Welcome

Welcome to the Riverbed Command-Line Interface Reference Manual. Read this preface for an overview of the information provided in this guide and the documentation conventions used throughout, hardware and software dependencies, additional reading, and contact information. This guide is written for storage and network administrators familiar with administering and managing WANs using common network protocols such as TCP, SMB/CIFS, HTTP, FTP, and NFS.

This guide includes relevant information about these products:

• Riverbed SteelHead

• Riverbed Cloud Accelerator

• Riverbed SaaS Accelerator

• Riverbed SteelHead Interceptor (Interceptor)

• Riverbed SteelCentral Controller for SteelHead (SCC)

• Riverbed Client Accelerator

• Riverbed WinSec Controller

This manual provides you with command descriptions, syntax, parameters, usage guidelines, examples, and related commands information.

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 square 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>}

Documentation and release notes

You can find the most current version of all Riverbed documentation 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 Riverbed Support, go to https://support.riverbed.com/content/support/contact_support.html for a list of toll free phone numbers in your area.

• Professional services—Need help with planning a migration or implementing a custom design solution? Contact Professional Services. Email proserve@riverbed.com or go to https://www.riverbed.com/services/index.html.

• Documentation—Have suggestions about Riverbed’s online documentation or printed materials? Send comments to techpubs@riverbed.com.