Riverbed Cascade Express, Installation Manual

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About this guide
This guide describes installing the Riverbed Cascade
®
family of network
appliances. The Cascade
®
Sensor-VE is installed on the Riverbed Services
Platform on a Riverbed Steelhead. All other Cascade appliances are installed in a
standard rack. This guide describes connecting them to your network, verifying
network connectivity, and verifying that they are receiving and processing traffic
data. When these tasks are completed, the Cascade appliance is ready to
configure operationally. Operational configuration is described in the online help
system.
At least one data source must be provided to the Cascade appliance in order to
verify the installation. Therefore, the most streamlined approach is to configure
your data sources to send traffic data to the Cascade appliance as part of preparing
to begin the installation. The
Preparations for Installation section of this guide
discusses topics that should be considered before mounting and cabling the
Cascade appliance.
Sections 1 through 3 apply to all Cascade chassis. For Cascade Sensor-VE, go
directly to Section 8.
Sections 4 through 8 each cover one product. Section 9 covers the hardware
installation of the optional SAN interface.
Safety Notice
To reduce the risk of personal injury or equipment damage, observe the safety
warnings and cautions that are provided in the Riverbed
Safety and Compliance
Guide .