Overview of the Management Console : Using the Management Console : Getting help
  
Getting help
The Help page provides these options:
• Online Help—View browser-based online help.
• Technical Support—View links and contact information for Riverbed Support.
• Appliance Details—View appliance information such as model number, hardware revision type, and serial number currently installed on the appliance.
• Software Version(s)—View the RiOS version and build number.
• MIB Files—View Riverbed and appliance MIB files in text format.
Displaying online help
The Management Console provides page-level help for the appliance.
To display online help in the Management Console
• Click the question mark (?) icon next to the page title. The help for the page appears in a new browser window.
Downloading documentation
The Riverbed Support site contains PDF versions of the SteelHead User Guides and the Riverbed Command-Line Interface Reference Manual.
To download the PDF versions of the user’s guide or command-line interface reference manual
1. Select Help in the menu bar to display the Help page.
2. Click the link next to Documentation: https://support.riverbed.com/docs/index.htm.
The Support site appears.
3. Select the product name.
4. Select the product version from the Display Version drop-down list.
5. Select PDF or HTML next to the document name to download the document.
Next steps
This table describes a basic approach to configuring the SteelHead.
Task
Reference
1. Become familiar with basic and advanced deployment types.
SteelHead Deployment Guide
2. Make decisions about where to deploy SteelHeads, and what features to use.
Riverbed Professional Services
3. Install appliances and optional interface cards.
SteelHead Installation and Configuration Guide
Network and Storage Card Installation Guide
4. Configure optimization traffic with in-path rules.
5. Enable optimization features related to your deployment.
6. Define your applications, QoS profiles, and view of all available networks for use with application-level Quality of Service (QoS) and WAN path selection.
7. Distribute administrative responsibility by configuring secure access for other administrators, monitor users, or other types of users you choose to create.
8. Modify default system administration settings.
9. Modify host and network settings you initially set with the installation wizard.
10. Save your configuration changes and restart services as necessary.
11. View logs and reports to verify your deployment.
12. Troubleshoot (if necessary).
SteelHead Deployment Guide