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Steelhead Appliance Installation and Configuration Guide
Installing and Configuring the Steelhead Appliance
Configuring In-Path Steelhead Appliances
> 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 Steelhead 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 set to 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 57
2.
To start the configuration wizard, enter yes at the system prompt. For example:
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
.
Step 1:
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.
Step 2:
Use DHCP? no
Step 3: Primary IP address?
Enter the IP address for the Steelhead
appliance
.
Step 3:
Primary IP address?
10.10.10.6
Step 4: Netmask?
Enter the netmask address.
Step 4:
Netmask? 255.255.0.0
Step 5: Default gateway?
Enter the default gateway for the
Steelhead appliance.
Step 5:
Default gateway? 10.0.0.1
Step 6: Primary DNS server?
Enter the primary DNS server IP
address.
Step 6:
Primary DNS server?
10.0.0.2
Step 7: Domain name?
Enter the domain name for the
network where the Steelhead
appliance is to reside.
If you set a domain name, you can
enter host names in the system
without the domain name.
Step 7:
Domain name? example.com