks
    • Basic steps
  •  Configuring SSL main settings
    • Configuring SSL server certificates
    • Preventing the export of SSL server certificates and private keys
    • Configuring SSL certificate authorities
    • Modifying SSL server certificate settings
  •  Configuring CRL management
    • Managing CDPs
  •  Configuring secure peers
    • Secure inner channel overview
    • Enabling secure peers
    • Configuring peer trust
  •  About SSL simplification
    • Requirements and compatibility
  •  About SSL advanced settings
    • About bulk imports and exports
    • Setting Advanced SSL options
•  Managing SteelHeads
  • Starting and stopping the optimization service
  • Configuring scheduled jobs
  •  Upgrading your software
    • Verifying your software image
    • Upgrading or reverting your software version
  • Rebooting and shutting down the SteelHead
  •  Managing licenses and model upgrades
    • Flexible licensing overview
    • For more information
    • Installing a license
    • Upgrading an appliance feature tier
    • Upgrading an appliance model
    • Removing a license
  • Viewing permissions
  • Managing configuration files
  • Configuring general security settings
  •  Managing user permissions
    • Accounts
  •  Managing password policy
    • Selecting a password policy
    • Applying Session Management
    • Unlocking an account
    • Resetting an expired password
  • Setting RADIUS servers
  • Configuring SAML
  • Configuring TACACS+ access
  • Unlocking the secure vault
  •  Configuring a management ACL
    • ACL management rules
  •  Configuring web settings
    • Managing web SSL certificates
  • Enabling REST API access
•  Configuring System Administrator Settings
  •  Configuring alarm settings
    • Admission Control
    • Asymmetric Routing
    • Connection Forwarding
    • CPU Utilization
    • Data Store
    • Disk Full
    • Domain Authentication Alert
    • Domain Join Error
    • Flash Protection Failure
    • Hardware
    • Inbound QoS WAN Bandwidth Configuration
    • Licensing
    • Link Duplex
    • Link I/O Errors
    • Link State
    • Memory Paging
    • Neighbor Incompatibility
    • Network Bypass
    • NFS V2/V4 alarm
    • Optimization Service
    • Outbound QoS WAN Bandwidth Configuration
    • Path Selection Path Down
    • Path Selection Path Probing Error
    • Process Dump Creation Error
    • Proxy File Service
    • Secure Transport
    • Secure Vault
    • Software Compatibility
    • SSL
    • Storage Profile Switch Failed
    • System Detail Report
    • Temperature
    • Web Proxy
  • Setting announcements
  •  Configuring email settings
    • SMTP Server
    • SMTP Port
    • Send Reminder of Passthrough Rules via email
    • Report Events via Email
    • Report Failures via Email
    • Report Failures to Technical Support
  •  Configuring log settings
    • Filtering logs by application or process
  •  Configuring the date and time
    • Current NTP server status
    • NTP authentication
    • NTP servers
  • Configuring monitored ports
  •  Configuring SNMP settings
    • Configuring SNMPv3
    • SNMP authentication and access control
•  Viewing Reports and Logs
  •  Overview
    • Navigating the report layout
  •  Viewing Current Connection reports
    • What this report tells you
  •  Viewing Connection History reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing Connection Forwarding reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing Outbound QoS reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing Inbound QoS reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing Secure Transport reports
    • What this report tells you
  •  Viewing Top Talkers reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report data
  •  Viewing Traffic Summary reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report data
  •  Viewing WAN Throughput reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing Application Statistics reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing Application Visibility reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing Interface Counter reports
    • What this report tells you
  •  Viewing TCP Statistics reports
    • What this report tells you
  •  Viewing Latency Detected Peers reports
    • What this report tells you
  •  Viewing Optimized Throughput reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing Bandwidth Optimization reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing Peer reports
    • What this report tells you
  • Viewing CIFS Prepopulation Share Log reports
  •  Viewing HTTP reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing Live Video Stream Splitting reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing NFS reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing SRDF reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing SnapMirror reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing SSL reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing SharePoint reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing Data Store Status reports
    • What this report tells you
  •  Viewing Data Store SDR-Adaptive reports
    • What this report tells you
  •  Viewing Data Store Disk Load reports
    • What this report tells you
  •  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 TCP Memory reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing Disk Status reports
    • What this report tells you
  •  Viewing System Details reports
    • Module
    • Status
    • What this report tells you
  •  Checking network health status
    • Viewing the test status
    • Viewing the test results
  •  Checking domain health
    • Viewing the test status
    • Viewing the test results
  •  Verifying hardware capabilities of a SteelHead-v
    • Viewing the test status and results
  •  Viewing logs
    • Viewing user logs
    • Viewing system logs
  •  Downloading log files
    • Downloading user log files
    • Downloading system log files
  • Generating system dumps
  • Viewing process dumps
  •  Capturing and uploading TCP dump files
    • Capturing TCP dump files with Interceptor deployments
    • Troubleshooting
    • Custom flag use examples
    • IPv6 custom flag use examples
    • Stopping a TCP dump after an event occurs
    • Viewing a TCP dump
    • Uploading a TCP dump
  •  Viewing DNS Cache Hit reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  •  Viewing DNS Cache Utilization reports
    • What this report tells you
    • About report graphs
    • About report data
  • Exporting performance statistics
  •  Viewing in-path rule statistics
    • What this report tells you
    • About report data
•  Reference: SteelHead MIB
  •  Accessing the SteelHead enterprise MIB
    • Retrieving optimized traffic statistics by port
  • SNMP traps
•  Reference: SteelHead Ports
  • SteelFusion ports
  • Default ports
  • Commonly excluded ports
  • Interactive ports forwarded by the SteelHead
  • Secure Ports forwarded by the SteelHead
• Reference: Application Signatures for AFE

SteelHead™ User Guide

Reference: Application Signatures for AFE