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- Page 1 SteelFusion Edge Installation and ™ Configuration Guide Appliances 2100, 2200, 3100, 3200, and 5100 Version 4.1 August 2015...
- Page 2 “commercial computer software documentation” and any use by the government shall be governed solely by these terms. All other use is prohibited. Riverbed assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this documentation.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Firewall Requirements .........................12 SNMP-Based Management Compatibility..................12 Ethernet Network Compatibility .......................12 Migrating Data from the SteelHead EX Appliance.................13 Chapter 2 - Managing Riverbed Licenses ....................15 Riverbed Licensing Methods ........................15 Automatic Licensing ...........................16 Manual Licensing Using the Riverbed Licensing Portal................17 Retrieving Licenses Using the Riverbed Licensing Portal..............17 Installing Your License Keys .......................17... - Page 4 Contents Chapter 3 - Installing and Configuring the SteelFusion Edge Appliance ...........19 Deploying the SteelFusion Edge Appliance ....................19 Checking Your Inventory..........................20 Preparing Your Site for Installation......................21 Site Requirements ..........................21 SteelFusion Edge Ports ........................22 Network Interface Cards ........................23 Avoiding Duplex Mismatch ........................24 Completing the Configuration Checklist ..................25 Powering On the Appliance........................25 Configuring SteelFusion Edge Appliances ....................26...
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Page 5: Preface
This guide describes how to install and configure the SteelFusion Edge appliance (Edge appliance). For the appliance specifications, status lights, and ports, see the SteelFusion Edge Hardware Installation and Maintenance Guide. This guide includes information relevant to these products and product features: Riverbed SteelFusion Edge appliance (Edge appliance) Riverbed SteelFusion Core appliance (Core) ... -
Page 6: Audience
Safety and Compliance Guide. Before you install, operate, or service the Riverbed products, you must be familiar with the safety information. Refer to the Safety and Compliance Guide if you do not clearly understand the safety information provided in the product documentation. -
Page 7: Contacting Riverbed
Technical support - If you have problems installing, using, or replacing Riverbed products, contact Riverbed Support or your channel partner who provides support. To contact Riverbed Support, open a trouble ticket by calling 1-888-RVBD-TAC (1-888-782-3822) in the United States and Canada or +1 415-247-7381 outside the United States. - Page 8 Preface Contacting Riverbed SteelFusion Edge Installation and Configuration Guide...
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Page 9: Chapter 1 - Introducing The Steelfusion Edge Appliance
Introducing the SteelFusion Edge CHAPTER 1 Appliance This chapter provides an overview of SteelFusion Edge appliance (Edge appliance), including an overview of the Edge hardware platform, new features, hardware and software dependencies, and migrating data from the SteelHead EX appliance. It includes these sections: “Introducing SteelFusion”... - Page 10 Introducing the SteelFusion Edge Appliance Introducing SteelFusion The following diagram shows a typical SteelFusion deployment. Figure 1-1. Typical SteelFusion Deployment For detailed information about SteelFusion and how it works, see the SteelFusion Edge Management Console User’s Guide and the SteelFusion Core and Edge Deployment Guide. The following terminology will help you understand SteelFusion and its features.
