Installing SteelHead Product Family Appliances (English)
1. Getting Started
Read the release notes for the appliance at https://support.riverbed.com. They contain important
information about this release.
Check your packing slip to make sure that you have all the necessary parts.
Make sure you have adequate space on a two-post or four-post, 19-inch rack.
Make sure that the ambient temperature does not exceed 40ºC (104ºF).
Make sure you have a standard Phillips screwdriver to install the appliance to a rack.
Be prepared to have values for the parameters listed in the following checklist.
Note: The default MSI package that ships with the Mobile Controller is designed to be suitable for most network
environments. Typically, you can install and deploy the Mobile Controller without modifying the default policies that
ship with the appliance. Consider deploying the Mobile Controller to SteelHead Mobile clients using the default
policies provided and modifying them only if necessary.
Appliance
Parameter
Mobile Controller
Hostname
IP Address
Net Mask
Default Gateway (the WAN gateway)
Primary DNS Server (Domain Name Server IP address)
Domain Name
Administrator Password
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Installing and Deploying the Mobile Controller
Getting Started Guide