Riverbed SteelHead 3070-SD, User Manual

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10 | Introducing SteelHead SD
Overview of the SteelHead SD
SteelHead SD advanced routing and high availability (HA) features are supported on the SteelHead SD
570-SD, 770-SD, and 3070-SD appliances and the SteelConnect SDI-2030 gateway located at the
branch. For details, see the
SteelHead SD User Guide and the SteelConnect Manager User Guide .
Figure 1-1. SteelHead SD deployment
SteelHead SD supports these configuration modes:
• SD-WAN and WAN optimization - In this configuration, WAN optimization runs as a service on top
of SD-WAN. The SteelCentral Controller for SteelHead (SCC) or the SteelHead Management
Console handles management and configuration of the WAN optimization features. Also, SteelHead
CLI-based management is supported for WAN optimization settings. You connect to the
Management Console via the primary port, which also uses DHCP to acquire its IP address. For
details on configuring WAN optimization features, see the
SteelCentral Controller for SteelHead
User Guide and the SteelHead User Guide .
• SD-WAN only - In this configuration, WAN optimization is not required. SCM handles the
management and configuration of SD-WAN features. SCM connectivity requires one of the WAN
ports that are used as uplink ports. Only the SD-WAN service can be enabled or disabled via SCM.
The SD-WAN service upgrades are managed via SCM. SCM pushes the new software version
according to the schedule that you set up. For details on configuring SD-WAN features, see the
SteelConnect Manager User Guide and the SteelHead SD User Guide .
For details on SteelHead SD software architecture and new features for SteelHead SD, see the SteelHead
SD Installation Guide .
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