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About product terminology
Here’s a description of product names and related terms with their abbreviations. You’ll need to know these as you read this guide.
Term
Abbreviation
Meaning
SteelHead
SteelHead (Virtual Edition)
N/A
The physical or virtual appliance that, together with other appliances, provides optimization and other services.
SteelCentral Controller for SteelHead
SCC
The management component used to create and push policies to managed appliances. Also provides reporting capabilities.
SteelHead Resilient Storage
SteelHead RS
The storage acceleration solution.
Edge
Edge
The appliance located at your network’s edge locations, such as branch offices.
Core
Core
The appliance located at your data center locations.
Management Console
N/A
The graphical user interface (GUI) used to manage appliances.
Riverbed Optimization System
RiOS
The optimization service.
Some products are available in virtual form factor. Where it is necessary to distinguish the virtual from the physical form factor, “(Virtual Edition)” or “-v” is appended to the product name. Where this distinction is unnecessary, the standard product name is used.