Installing the Steelhead Appliance
Plug the straight-through cable that you disconnected from the WAN router into the LAN port of the
Steelhead appliance.
Using the provided cross-over cable, plug the cable into the WAN port of the Steelhead appliance and
the WAN router.
Note: If you have a Four-Port Copper Gigabit-Ethernet PCI-X card, repeat the installation steps. For detailed
information about installing additional bypass cards, see the Network Interface Card Installation Guide.
You can now optimize WAN traffic using the Steelhead appliance.
6. Checking Your Connections
Check the LED status lights to verify that the appliance is connected properly.
To check your connections, enter a ping command from the management interface:
ping -I <primary-IP-address> <primary-default-gateway>
ping -I <in-path-IP-address> <in-path-default-gateway>
7. Connecting to the Management Console
Enter the URL for the Management Console in the location box of your Web browser:
http://host.domain or https://host.domain
The Management Console appears, displaying the Welcome page.
In the Account text box, type admin.
In the Password text box, type the password you assigned.
Click Login to display the Home page.
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