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101-01 Riverbed Certified Solutions Associate Questions and Answers

Questions 4

With Path Selection, what happens to traffic destined for a remote site where no uplinks have been configured?

Options:

A.

Remote uplink configuration is not needed so path selection will be applied normally.

B.

Traffic to that site will be blackholed as there is no path back to the source site.

C.

The local Steelhead will probe the remote Steelhead for its default gateway.

D.

Only the default path can be used as the Steelheads on each site won’t be able to agree on a path.

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Questions 5

If the Steelhead Mobile client optimization is being blocked by the client firewall, you must set which port on the client firewall to allow incoming traffic?

Options:

A.

7744

B.

7800

C.

7801

D.

7810

E.

7820

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Questions 6

The auto-discovery probe uses which TCP option number (in decimal)? (Hint: Use the calculator)

Options:

A.

78

B.

76

C.

66

D.

Auto-discovery does not use TCP options

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Questions 7

When deploying a SteelHead on an 802.1Q trunk, which one of the following statements is true?

Options:

A.

Simplified routing must be disabled.

B.

The in-path interface must be configured on the native VLAN.

C.

The VLAN tag on which the in-path interface is configured is the only subnet which will be optimized.

D.

All optimized traffic will be sent on the in-path VLAN tag unless full transparency is enabled.

E.

802.1Q trunks are only supported on the Interceptor appliance.

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Questions 8

Refer to the exhibit.

101-01 Question 8

Which of the following correctly describes the combination of cable types used in a fail-to-wire scenario for the interconnected devices shown in the exhibit? Assume Auto-MDIX is not enabled on any device.

Options:

A.

Cable 1: Crossover, Cable 2: Crossover

B.

Cable 1: Straight-through, Cable 2: Straight-through

C.

Cable 1: Crossover, Cable 2: Straight-through

D.

Cable 1: Straight-through, Cable 2: Crossover

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Questions 9

If an administrator wanted to compare the performance of Microsoft file sharing across the WAN for two clients with and without Riverbed optimization, what strategy could you use to enable this testing?

Options:

A.

In-path rule on client-side Steelhead appliance to pass through port 139 and 445 for the source IP of one of the test clients

B.

Disable optimization on the Steelhead appliance

C.

In-path rule on server-side Steelhead appliance to pass through port 139 and 445 for the source IP one of the test clients

D.

A and C

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Questions 10

What default DNS entry is required for CMC touchless auto-configuration?

Options:

A.

riverbedcmc

B.

cmcsteelhead

C.

cmcriverbed

D.

steelheadcmc

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Questions 11

Automatic registration of devices with the SteelCentral Controller for SteelHead (SCC) requires which one of the following?

Options:

A.

RiOS 8.0 for SteelHead and 4.0 for Interceptor

B.

The SCC must have joined the Windows domain

C.

Pre-trusted SSL certificates on the devices and SCC

D.

The serial number of the managed device to be preconfigured in the SCC

E.

The name “riverbedcmc” to be an entry in DNS resolving to the SCC primary IP address

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Questions 12

Which xx50 Steelhead appliance models provide both inpath0_0 and inpath0_1 interfaces without adding additional network cards? (Select 3)

Options:

A.

Steelhead 550

B.

Steelhead 6050

C.

Steelhead 1050

D.

Steelhead 250

E.

Steelhead 2050

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Questions 13

When optimizing protocols such as signed SMB or encrypted MAPI, which of the following is true?

Options:

A.

Special configuration is always necessary on the Domain Controller.

B.

The server-side StealHead must be joined to the domain.

C.

The domain administrator password must be made available to the SteelHead.

D.

The client-side SteelHead must be joined to the domain.

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Questions 14

Which of the possible Simplified Routing modes should be used when installing the SteelHead on an 802.1Q trunk? (Choose three.)

Options:

A.

All

B.

None

C.

Destination and Source

D.

Destination Only

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Questions 15

Login to the CMC appliance can be authenticated against what type servers? (Select 3)

Options:

A.

RADIUS

B.

Local

C.

XAUTH

D.

TACACS+

E.

Kerberos

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Questions 16

A fat pipe is a network that can carry large amounts of data without significantly degrading transmission speed.

If you have a fat pipe that is not being fully utilized and you are experiencing WAN congestion, latency, and packet loss as a result of the limitations of regular TCP, which of the following RiOS features will help? (Select 2)

Options:

A.

Enable Forced Burst TCP (FB-TCP)

B.

