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. In SAM, choose Configure > SaaS Accelerator and click Accelerate Application.
The Accelerate Application pane appears.
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.
Some applications do not require you to select a region.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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 configure an application bundle for acceleration
For Microsoft applications, you may need to perform some additional steps. See
Configuring Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Stream.1. In SAM, choose Configure > SaaS Accelerator and click Accelerate Application.
The Accelerate Application pane appears.
2. Scroll down to the Bundle Applications section and select an application bundle.
A deployment wizard appears.
3. Select applications to add to the bundle and click Next.
4. Specify application details such as the region where you want it deployed. If the application has already been deployed as a standalone application, you can add its allocated users to the bundle by using the slider.
5. Click Next to advance to the details for next application.
6. Click Next and specify the number of users you want to allocate to each application.
7. Click Next and review the bundle deployment summary.
8. Click Submit to deploy the bundle.
When deployed, the bundle appears under the Deployed bundles section of the SaaS Accelerator page. Details such as number of users, applications in the bundle, and status are visible. The service status appears as a green check mark when deployed and ready for acceleration.
To stop SaaS acceleration for an application or an application bundle
When you terminate SaaS acceleration for an application or bundle, you remove the SaaS service cluster that was deployed in the cloud to support the acceleration.
1. Choose Configure > SaaS Accelerator and click the application you want to stop accelerating.
2. From the Actions drop-down list, select Terminate SaaS (bundle) acceleration.
3. When prompted, click Confirm.