Managing Interceptor Clusters
You manage Interceptor clusters in the Clusters page. This section includes these topics:
The SCC enables you to manage all Interceptor configurations in one centralized location. You can manage Interceptors as:
• individual appliances.
• part of a SteelHead and Interceptor cluster.
You configure Interceptors that are not in clusters the same way you configure SteelHeads. You define policies and apply them to a single Interceptor or groups of Interceptors.
Appliance clusters are sets of appliances collaborating to provide optimization in complex architectures that work as one appliance. Clusters both distribute load across multiple appliances and provide high-availability failover capabilities. The SCC enables you to configure and manage clusters in a unified way.
Interceptors work in conjunction with SteelHeads. The topology you choose for your Interceptor and SteelHeads defines the configurations of the Interceptor. For details about topology, see the SteelHead Interceptor Deployment Guide.
Riverbed recommends that you use the SCC to manage appliance clusters for these reasons:
• Enables easier configuration, operation, and management - Allows for fewer errors when you create one rule in one place for all cluster members (load balancing rules and so on). For detailed information, see the SteelHead Deployment Guide.
• Enables creation of a graphical representation of a particular topology - With the configuration wizard, you can create a graphical representation of your topology. Riverbed recommends that you use the configuration wizard to configure Interceptor and SteelHead clusters instead of individually configuring each appliance.
The SCC does not support VLAN segregation in Interceptor 4.0 and later. For details about the Interceptor, see the SteelHead Interceptor Deployment Guide or the SteelHead Interceptor User’s Guide.