Steelhead Replacement procedure
- Power-on the RMA appliance and verify whether it boots properly
- Check the licenses installed in “faulty appliance” and Apply for those licenses (like SSL) for the RMA serial number – procedure provided in a separate post
- Install the required licenses and Upgrade the software if needed
- Do the Initial configuration (like management and in-path IP addresses – procedure provided in a separate post)
- In a maintenance window, replace the faulty appliance with the RMA appliance
Steelhead Replacement procedure (With Interceptor deployment)
- In Interceptor based SH deployment, there is no downtime needed to replace SH since it deployed in Virtual in-path (Interceptor can be configured to “pause” connections to the faulty appliance)
- Follow all the above procedure
- SH and Interceptor to be integrated and this should be configured separately as shown below (not covered as part of Initial configuration)
steelhead communication multi-interface enable (needed for in-path interfaces in Port-channel)
steelhead name <Interceptor-hostname> main-ip <Interceptor-inpath-IP>
- Check the IC status whether the SH is in “connected” state as shown below
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