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SteelFusion Edge Installation and Configuration Guide 

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CHAPTER 2

Managing Riverbed Licenses

This chapter describes the Riverbed licensing methods and how to manage Riverbed licenses. It includes 
these sections:

“Riverbed Licensing Methods” on page 15

“Automatic Licensing” on page 16

“Manual Licensing Using the Riverbed Licensing Portal” on page 17

Riverbed Licensing Methods

A license is a string issued by Riverbed that embeds information that ties the license to data to prevent 
tampering. After you install the license, the system saves it in the configuration database and enables the 
functionality associated with the license. Riverbed employs the following licensing methods:

Automatic licensing

 - After you connect your appliance to the network, the appliance automatically 

contacts the Riverbed Licensing Portal and downloads and installs the licenses.

Manual licensing

 - You can manually fetch and activate licenses for Riverbed products using the 

Riverbed Licensing Portal. To retrieve license keys, follow the instruction at 
https://licensing.riverbed.com/index.htm. 

Token method

 - You use tokens to activate Riverbed software, such as the Virtual SteelCentral 

Controller for SteelHead Mobile, Virtual SteelStore, and Virtual SteelFusion Core. For detailed 
information, see the respective installation guides for these products.

Factory licensing

 - You can have all your Riverbed licenses installed at the factory for a small fee.

Summary of Contents for SteelFusion Edge 2100

Page 1: ...SteelFusion Edge Installation and Configuration Guide Appliances 2100 2200 3100 3200 and 5100 Version 4 1 August 2015...

Page 2: ...oration in the United States and in other countries UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and in other countries exclusively licensed through X Open Company Ltd VMware ESX ESXi are trade...

Page 3: ...Version 4 1 8 Version 4 0 9 Hardware and Software Dependencies 9 Hardware and Software Dependencies 10 Available BlockStore Space 11 VMWare License Requirements 11 Firewall Requirements 12 SNMP Based...

Page 4: ...work Interface Cards 23 Avoiding Duplex Mismatch 24 Completing the Configuration Checklist 25 Powering On the Appliance 25 Configuring SteelFusion Edge Appliances 26 Connecting the SteelFusion Edge to...

Page 5: ...SteelFusion Edge Hardware Installation and Maintenance Guide This guide includes information relevant to these products and product features Riverbed SteelFusion Edge appliance Edge appliance Riverbe...

Page 6: ...u do not clearly understand the safety information provided in the product documentation Documentation and Release Notes To obtain the most current version of all Riverbed documentation go to the Rive...

Page 7: ...r who provides support To contact Riverbed Support open a trouble ticket by calling 1 888 RVBD TAC 1 888 782 3822 in the United States and Canada or 1 415 247 7381 outside the United States You can al...

Page 8: ...4 SteelFusion Edge Installation and Configuration Guide Preface Contacting Riverbed...

Page 9: ...ponents SteelFusion Edge and SteelFusion Core SteelFusion Core is a physical or virtual appliance in the data center that mounts all LUNs that need to be made available to applications and servers at...

Page 10: ...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 virt...

Page 11: ...ces in the branch such as Active Directory AD Domain Name Service DNS print server and file server You install and run VMs directly from the Hypervisor node of the Edge appliance The hypervisor uses t...

Page 12: ...aces SteelHead bypass ports are provided on the RiOS node through a pre installed NIC LANX_Y WANX_Y Storage interfaces Storage ports for external iSCSI or high availability connections for SteelFusion...

Page 13: ...for BlockStream support Local LUNs on the branch SteelFusion Edge v4 0 modifies the storage subsystem used by VMs on the Hypervisor node the VM ESXi datastore is now accessed through iSCSI rather than...

Page 14: ...net Explorer v8 0 and v9 0 JavaScript and cookies must be enabled in your Web browser SteelFusion Core SteelFusion Core Management Console v3 6 or later SteelHead SteelHead Management Console RiOS v9...

Page 15: ...If either of the licenses have expired or are about to expire an alarm is triggered in the Management Console Alarms page For detailed information about Riverbed licensing see Automatic Licensing on p...

Page 16: ...re License If you prefer to use your own VMware license rather than the Riverbed embedded vSphere Hypervisor license you can change the VMware license when you run the Hypervisor Installer in the Edge...

Page 17: ...ore you can migrate your data to the SteelFusion Edge appliance To migrate the data you unmap the LUN from the SteelHead EX appliance and rejoin that LUN to the new Edge appliance Gigabit Ethernet ove...

