Management and Visibility

Steelhead appliances include a robust enterprise-class management infrastructure that simplifies configuration, enables hands-on control, and provides full visibility into the health and performance of Steelhead appliance configurations.

 

Features

Web GUI and CLI Steelhead appliances can be managed through a rich GUI or command-line interface for fast set up, configuration, and remote management.

Selectable Optimization via Powerful Rules Configuration

The default state for Steelhead appliances is to intercept and optimize all TCP traffic. However, a powerful capability to configure rules provides administrators the option to restrict or specify optimization by protocol, port, or IP address range.

Extensive Reporting

Steelhead appliances monitor traffic and performance and provide reports on a per-port/application basis. Performance reports containing data for the previous 30 days are easily retrieved via simple-to-read graphs rendered in the Steelhead WEB GUI and formatted tables in the CLI. Reports range from applications and their traffic load, to how much data is being reduced by having the Steelhead appliances in place.

Over-the-Wire Upgrades

As new Steelhead appliance software updates are released, a facility to easily perform upgrades is provided via the CLI or WEB GUI. If an upgrade does not work out, a roll-back mechanism allows an administrator to quickly revert back to the previous software image.

Health Monitoring and Reporting via WEBGUI, SNMP traps, Syslog, and email Notification

Steelhead appliances constantly monitor key software and hardware areas and when thresholds have been met, alarms are sent to the WEB GUI, SNMP trap, Syslog, and by way of email notification. Key monitored areas include software, network bypass, data store, software version, CPU utilization, memory utilization, memory paging, admission control, high temperature, and disk full events.

AutoSupport for Reporting Problems to Riverbed Technical Support

Steelhead’s AutoSupport facility quickly reports problems back to Riverbed support when critical failures occur, enabling much faster time to problem resolution.

Multi-Level Access to Management System

The Steelhead appliances WEB GUI and CLI provide monitor (read-only) and admin (full control) access. Management system authentication may also be managed via Radius/TACACS+ enterprise infrastructures.

SNMP MIB-II Support for 3rd party Management Integration

Steelhead appliances support SNMP MIB-II allowing 3rd party management systems such as HP OpenView or PRTG to be used to centrally collect data for reporting.

Centralized Management

If you have many Steelhead appliances, you can deploy a separate, optional Central Management Console (CMC) appliance which allows you to configure and manage many Steelhead appliances simultaneously. Riverbed CMC appliances are available in a range of capacities, allowing you to manage hundreds of Steelhead appliances.