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Page 11: Steelfusion Edge Appliance Architecture
Introducing SteelFusion Introducing the SteelFusion Edge Appliance SteelFusion Edge Appliance Architecture The Edge hardware platform contains two distinct computing nodes within a single chassis: RiOS node and Hypervisor node. The physical node design provides true hardware resource separation and isolation. These two compute nodes, the RiOS node and the hypervisor node, are connected through Gbps Ethernet interconnects that allow both nodes to communicate for management, networking, and storage data. -
Page 12: Rios Node
Introducing the SteelFusion Edge Appliance New Features RiOS Node The RiOS node incorporates SteelHead RiOS v9.0 features to provide WAN optimization. All features available with RiOS v9.0 are available on the Edge appliance. You manage the storage and networking components using the SteelFusion Management Console, and utilize VMware vSphere Client or vCenter to interact with the hosted VMs. -
Page 13: Version 4.0
Hardware and Software Dependencies Introducing the SteelFusion Edge Appliance Version 4.0 These features are available in v4.0 of the Edge appliance: New hardware platform - SteelFusion Edge appliance v4.0 ships on a new 1U and 2U hardware platform: models 2100, 2200, 3100, 3200, and 5100. The SteelFusion Edge hardware architecture contains two distinct computing nodes within a single chassis: RiOS node and Hypervisor node. -
Page 14: Hardware And Software Dependencies
You can download the vSphere applications from the VMware Web site, or you can download the vSphere Client from the hypervisor host. The Edge appliance ships with a Riverbed specific VMware vSphere Hypervisor license. This license enables basic hypervisor functions such as monitoring and management of a single instance of an ESXi server. -
Page 15: Available Blockstore Space
VSPESXI - License to install the embedded ESXi software. After installing and connecting the Edge appliance, the Riverbed Licensing Portal is automatically contacted to retrieve and install the required license keys onto the Edge appliance. If either of the licenses have expired or are about to expire, an alarm is triggered in the Management Console Alarms page. -
Page 16: Firewall Requirements
DRS, HA, and FT. Changing Your VMware License If you prefer to use your own VMware license rather than the Riverbed embedded vSphere Hypervisor license, you can change the VMware license when you run the Hypervisor Installer in the Edge Management Console. -
Page 17: Migrating Data From The Steelhead Ex Appliance
Migrating Data from the SteelHead EX Appliance Introducing the SteelFusion Edge Appliance Ethernet Standard IEEE Standard Gigabit Ethernet over Copper 1000BASE-T (All copper interfaces IEEE 802.3 - 2008 are autosensing for speed and duplex.) Gigabit Ethernet over Fiber 1000BASE-SX (LC connector) IEEE 802.3 - 2008 Gigabit Ethernet over Fiber 1000BASE-LX IEEE 802.3 - 2008... - Page 18 Introducing the SteelFusion Edge Appliance Migrating Data from the SteelHead EX Appliance SteelFusion Edge Installation and Configuration Guide...
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Page 19: Chapter 2 - Managing Riverbed Licenses
Riverbed Licensing Methods A license is a string issued by Riverbed that embeds information that ties the license to data to prevent tampering. After you install the license, the system saves it in the configuration database and enables the functionality associated with the license. -
Page 20: Automatic Licensing
If you are behind a firewall, you can retrieve licenses at the Riverbed Licensing Portal using the email option or by downloading and XML file to the appliance. For detailed information, see “Retrieving Licenses Using... -
Page 21: Manual Licensing Using The Riverbed Licensing Portal
Retrieving Licenses Using the Riverbed Licensing Portal The Riverbed Licensing Portal requires a unique identifier to retrieve a license, such as a serial number, a license request key (activation code), or a token. These steps describe how to retrieve a license using a serial number. - Page 22 Managing Riverbed Licenses Manual Licensing Using the Riverbed Licensing Portal 4. Copy and paste the license key provided by the Riverbed Licensing Portal into the text box. Separate multiple license keys with a space, Tab, or Enter. 5. Click Add to display the license in the table.
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Page 23: Chapter 3 - Installing And Configuring The Steelfusion Edge Appliance
Installing and Configuring the CHAPTER 3 SteelFusion Edge Appliance This chapter describes how to install and configure the SteelFusion Edge (Edge appliance). It includes these sections: “Deploying the SteelFusion Edge Appliance” on page 19 “Checking Your Inventory” on page 20 ... -
Page 24: Checking Your Inventory
You can also deploy the Edge appliance for high availability (HA) where Edge and Core appliances are deployed as pairs so that if either peer fails, the surviving Edge or Core appliances can take over. Riverbed strongly recommends that you deploy Edge appliances as pairs in an HA cluster configuration. For detailed information about HA, see the SteelFusion Edge Management Console User’s Guide and the SteelFusion Core and... -
Page 25: Preparing Your Site For Installation
Documentation kit If any items are damaged or missing, notify Riverbed Support at https://support.riverbed.com for replacement or repair. Preparing Your Site for Installation The Edge appliance ships completely assembled, with all the equipment parts in place and securely fastened. -
Page 26: Steelfusion Edge Ports
