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. | Professional Services |
3. Install appliances and optional interface cards. | SteelHead Installation Guide Network and Storage Card Installation Guide |
4. Configure optimization traffic with in-path rules. | |
5. Enable optimization features related to your deployment. |
Configuring SSL server certificates and certificate authorities (if applicable)
Configuring Network Integration Features (if applicable) |
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. |
Configuring general security settings (if applicable) |
8. Modify default system administration settings. |
Configuring alarm settings (if desired) |
9. Modify host and network settings you initially set with the installation wizard. |
Modifying general host settings (if desired) |
10. Save your configuration changes and restart services as necessary. |
Starting and stopping the optimization service (as necessary)
Managing configuration files (as necessary) |
11. View logs and reports to verify your deployment. | |
12. Troubleshoot (if necessary). | SteelHead Deployment Guide
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