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SteelFusion Edge Installation and Configuration Guide
Introducing the SteelFusion Edge Appliance
Introducing SteelFusion
The following diagram shows a typical SteelFusion deployment.
Figure 1-1. Typical SteelFusion Deployment
For detailed information about SteelFusion and how it works, see the
SteelFusion Edge Management Console
User’s Guide
and the
SteelFusion Core and Edge Deployment Guide
.
The following terminology will help you understand SteelFusion and its features.
Virtualization
- All software and hardware concerning the installation, deployment, and management
of the hypervisor and virtual machines (VMs). Virtualization encompasses both RiOS and hypervisor
hardware nodes.
Hypervisor
- VMware virtualization software running on bare-metal hardware that creates and runs
VMs.
Virtual Services Platform (VSP)
- A component of the RiOS software that describes the management,
communication, and reporting of the hypervisor.
RiOS node
- Hardware node that manages and controls WAN optimization, storage, and VSP are
deployed.
Hypervisor node
- Hardware node where hypervisor hardware resources and software are deployed.
Interconnects
- Internal TCP network used to communicate to and from RiOS and the hypervisor
nodes.