Page 18: ...14 SteelFusion Edge Installation and Configuration Guide Introducing the SteelFusion Edge Appliance Migrating Data from the SteelHead EX Appliance...

Page 19: ...d with the license Riverbed employs the following licensing methods Automatic licensing After you connect your appliance to the network the appliance automatically contacts the Riverbed Licensing Port...

Page 20: ...ing your licenses To view licenses on a new appliance Connect the new appliance to the network The appliance automatically contacts the Riverbed Licensing Portal which downloads and installs the licen...

Page 21: ...nique product identifier The serial number is on a label located on your appliance It also appears in the Help tab of the Management Console 3 Click Next 4 Provide the contact information for the lice...

Page 22: ...ple license keys with a space Tab or Enter 5 Click Add to display the license in the table To install a license using the CLI 1 Connect to the CLI of the appliance and enter configuration mode For det...

Page 23: ...iance to a rack see the SteelFusion Edge Hardware Installation and Maintenance Guide Deploying the SteelFusion Edge Appliance You deploy the Edge appliance in a physical in path or virtual in path dep...

Page 24: ...airs in an HA cluster configuration For detailed information about HA see the SteelFusion Edge Management Console User s Guide and the SteelFusion Core and Edge Deployment Guide Figure 3 2 SteelFusion...

Page 25: ...tened Site Requirements Before you install the Edge appliance make sure that your site meets the following requirements It is a standard electronic environment where the ambient temperature does not e...

Page 26: ...sole To use external IPMI access for 1 U and 2 U appliances the AUX port must be enabled IPMI access does not require the AUX port to have an IP address configured but it does require that the port is...

Page 27: ...bypass NIC The 1U has an additional slot for an add on NIC for a total of 2 slots Both slots are assigned to the RiOS node eth0_0 eth0_1 Typically these ports are connected to the SteelFusion Core in...

Page 28: ...otiates duplex settings If one end of the link is set to autonegotiate and the other end of the link is not set to autonegotiate the duplex settings on the network device default to half duplex This d...

Page 29: ...must ground earth the Green Yellow tab on the power cord or risk electrical shock To power on the appliance 1 If your appliance has a master power switch ensure that it is in the off position Applianc...

Page 30: ...tch on again 5 Check the status lights on the appliance For detailed information about the status lights see the SteelFusion Edge Hardware Installation and Maintenance Guide Configuring SteelFusion Ed...

Page 31: ...switch The Primary port can be any port on your LAN switch configured to connect to a host Figure 3 6 Connecting the Primary Port to the LAN Switch 2 Identify the straight through cable that connects...

Page 32: ...ugh cable into one of the hypervisor ports gbe0_0 gbe0_1 gbe0_2 gbe0_3 2 Plug in the straight through cable into any switch that is connected to the Hypervisor node After you complete the configuratio...

Page 33: ...er the default password password For example login as admin Sent username admin password password The configuration wizard automatically starts after you have entered the login and default password Af...

Page 34: ...r the default gateway for the Edge appliance Default gateway 10 0 0 1 Step 6 Primary DNS server Enter the primary DNS server IP address Primary DNS server 10 0 0 2 Step 7 Domain name Enter the domain...

Page 35: ...nfiguration in which the Edge appliance is in the direct path of the client and server Would you like to activate the in path configuration yes Step 14 In Path IP address Enter the in path IP address...

Page 36: ...em prompt enable configure terminal config configuration jump start For detailed information about the CLI see the Riverbed Command Line Interface Reference Manual Verifying You Are Connected to the A...

Page 37: ...e 33 Configuring SteelFusion Edge Appliances Installing and Configuring the SteelFusion Edge Appliance If you have problems connecting to the SteelFusion Edge SFE use the following flow chart to troub...

Page 38: ...ect to the Management Console 1 Specify the URL for the Management Console in the location box of your Web browser protocol host domain protocol is http or https HTTPS uses the Secure Socket Layer SSL...

Page 39: ...orts and user logs and change their own password A monitor user cannot make configuration changes 3 In the Password text box type the password you assigned in the configuration wizard of the Edge appl...

Page 40: ...using a SteelFusion Core for storage you should configure and connect it before running the Hypervisor Installer A SteelFusion Core allows you to access remote storage at your data center and make th...

Page 41: ...changing from the embedded license 12 node overview of 7 J Jumbo frames 12 L LAN switch connecting 27 Licensing automatic overview of 15 automatic procedures for 16 factory overview of 15 keys install...

Page 42: ...38 Index Index...

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