SteelFusion™ Core Management Console User Guide
Welcome
About this guide
Audience
Document conventions
Documentation and release notes
Contacting Riverbed
Overview of the SteelFusion Core Management Console
Product dependencies and compatibility
Hardware and software dependencies
Firewall requirements
SNMP-based management compatibility
How SteelFusion works
Using the SteelFusion Core Management Console
Connecting to the SteelFusion Core Management Console
The Dashboard
Alarms
RPO
Cache Efficiency
Edge Overview
Backend Storage and Edge Performance
Exports
Edges and Backups
High Availability
Navigating in the SteelFusion Core Management Console
Getting help
Displaying online help
Downloading documentation
Configuring Storage
Understanding basic procedures
Saving your configuration
Printing pages and reports
Restarting the Core service
Logging out
Performing the initial setup
Configuring network settings
Importing a configuration
Exporting a configuration
Configuring Edges
Configuring NFS exports
Configuring the storage array for exports or backups
Mounting and mapping NFS exports
Creating an Edge Local Export
Viewing and modifying exports
Configuring snapshots and backups
Configuring backups for specific VMware ESXi servers
Server-based backup configuration overview
Configuring a storage array for snapshot access
Managing backup proxies
Creating a backup policy
Verifying a new backup policy
Modifying a backup policy
Deleting a backup policy
Configuring failover
Modifying Host and Network Settings
Configuring host settings
Configuring the management interfaces
Configuring the data interfaces
Configuring Core for jumbo frames
Configuring System Settings
Creating announcements
Setting alarm parameters
Configuring date and time
Current NTP server status
NTP servers
NTP authentication
NTP authentication keys
Setting SNMP parameters and trap receivers
Creating SNMPv3 users
Configuring SNMP authentication and access control
Setting up email notifications
Configuring logging
Setting up system logging
Configuring remote log servers
Filtering logs by application or process
Managing configuration files
Configuring Security Settings
Configuring general security settings
Managing user permissions
Accounts
Recommended permissions by role
Managing password policy
Selecting a password policy
Unlocking an account
Resetting an expired password
Configuring RADIUS server authentication
Configuring TACACS+ server authentication
Unlocking the secure vault
Configuring web settings
Managing web SSL certificates
Maintaining Your System
Starting, stopping, and restarting the service
Displaying scheduled jobs and job status
Managing licenses
Removing a license
Fetching a license
Upgrading the software
Rebooting and shutting down the Core
Changing the administrative password
Displaying and Customizing Reports
Viewing storage reports
Accessing settings from storage reports
About report graphs
Viewing the SteelFusion Edge statistics
What this report tells you
About report graphs
Viewing the SteelFusion Edge trends
What this report tells you
About report graphs
Viewing the Export I/O Metrics report
What this report tells you
About report graphs
Viewing the Storage Ecosystem report
What this report tells you
Viewing the Backups report
What this report tells you
Viewing the report details
Building custom reports with the Report Builder
Viewing the Networking Interface Counters report
What this report tells you
Viewing diagnostic reports
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 logs
Viewing user logs
Viewing system logs
Downloading log files
Downloading user log files
Downloading system log files
Generating dumps
Generating system dumps
Viewing process dumps
Capturing and uploading TCP dumps
Stopping a TCP dump after an event occurs
Stop trigger limitations
Viewing a TCP dump
SteelFusion Core MIB
Accessing the Core MIB
SNMP traps
SteelFusion™ Core Management Console User Guide
SNMP traps