Steelhead Appliance Installation and Configuration Guide
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Configuring In-Path Steelhead Appliances
Installing and Configuring the Steelhead Appliance
2.
In the Username text box, type the user login:
admin
,
monitor
, a login from a RADIUS or
database, or any local accounts created using the Role-Based Accounts feature. The default login is
admin.
Users with administrator privileges can configure and administer the Steelhead appliance. Users with
monitor privileges can view the Steelhead appliance reports, 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 Steelhead
appliance. (The Steelhead appliance ships with the default password: password.)
4.
Click
Log In
to display the Home page.
The Home page summarizes the current status of your system.
Verifying Your Configuration
Perform the following tasks to verify that you have properly configured the Steelhead appliance.
If you selected auto-negotiation (auto) for your in-path and primary interfaces, you must ensure that the
Steelhead appliance negotiated the speed and duplex at the rate your devices expect. For example, ensure
settings are auto on the LAN and WAN and 100 FULL on the LAN and WAN. You can verify your speed
and duplex settings in the Configure > Networking > Inpath0_0 page and the Configure > Networking >
Base Interfaces page of the Management Console.
To check for speed and duplex errors
1.
In the Management Console, go to the Reports > Diagnostics > System Logs page.
2.
Check the system logs for duplex or speed errors.
3.
Go to the Reports > Networking > Current Connections page.
4.
Check for duplex and speed errors.
5.
If you find errors, change the speed and duplex settings on your LAN and WAN interface in the
Configure > Networking > Inpath 0_0 page.
To verify optimization in an in-path configuration
1.
Go to the Reports > Optimization > Bandwidth Optimization in the Management Console to verify
optimization.
2.
Map a remote drive on a client machine.
3.
Drag and drop a 1 MB file from the client to the remote server.
Ensure that the server is located across the WAN.
4.
Drag and drop the 1 MB file again.
Performance improves significantly.
