Managing Your Network Topology : Managing Sites and Networks : Defining Sites
  
Defining Sites
Optionally you define sites for your networks in the Sites & Networks page. Sites are required for QoS, path selection, and secure transport.
A site is a logical grouping of subnets and represents the physical and logical topology of a site type. You can classify traffic for each site using network addresses. Site types are typically a data center, small, medium and large branch office; and so on.
Sites use a location property that enables you to manage your networks based on the physical location of your appliances. Sites define the discrete physical locations of Riverbed devices such as SteelHeads in the network (for example, a branch office or data center) so that you can more easily configure and manage your network.
Note: If you are not using the path selection, QoS, or secure transport features in your SCC deployment, you can continue to use appliance groups and group management functionality to configure Riverbed appliances.
With sites, the notion of location is introduced for managing groups of Riverbed appliances. The actual physical location of an appliance is critical for configuration of path selection, QoS, and secure transport and for support purposes. Sites manage the flow of traffic through SteelHeads, as the site properties link behavior and location.
Sites have the following restrictions:
•  A maximum of 500 sites.
•  A maximum of 1 default uplink per interface.
•  A maximum of 8 uplinks.
•  A maximum of 50 subnets.
•  Each appliance ID can be assigned to only one site.
•  Each site must have a unique set of uplink types.
Note: You can create a site with a primary interface and assign an uplink type to it. You can also create path selection rules based on that uplink type on SCC, but that uplink will not be pushed to the SteelHead for the rule that it applies to. The primary interface is used in QoS and not path selection.
Note: If you have completed a state migration or RMA operation, the appliance needs to be manually added into the site it was a member of. If the appliance being replaced was a secure transport concentrator, this configuration needs to be manually changed as well.
To define a site
1. Choose Manage > Topology: Sites & Networks to display the Sites & Networks page.
2. Click + Add a Site to display the pop-up window.
3. Complete the configuration as described in this table.
Control
Description
Basic Information
Specify the basic information for the site:
•  Site Name - Specify the name of the site for example, DCEurope. Site names should reflect the location or region they are located to improve your ability to track issues. The site name must be unique and cannot contain special characters. Site names can contain spaces.
•  Site Type - Specify the site type. The basic site types are predefined: Data Center, Branch, and Headquarters. A maximum of 16 site types can be defined.
•  Region - Specify the region in which the site is located. Regions help in reporting and troubleshooting problems.
•  Description - Optionally, provide the intent of this site so that others can easily understand what this site is used for.
A new site type and site region are created when the site is created.
Contact Information
Optionally, specify the contact information for the site:
•  Name - Specify the name of the person responsible for the site.
•  Job Title - Specify the job title for the person responsible for the site.
•  Email - Specify the email address for the contact person for the site.
•  Address - Specify the address for the site.
•  City/Town - Specify the city or town for the site.
•  State/Province - Specify the state or province for the site.
•  Country - Specify the country the site.
Riverbed Information
Specify the connection information for Riverbed peers for the site:
•  Add Appliance - Specify the hostname or serial number for the site peer. You must enter each peer separately. The peer must be registered (that is, added as an appliance) in SCC. For details about registering appliances, see To add an appliance.
When you add a site in the SCC you do not have to specify the IP addresses of the SteelHeads at each given site because the SCC dynamically adds them to the site configuration that it sends to the SteelHeads.
Network Information
Specify the subnets for the site. Separate subnets with a comma, a semicolon, or a new line.
You must list all the subnets either manually or copy and paste them from a spreadsheet.
Internet Traffic
(Use only when path selection is enabled.) Specify how Internet access is achieved at this site.
•  Direct to internet - Traffic is sent based on path selection rules configured.
•  Backhaul through site - Specify the subnet to backhaul traffic through the site. All out-bound traffic is sent or relayed to the specified site, no matter what path selection rule is configured.
Uplinks
Click + Add New Uplink to display the controls. For detailed information, see To define an uplink.
or
Select a site connectivity template from the drop-down list if you have configured one. For detailed information about configuring a site connectivity template, see To define a site connectivity template.
Secure Transport Concentrator
Specify the secure transport concentrators. Secure transport concentrators receive only the secure portion of the path selection policy. They perform dedicated encryption services for SteelHeads participating in hybrid networking.
•  Add Appliance - Specify the appliance from the drop-down list to be the secure transport concentrator. In the text box, specify the hostname or serial number or IP address.
Secure Transport Concentrator Uplinks
Specify the secure transport concentrator uplinks to connect this site to securable networks. At least one uplink, which is associated with a secure and public network, is required.
Click + Add New Uplink to display the controls for configuring uplinks. You can only specify the gateway IP address for this uplink. The remaining uplink attributes are inherited from the uplinks defined for the same site.
4. Click Save to save your settings.