Host settings page

You can view and modify general host settings for the selected networking policy in the Host Settings page. For detailed information about host settings, see the SteelHead User Guide.

When you initially ran the installation wizard, you set required network host settings for the appliance. Use these groups of controls on this page only if modifications or additional configuration is required:

• Hosts—If you don’t use DNS resolution, or if the host doesn’t have a DNS entry, you can create a host-IP address resolution map. For details, see Hosts.

• Proxies—Configure proxy addresses for network and FTP proxy access to the appliance. For details, see Web/FTP Proxy.

These configuration options are available:

Specifies the IP address for the primary name server. The IP address can be either IPv4 or IPv6. For IPv6 specify an IP address using this format: eight 16-bit hexadecimal strings separated by colons, 128-bits. For example: 2001:38dc:0052:0000:0000:e9a4:00c5:6282

You don’t need to include leading zeros. For example: 2001:38dc:52:0:0:e9a4:c5:6282

You can replace consecutive zero strings with double colons (::). For example: 2001:38dc:52::e9a4:c5:6282

Specifies the IP address for the secondary name server.

Specifies the IP address for the tertiary name server.

Specifies an ordered list of domain names. If you specify domains the system automatically finds the appropriate domain for each of the hosts that you specify in the system.

These configuration options are available:

Displays the controls for adding a new host.

Specifies the IP address for the host. The IP address can be either IPv4 or IPv6. For IPv6 specify an IP address using this format: eight 16-bit hexadecimal strings separated by colons, 128-bits. For example: 2001:38dc:0052:0000:0000:e9a4:00c5:6282

You don’t need to include leading zeros. For example: 2001:38dc:52:0:0:e9a4:c5:6282

You can replace consecutive zero strings with double colons (::). For example: 2001:38dc:52::e9a4:c5:6282

Specifies a hostname.

To modify the host-IP mapping, in the table row for the mapping, click the hostname to display controls you can use to modify the mapping. Complete the configuration as above.

These configuration options are available:

Provides network and FTP proxy access to the SCC. Enables the SCC to use a proxy to contact the Riverbed Licensing Portal and fetch licenses in a secure environment. You can optionally require user credentials to communicate with the proxy, and you can specify the method used to authenticate and negotiate user credentials. Proxy access is disabled by default. RiOS supports these proxies: Squid, Blue Coat Proxy SG, Microsoft WebSense, and McAfee Web Gateway.

Specifies the IP address for the web or FTP proxy. The IP address can be either IPv4 or IPv6. For IPv6 specify an IP address using this format: eight 16-bit hexadecimal strings separated by colons, 128-bits. For example: 2001:38dc:0052:0000:0000:e9a4:00c5:6282

You don’t need to include leading zeros. For example: 2001:38dc:52:0:0:e9a4:c5:6282

You can replace consecutive zero strings with double colons (::). For example: 2001:38dc:52::e9a4:c5:6282

Specifies the port for the web/FTP proxy.

Requires user credentials for use with network or FTP proxy traffic. Specify these items to authenticate the users:

– Basic—Authenticates user credentials by requesting a valid username and password. This is the default setting.

– NTLM—Authenticates user credentials based on an authentication challenge and response.

– Digest—Provides the same functionality as basic authentication; however, digest authentication improves security because the system sends the user credentials across the network as a Message Digest 5 (MD5) hash.

To modify server properties, in the table row for the server, click the server name to display controls you can use to modify the properties. Complete the configuration as above.