Riverbed SteelHead 5080, Installation And Configuration Manual

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46 | Installing and Configuring the SteelHead
Configuring out-of-path SteelHeads
7. Optionally, if you have a backup, out-of-path SteelHead in your system (that is, failover support), for
Backup Appliance IP Address, specify the IP address and port for the backup appliance in the Backup
IP and Port text boxes.
Use one of these formats:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xx (IPv4)
x:x:x::x/xxx (IPv6)
The default port is 7810.
8. Click Add to apply the rule to the running configuration.
9. Click Save to write your settings to memory.
For detailed information about verifying your connections and configuration settings, see “Verifying
you are connected to the SteelHead” on page 38 and “Verifying WAN optimization” on page 40 .
You can now optimize WAN traffic using the SteelHead.