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CHAPTER 2
Installing and Configuring the
Steelhead Appliance
This chapter describes how to install and configure the Steelhead appliance. This chapter includes the
following sections:
“Choosing a Network Deployment,”
“Checking Your Inventory” on page 52
“Preparing Your Site for Installation” on page 52
“Completing the Configuration Checklist” on page 53
“Powering On the Steelhead Appliance” on page 55
“Connecting to the Steelhead Appliance” on page 56
“Configuring In-Path Steelhead Appliances” on page 57
“Configuring Out-of-Path Steelhead Appliances” on page 66
“Disabling SMB Signing” on page 71
Important:
Please read and follow the safety guidelines described in the Safety and Compliance Guide. Failure to follow
these safety guidelines can result in damage to the equipment.
Choosing a Network Deployment
The Steelhead appliance is typically deployed on a LAN, with communication between appliances taking
place over a private WAN or VPN. Because optimization between Steelhead appliances typically takes place
over a secure WAN, it is not necessary to configure company firewalls to support Steelhead specific ports.
Note:
If there are one or more firewalls between two Steelhead appliances, ports 7800 and 7810, must be passed through
firewall devices located between the pair of Steelhead appliances. Also, SYN and SYN/ACK packets with the
TCP option 76 must be passed through firewalls for auto-discovery to function properly.