About SaaS Accelerator
SaaS Accelerator settings are under Optimization > SaaS: SaaS Accelerator.
SaaS Accelerator improves performance for several SaaS applications. Accelerating SaaS applications requires configuration on the SaaS Accelerator Manager (SAM). You’ll also need to:
• register the SAM on your client-side appliances or Client Accelerator endpoints.
• define in-path rules for your SaaS applications that enable the SAM to associate the IP address of the SaaS service cluster in the cloud with appliances or endpoints, and then associates the SaaS service cluster with the accelerated application.
• whitelist appliances on the SAM.
SaaS Accelerator requires an additional license, which is installed on the SAM. Using SaaS Accelerator with SteelHead CX model 3080 requires the Standard license tier or higher on the appliance.
We strongly recommend that you configure and push SaaS acceleration policies from a controller appliance to managed, client-side appliances, particularly with large scale deployments and production networks with many appliances. You’ll need to register the controller appliance with SAM and whitelist it there. On the controller, create policies that enable SaaS acceleration and SSL/TLS optimization, and include in-path rules for your SaaS applications.
To register the SAM on an appliance, you’ll first need to obtain a registration token from the SAM. Apply the token to the appliance, and enter the hostname and port number for the SAM.