• SteelHead™ (in the Cloud) User’s Guide
•  Welcome
  •  About this guide
    • Audience
    • Document conventions
  • Hardware and software dependencies
  • Documentation and release notes
  • Contacting Riverbed
•  Riverbed Cloud Services
  • About Riverbed Cloud Services
  • Riverbed Cloud Services system components
  • Supported deployments
  • SteelHead-c models and required virtual machine resources
  •  System limitations and dependencies
    •  Limitations on AWS
      • Deployment limitations
      • Feature limitations
    •  Limitations on VMware ESX/ESXi
      • Deployment limitations
      • Feature limitations
    • Limitations on Microsoft Azure
  • Licensing SteelHead-c virtual appliances
  • Upgrading and downgrading SteelHead-c models
  • Upgrading and downgrading SteelHead-c RiOS software
•  Using the Riverbed Cloud Portal
  • About Riverbed Cloud Portal
  • About company associations
  • Accessing account settings
  • Viewing event history
  • Finding support
  • Viewing service summary
  •  Managing licenses
    • Viewing license details
    • Deploying an appliance in AWS
    • Regenerating a one-time token
    • Reclaiming a license
  • Registering SteelHead-c virtual appliances
  •  Managing SteelHead-c virtual appliances
    • About SteelHead-c virtual appliance license states
    • Viewing appliance properties
    • Editing an appliance name
    • Changing appliance RiOS version
    • Accessing the management console for an appliance
    • Starting, shutting down, and deprovisioning an appliance
    • Viewing SteelHead-c for AWS virtual appliance details
    •  Viewing network controls and security groups
      • Configuring security groups
      • Adding custom rules for security groups
    • Viewing the AWS console
    • Viewing the event log for an appliance
  •  Managing optimization groups
    • Adding or deleting optimization groups
    • Editing optimization groups
    • Viewing event log information for an optimization group
  • Adding or removing AWS credentials
  • Viewing the discovered appliances report
•  Using the Discovery Agent
  • Overview of the Discovery Agent
  • Discovery Agent requirements
  • Obtaining the client ID and client key from the Riverbed Cloud Portal
  •  Installing the Discovery Agent
    • Installing the Discovery Agent on Windows servers
    • Installing the Discovery Agent on Linux servers
  • Configuring the Discovery Agent
  • Configuring the Discovery Agent on Linux servers
  •  Configuring the Discovery Agent on Windows servers
    • Configuring the Discovery Agent using the Riverbed Cloud Portal
    • Configuring the Discovery Agent manually
    • Configuring the Discovery Agent using the local portal mode
  • Configuring transparency modes
  • Enabling optimization using the Discovery Agent
•  Using SteelHead-c for VMware ESX/ESXi
  •  Overview of SteelHead-c virtual appliances for ESX/ESXi
    • Limitations
    • SteelHead-c for ESX/ESXi requirements
    • Virtual hardware requirements
  • Basic steps to deploy a SteelHead-c for ESX/ESXi
  • Installing the SteelHead-c virtual appliance for ESX/ESXi
  • Configuring ESX resources
  • Completing the initial configuration
  • Logging in to the SteelHead-c Management Console
•  Using SteelHead-c for Microsoft Azure
  • Before using your SteelHead-c for Azure
  • Installation prerequisites
  • Installing a SteelHead-c on an Azure virtual machine
•  Using Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
  •  About Amazon VPC
    • Using a VPC with a VPN connection to the data center
    • Using a VPC without a VPN connection to the data center
  •  Configuring security groups
    • Connecting to the VPC through the VPN (without NAT)
    • Connecting to a VPC through the internet (with NAT)
•  Manually Provisioning a SteelHead-c for AWS
  • Before you begin
  • Launching a SteelHead-c for AWS
  • Connecting to the SteelHead-c management console
  • Upgrading the RiOS software version
•  Manually Provisioning a SteelHead-c for AWS Marketplace
  • Before you begin
  • Launching a SteelHead-c for AWS Marketplace
  • Connecting to the SteelHead-c management console
  • Upgrading the RiOS software version

SteelHead™ (in the Cloud) User’s Guide

Manually Provisioning a SteelHead-c for AWS Marketplace