Enable HighSpeed TCP (HSTCP)

C.

Disable admission control

D.

Lower the Advanced Security Checkflow Parameter (ASCP)

E.

Enable Maximum TCP (MX-TCP)

F.

Enable disk encryption

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Questions 17

If a file is not optimized for more than one user at a time, this indicates:

Options:

A.

Steelhead appliance has entered admission control

B.

Steelhead appliance is configured with the incorrect speed or duplex on the Primary interface

C.

Steelhead appliance is configured with the incorrect speed or duplex on the in-path interfaces

D.

Steelhead appliance is not able to acquire a “File Hold Key (FHK)”

E.

Steelhead appliance is not able to acquire an “Opportunistic Lock (oplock)”

F.

Steelhead appliance is not able to acquire a “Double Link (doulink)”

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Questions 18

Which SteelHead optimization feature improves performance over lossy (error prone) links?

Options:

A.

MXTCP

B.

HSTCP

C.

LZ

D.

Optimization blades

E.

SDR

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Questions 19

What licenses are installed with a Steelhead appliance when purchased? (Select 3)

Options:

A.

Scalable Data Referencing (SDR)

B.

Windows File Servers

C.

SSL

D.

Sybase database applications

E.

Microsoft Exchange

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Questions 20

What is NOT supported in Virtual in-path deployments?

Options:

A.

Server-side initiated connections

B.

Simplified Routing

C.

Path Selection

D.

SteelHead Mobile optimization

E.

HSRP or VRRP gateways

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Questions 21

Which SteelHead feature would resolve the packet ricochet seen in the diagram below?

101-01 Question 21

Options:

A.

Simplified Routing

B.

Full Transparency

C.

Path Selection

D.

Connection Forwardi ng

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Questions 22

Log messages in the Steelhead appliance Management Console such as “error=SMB_SHUTDOWN_ERR_SEC_SIG_ENABLED” are an indication of what condition?

Options:

A.

The Steelhead appliance has entered admission control

B.

The Steelhead appliance has detected an asymmetric network

C.

The Steelhead appliance is configured with the incorrect speed or duplex on the Primary interface

D.

The Steelhead appliance is configured with the incorrect speed or duplex on the in-path interfaces

E.

The Steelhead appliance is configured in “Tunnel Mode”

F.

The Steelhead appliance has detected Windows Server Message Block (SMB) signing

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Questions 23

What is the command to return a Steelhead appliance back to factory defaults?

Options:

A.

(config) # restart factory reload

B.

(config) # reload factory

C.

(config) # restart clean

D.

(config) # reload clean empty

E.

(config) # reset factory reload

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Questions 24

What does “Branch managed” mean when adding a SteelHead to the SteelCentral Controller for SteelHead (SCC) inventory?

Options:

A.

This SteelHead is fully managed by the SCC.

B.

This SteelHead has SteelFusion capability.

C.

Another SCC as well as this one manages this S teelHead.

D.

This SteelHead supports DNS caching and/or RSP or VSP policies.

E.

The SteelHead is not under control of the SCC. Only reports and status information are available.

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Questions 25

Your SteelCentral Controller for SteelHead Mobile is running at user license capacity with location awareness configured. No more client licenses can be used. Another client comes online requesting a license and there is no branch SteelHead available. What will happen?

Options:

A.

The controller will disconnect any idle clients to grant a license to the new user.

B.

The controller will deny a license but all connections will be optimized.

C.

The controller will grant an emergency license and a limited number of connections will be optimized.

D.

The controller will deny a license and all connections will be passed-through.

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Questions 26

Which report would you use to monitor disk utilization in the SteelHead management console user interface?

Options:

A.

Reports > Data Store Cost

B.

Reports > Data Store Disk Load

C.

Reports > Data Store Hit Rate

D.

Rep orts > Data Store Status

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Questions 27

What is the default QoS classification mode?

Options:

A.

Flat

B.

Hierarchical

C.

WRED

D.

LLQ

E.

FEC

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Questions 28

What optimization can be performed on HTTPS traffic when SSL optimization is enabled?

Options:

A.

SDR

B.

LZ

C.

Application Streamlining

D.

A and B only

E.

A, B, and C

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Questions 29

When enabling the IPSec feature on the Steelhead appliances:

Options:

A.

Both optimized and pass-through traffic are encrypted

B.

Only optimized traffic is encrypted

C.

IPSec encrypted traffic is optimized

D.

