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Configuring Out-of-Path Steelhead Appliances
Installing and Configuring the Steelhead Appliance
Connecting the Steelhead Appliance to Your Network
You use a standard Ethernet straight-through cable to connect the primary port of the Steelhead appliance
to the LAN switch in an out-of-path configuration.
To connect the Steelhead appliance to your network
Plug the straight-through cable into the primary port of the Steelhead appliance and the LAN switch.
This can be any port on your LAN switch that is configured to connect to a host.
Figure 3-12. Connecting the Primary Port and LAN Switch
Configuring the Client-Side Appliance
In an out-of-path configuration, you configure the client-side Steelhead appliance in the same way as in an
in-path configuration. For optimization to occur, you must define a fixed-target rule on the client-side
Steelhead appliance that points to the out-of-path, server-side Steelhead appliance. You can define fixed-
target rules using the Management Console or the CLI.
For detailed information about the Management Console, see the
Steelhead Appliance Management Console
User’s Guide
.
For detailed information about the CLI, see the
Riverbed Command-Line Interface Reference Manual
.
The following procedures describe how to configure in-path rules using the Management Console.
To configure the client-side Steelhead appliance
1.
Follow the procedures for an in-path configuration.
“Configuring In-Path Steelhead Appliances” on page 31
2.
Connect to the Management Console.