Installing and Configuring the SteelFusion Edge Appliance Preparing Your Site for Installation SteelFusion Edge Ports The following table summarizes the ports that connect the Edge appliance to your network. Port Description HYP COM A hypervisor serial RJ45 communication port used to manage the Hypervisor node. Serial settings: 9600 bps, 8 data bit, 1 stop bit, no parity. -
Page 27: Network Interface Cards
Preparing Your Site for Installation Installing and Configuring the SteelFusion Edge Appliance Port Description eth0_0, eth0_1 Typically, these ports are connected to the SteelFusion Core in HA deployments. These data interfaces can be used for iSCSI, BlockStream heartbeat, and BlockStream synchronization. -
Page 28: Avoiding Duplex Mismatch
Installing and Configuring the SteelFusion Edge Appliance Preparing Your Site for Installation The 2U appliance comes equipped with a preinstalled 4-port 1 Gbe copper bypass NIC with an integrated LSI expander NIC for bypass support. The 2U has 5 additional slots for and add-on NICs for a total of 6 slots. -
Page 29: Completing The Configuration Checklist
Powering On the Appliance Installing and Configuring the SteelFusion Edge Appliance Completing the Configuration Checklist The following table lists the parameters you specify to complete the initial configuration of the Edge appliance. Be prepared to provide values for these parameters. Appliance Parameter Your Value... -
Page 30: Configuring Steelfusion Edge Appliances
Installing and Configuring the SteelFusion Edge Appliance Configuring SteelFusion Edge Appliances 2. Plug the AC power cord into the appliance. Note: If your model has multiple power supplies, you must plug in all the power cords or you will hear an alarm. Figure 3-5. - Page 31 Configuring SteelFusion Edge Appliances Installing and Configuring the SteelFusion Edge Appliance To connect to the appliance to your network 1. Plug the straight-through cable into the Primary port of the appliance and the LAN switch. The Primary port can be any port on your LAN switch configured to connect to a host. Figure 3-6.
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Page 32: Connecting Virtual Machines To The Steelfusion Edge Appliance
Installing and Configuring the SteelFusion Edge Appliance Configuring SteelFusion Edge Appliances 4. Using the provided crossover cable, plug the cable into the WAN port of the appliance and the WAN router. Figure 3-9. Connecting the WAN Port to the WAN Router Note: If you have additional 4-port bypass cards, repeat Step 1 through... - Page 33 Edge appliance. Riverbed recommends that you connect the console port to a device that logs output. Even though this is not a requirement, it can help you to identify problems with the system.
- Page 34 DHCP to automatically assign an IP address to the primary interface for the Edge appliance. Riverbed recommends that you do not set DHCP. The default value is no. Step 3: Primary IP address? Enter the IP address for the Edge Primary IP address? 10.10.10.6...
- Page 35 Configuring SteelFusion Edge Appliances Installing and Configuring the SteelFusion Edge Appliance Wizard Prompt Description Example Step 11: Set the primary interface Enter the speed on the primary Set the primary interface speed? speed? interface (that is, the Edge appliance). [auto] auto Make sure that this value matches the setting on your router or switch.
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Page 36: Verifying You Are Connected To The Appliance
# configure terminal (config) # configuration jump-start For detailed information about the CLI, see the Riverbed Command-Line Interface Reference Manual. Verifying You Are Connected to the Appliance Perform the following tasks to verify that you have properly connected the Edge appliance. - Page 37 Configuring SteelFusion Edge Appliances Installing and Configuring the SteelFusion Edge Appliance If you have problems connecting to the SteelFusion Edge (SFE), use the following flow chart to troubleshoot issues. Figure 3-11. Resolving IP Connectivity SteelFusion Edge Installation and Configuration Guide...
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Page 38: Connecting To The Management Console
Installing and Configuring the SteelFusion Edge Appliance Configuring SteelFusion Edge Appliances Connecting to the Management Console After you configure the Edge appliance, you can check and modify your configuration settings and view performance reports and system logs in the Management Console. You can connect to the Management Console through any supported Web browser. -
Page 39: Verifying Wan Optimization
Configuring SteelFusion Edge Appliances Installing and Configuring the SteelFusion Edge Appliance The Management Console appears, displaying the Sign In page. Figure 3-12. Sign In Page 2. In the Username text box, specify the user login: admin, monitor, a login from a RADIUS or TACACS+ database, or any local accounts created using the Role-Based Accounts feature. -
Page 40: Checking For Speed And Duplex Errors
Installing and Configuring the SteelFusion Edge Appliance Next Steps Checking for Speed and Duplex Errors If you selected autonegotiation (auto) for your in-path and primary interfaces, you must ensure that the Edge 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. -
Page 41: Index
Appliance methods, summary of 15 connecting to Management Console 34 retrieving keys 17 connecting to network 26 Riverbed Licensing Portal, overview connecting virtual machines 28 of 15 hardware architecture for 7 token, overview of 15 next steps after installing 36... - Page 42 Index Index...
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