Riverbed Steelhead Mobile Controller (SMC)

Steelhead Mobile Controller (SMC)

The Steelhead Mobile Controller (SMC) manages Steelhead Mobile licenses and controls the management, deployment and reporting of Steelhead Mobile software clients. Utilising the SMC, IT managers can simply and quickly deploy Steelhead Mobile to all of their remote workers and employees located anywhere.

The SMC is a 1U rackable appliance that manages Steelhead Mobile deployments through optimization policy control, detailed user-level reporting, and administrative troubleshooting capability.

Fast and Easy User Deployment

The SMC uses simple MSI software packages to push out the Steelhead Mobile software client to end-user laptops and PCs. The software can be used so in either visible or invisible mode. Visible mode allows users to see the Steelhead Mobile software running in their icon tray and can adjust some of the options. Invisible mode, allows only the administrator to know that the Steelhead Mobile software is running on the machine.

Because the SMC manages licenses on a concurrent user basis, administrators can deploy Steelhead Mobile to all end-user machines as part of their standard build. When the user requires a connection they automatically check with the SMC for an available license and then begin their optimized sessions.

Scalable Concurrent Licensing Model

The Steelhead Mobile product uses a scalable, easy to use concurrent licensing model. Instead of buying a license for each individual end user, IT administrators simply manage a 'pool' of licenses on a Steelhead Mobile Controller. These licenses can be used by anyone running the Steelhead Mobile software on their laptop. Then users around the organization can all reap the benefits of Steelhead Mobile's acceleration advantages.

IT administrators get simplified management of licenses that scales really well and costs are controlled by how many licenses are purchased. New licenses can also easily be added to the pool of concurrent licenses. IT administrators get the additional advantage, that they can simply make Steelhead Mobile software part of the standard operating environment, adding the software to every machine as they image it, without incurring additional costs.

In-depth Reporting

Similar to the Central Management Console for Steelhead appliances, the SMC includes in-depth reporting on Steelhead Mobile client performance. Using the SMC, IT managers can report aggregated or individual statistics on throughput improvements as well as bandwidth optimization.

Highly Scalable

Each SMC can support up to 2,000 concurrent Steelhead Mobile clients and can also be clustered to scale beyond the per SMC limit. Clustering also creates high availability configurations that make sure users always have accelerated mobile access to key applications and data.

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