This course is not currently offered by Global Knowledge. Information here is provided for reference only.

This lab-intensive, task-oriented course is delivered by Riverbed technical experts. You will gain the knowledge and skills needed to deploy and administer Riverbed Steelhead appliances in complex network environments.

Note: You are required to bring your own laptop to class.

What You'll Learn

• Features of the Steelhead appliances
• Navigate within the Management Console (GUI) and the Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Configure the Steelhead appliances in various network deployment scenarios
• Size the Steelhead appliances for a given network
• Perform network integration
• Perform basic troubleshooting and identify any potential problems that might occur when deploying the product

Who Needs to Attend

Riverbed resellers/partners and customers involved in the design, deployment, or administration/technical support of Steelhead appliances

Prerequisites

• CCNP/CCIP certification or the equivalent internetworking knowledge of routing protocols, TCP/IP, network design, and troubleshooting is helpful
• You must bring your own laptop and, if you're using our hardware, a serial cable or a USB-to-serial adaptor for the class labs

Follow-On Courses

There are no follow-ons for this course.

Course Outline

1. Course Overview

2. Riverbed Technology Overview

3. Riverbed Product Overview

4. Steelhead Connection Interception

5. Riverbed Deployment Options

6. Transaction Prediction

7. SDR-only Optimizations

8. System Management & Reporting

9. Top Deployment Problems & Troubleshooting

10. Riverbed Services Platform (RSP)

11. RiOS HighSpeed TCP (HS-TCP) Optimization

12. Data Replication & Performance Tuning

13. Deployment Planning

14. Agentless CIFS Prepopulation

15. Quality of Service (QoS)

16. Course Summary

17. Appendix: Proxy File Services (PFS)