Only control traffic is encrypted, not user traffic

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Questions 30

When MAPI prepopulation is enabled, what is default TCP keep-alive time used to prepopulate the Steelhead appliance with emails and attachments?

Options:

A.

24 hours

B.

48 hours

C.

72 hours

D.

96 hours

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Questions 31

How many separate TCP sessions exist for each optimized connection?

Options:

A.

1

B.

2

C.

3

D.

4

E.

It depends on the WAN visibility mode

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Questions 32

Which of the following status states of the Steelhead appliance are valid? (Select 3)

Options:

A.

Degraded

B.

Normal

C.

Healthy

D.

Critical

E.

Failed

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Questions 33

What does the Transport Streamlining module in RiOS do? (Select 2)

Options:

A.

Reduces transport protocol inefficiencies

B.

Prioritizes application traffic

C.

Virtually expands TCP windows

D.

Reduces WAN round trips at the application layer

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Questions 34

With branch warming enabled, new data transferred between the Steelhead Mobile client and a server will be populated into: (Select 3)

Options:

A.

The Steelhead Mobile client datastore

B.

The local office Steelhead appliance datastore

C.

The server-side Steelhead appliance datastore

D.

Datastore will not be populated

E.

The Steelhead Mobile Controller datastore

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Questions 35

Assume the SSL server is configured for the default SSL port. Which port has to be specified in the in-path rules of the client-side Steelhead appliance?

Options:

A.

443

B.

445

C.

7801

D.

8080

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Questions 36

When configuring CIFS prepopulation, which of the following parameters must be configured for prepopulation to function? (Select 3)

Options:

A.

Remote path

B.

Username

C.

CMC hostname

D.

Password

E.

RADIUS authentication

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Questions 37

What does the RiOS acronym stand for?

Options:

A.

Riverbed interact Operations Shares

B.

Riverbed Optimization System

C.

Riverbed integrating Operating System

D.

Riverbed is Orange Shamrocks

E.

Riverbed is Outstandingly Simple

F.

Riverbed Internet Optimization System

G.

Riverbed Open Standards

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Questions 38

Datastore synchronization can be used in which of the following deployments?

Options:

A.

Serial in-path

B.

Logical in-path

C.

Server-side out-of-path

D.

Parallel in-path

E.

All of the above

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Questions 39

What do you configure to control optimization on a Steelhead appliance? (Select 2)

Options:

A.

In-path rules

B.

Optimization rules

C.

Load balancing rules

D.

Peering rules

E.

TCP rules

F.

Acceleration policies

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Questions 40

Which of the following is a benefit of the Riverbed Services Platform (RSP) on the Steelhead appliance? (Select 2)

Options:

A.

Optimizes VoIP flowing through proxy servers

B.

Removes the need for specific servers in the branch offices

C.

Allows for continued operations of specific functionality in the event of a WAN failure

D.

Provides parallel forwarding domains for asymmetrical routing

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Questions 41

After deployment of Steelhead appliances, a certain backup application shows poor bandwidth reduction. After disabling the backup application ' s native compression algorithm, the bandwidth reduction statistics on the Steelhead appliances suddenly improve significantly.

Which of the following are likely causes for the increased bandwidth reduction?

Options:

A.

The native compression algorithm of the backup application could not be compressed further

B.

The application-level protocol used by the backup application is not recognized by the Steelhead appliances

C.

The Steelhead appliances were not able to effectively perform TCP optimizations

D.

There should be no difference between compressed and uncompressed traffic

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Questions 42

In which menu of the Steelhead Management Console do you configure WAN visibility modes?

Options:

A.

In-Path Rules

B.

Peering Rules

C.

Connection Forwarding

D.

Services

E.

Simplified Routing

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Questions 43

Which forms of administrative authentication are supported by the Steelhead appliances?:(Select 3)

Options:

A.

NTLM

B.

TACACS+

C.

RADIUS

D.

Kerberos

E.

Local username and password

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Questions 44

Which of the following MAPI application-specific optimizations can be performed by Steelhead appliances?

Options:

A.

Read ahead on attachments

B.

Read ahead on large emails

C.

Write behind on attachments

D.

Write behind on large emails

E.

All of the above

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Questions 45

Some applications are designed to open many TCP connections to accomplish required data transfers. Many of these connections are short-lived, yet each requires significant overhead to initiate communications. What RiOS feature was designed to reduce the overhead of these short-lived TCP connections?

Options:

A.

HSTCP

B.

