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Steelhead Appliance Installation and Configuration Guide
Installing and Configuring the Steelhead Appliance
Configuring In-Path Steelhead Appliances
Configuration Wizard
The configuration wizard automatically starts when you log in to the CLI for the first time.
When using the configuration wizard:
Press
Enter
to enter the default value.
Press
?
for help.
Press
Ctrl-B
to go back to the previous step.
If you quit the configuration wizard, you can restart it from the Steelhead CLI. You must be in configuration
mode to restart the configuration wizard.
To restart the configuration wizard
Enter the following set of commands at the system prompt:
> enable
# configure terminal
(config) # configuration jump-start
For detailed information about the CLI, see the
Riverbed Command-Line Interface Reference Manual
.
To configure the Steelhead appliance in an in-path deployment
1.
If you have a Central Management Console (CMC) appliance installed in your network to manage
multiple Steelhead appliances, you can use it to automatically configure them:
Do you want to auto-configure using a CMC? no
If you answer
yes
, you are prompted for the CMC host name or IP address. The host name or IP
address is used to contact the CMC. The default value is
riverbedcmc
. If you enter
no
, the wizard
continues.
Tip:
If you mistakenly answer
yes
, to return to the wizard from the CLI, enter the
configuration jump-start
command
from configuration mode. For detailed information, see the
“To restart the configuration wizard” on page 32
2.
To start the configuration wizard, enter
yes
at the system prompt.
Do you want to use the configuration wizard for initial configuration? yes
3.
Complete the configuration wizard steps on the client-side and the server-side Steelhead appliances as
described in the following table.
Wizard Prompt
Description
Example
Step 1: Host name?
Enter the host name for the
Steelhead
appliance.
hostname? amnesiac
Step 2: Use DHCP on the
primary interface?
You are given the option to enable the
DHCP to automatically assign an IP
address to the primary interface for
the Steelhead appliance.
Riverbed recommends that you do not
set DHCP.
The default value is no.
Use DHCP? no
