Configuring SaaS applications for acceleration
After you have licensed the SaaS Accelerator and configured SSL optimization, you can set up acceleration for SaaS applications.
To configure individual SaaS applications for acceleration
1. Choose SaaS Accelerator and click Accelerate Application.
2. Select the application you want to accelerate.
3. Select the region from the drop-down list.
For best performance, select the region closest to the data for the SaaS application. Once you deploy to a specific region, you cannot change it unless you delete the deployed application and set it up again with a different region.
4. Select the license that you want to apply.
5. Enter the number of users for this application.
Each application has a minimum and maximum number of users. SAM provides guidelines for the limits as you type numbers in the field.
SAM uses the number of users to calculate the capacity of service instances in the SaaS service cluster based on the type of application.
SAM calculates the user limit based on the number of users, the application, and the available AppUnits.
We recommend that you carefully select the number of users for your business needs. Once deployed, you can change the number of users; however, when you change the number of users, the acceleration feature is unavailable for up to 30 minutes while the service cluster updates.
6. Click Submit.
This creates the SaaS service cluster dedicated to accelerating traffic for this application.
Deployment can take up to 20 minutes, and you cannot edit the configuration while the configuration is in process.
When deployed, you see the SaaS application, the service endpoint, the service TCP Ports, and service status. The service status appears as a green check mark when deployed and ready for acceleration.
7. As needed, open ports 7810 through 7830 for the service endpoint IP address on your firewall.
The SaaS service cluster and client-side appliances need to be able to connect to this location.
To stop SaaS acceleration for an application
When you terminate SaaS acceleration for an application, you remove the SaaS service cluster that was deployed in the cloud to support the acceleration.
1. Choose SaaS Accelerator, and then click the application you want to stop accelerating.
2. From the Actions drop-down list, select Terminate SaaS acceleration.
3. When prompted, click Confirm.