• Networking policy—Use networking policies to manage networking features such as simplified routing, host settings, and legacy QoS settings. For details about networking policies, see Networking policy settings.

• Optimization policy—Use optimization policies to manage optimization features such as the HTTP, in-path rules, and secure peering settings. For details about optimization policies, see Optimization policy settings.

• Branch services policy—Use branch services policies to manage caching DNS and branch storage settings. For details about branch services policies, see Branch services settings.

• System settings policy—Use system settings policies to organize and manage system setting features such as alarms, announcements, email notifications, and logging. For details about system settings policies, see System settings policies.

• Security policy—Use security policies to manage security settings such as RADIUS, TACACS+, passwords, and management ACL. For details about security policies, see Security policy settings.

• Latency detection policy—Use latency detection policies to manage how peer SteelHead appliances determine whether to pass through traffic or to continue to optimize it when latency between the peers is low. See Peering rules.

• Add an appliance to an appliance group. See About appliance groups.

• Add a policy. See Adding policies.

• Configure policy pages. Policy pages represent the feature sets for networking, optimization, branch services, system settings, and security settings for appliances. See Configuring policy pages.

• Assign a policy to an appliance or appliance group. See Assigning policies to appliances and groups.

• Push a configuration to an appliance or appliance group. See Performing global policy pushes.