MX-TCP

C.

Virtual Window Expansion

D.

Connection Pooling

E.

Transport Streamlining

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Questions 46

What is the default WAN visibility mode?

Options:

A.

Correct Addressing

B.

Port Transparency

C.

Full Addressing

D.

Full Transparency

E.

Transparency

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Questions 47

To help secure the server private key on the server-side Steelhead appliance, which of the following features can be used?

Options:

A.

TACACS+ authentication

B.

RADIUS authentication

C.

Secure Vault

D.

Datastore encryption

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Questions 48

What combinations of WAN visibility modes can simultaneously be configured on Steelhead appliances?

Options:

A.

It can never be done

B.

Only Port Transparent

C.

Only Correct Addressing

D.

Only Full Addressing

E.

Full Transparency, Port Transparency and Correct Addressing can be configured simultaneously

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Questions 49

A user uploads a Microsoft Word document to a server across the network using the file transfer protocol (FTP). The file has been seen before by the Steelhead appliances that are optimizing the link and so the user experiences warm performance. A second user at the same location downloads the file from the same server using the CIFS protocol. This file transfer can be considered:

Options:

A.

Cold, the data now travels in another direction so the Steelhead appliances need to relearn the data

B.

Cold, the application protocol is now different so the Steelhead appliances need to relearn the data

C.

Warm, the data has been seen by the Steelhead appliances before making the application protocol irrelevant

D.

Warm, only because the transfer uses CIFS

E.

Partially warm, the Steelhead appliances only need to learn the new data

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Questions 50

How can I obtain Virtual Steelhead appliance license keys?

Options:

A.

Using the Riverbed public support site

B.

Contacting VMware

C.

Virtual Steelhead appliance license keys are included in the install package

D.

Base licenses are not required

E.

Only SSL licenses are not included

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Questions 51

What are the benefits of Application Streamlining?

Options:

A.

Applications run up to 100 times faster

B.

Reduces application chattiness by 65-98%

C.

Accelerates the most important applications, such as CIFS, MAPI, NFS, HTTP/S, Lotus Notes, and MS-SQL

D.

All of the above

E.

None of the above

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Questions 52

Assuming the Steelhead appliance has a 250 GB datastore capacity, by enabling PFS on a supported Steelhead appliance which of the following would be true:

Options:

A.

The datastore capacity will shrink due to the amount of space used by PFS

B.

The datastore capacity will grow due to the amount of space added by PFS

C.

The datastore capacity does not change

D.

The datastore capacity will have to be reformatted

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Questions 53

How many in-path rules will a WAN-initiated single connection execute on a Steelhead appliance?

Options:

A.

0

B.

1

C.

2

D.

3

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Questions 54

A user downloads a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation from a server across the network. The file has been seen before by both Steelhead appliances that are optimizing the link and so the user experiences warm performance. A second user at the same office has a local copy and adds some pictures then uploads the very same file. This file transfer can be considered:

Options:

A.

Cold, the data now travels in another direction so the Steelhead appliance needs to relearn the data

B.

Cold, the file has been changed to the file needs to be stored again

C.

Warm, all the data has been seen by the Steelhead appliances before

D.

Warm, the transaction prediction module of the Steelhead appliance can detect the application and accelerate the transfer

E.

Partially warm, the Steelhead appliances only need to learn the new data

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Questions 55

Which of the following is a valid type of in-path rule on the Steelhead appliance? (Select 3)

Options:

A.

Pass Through

B.

Dynamic Detection

C.

Auto Discover

D.

Fixed-Target

E.

Real-Time

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Questions 56

What is the default action of a Steelhead appliance when it hits the bandwidth limit?

Options:

A.

Fail-to-wire

B.

Inbound Optimized traffic is shaped to the specifications of the Steelhead appliance

C.

Passthrough all connections

D.

Passthrough new connections

E.

Outbound Optimized traffic is shaped to the specifications of the Steelhead appliance

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Questions 57

The benefits provided by the CIFS application-level optimizations are:

Options:

A.

Remove protocol chattiness from the remote LAN

B.

Remove protocol chattiness from the data center LAN

C.

Increase protocol chattiness from the WAN

D.

Remove protocol chattiness from the WAN

E.

Encrypt important data

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Questions 58

Application Streamlining in a Steelhead appliance or Steelhead Mobile does what?

Options:

A.

Reduces round trips over the WAN for all TCP traffic

B.

Reduces round trips over the WAN for supported applications

C.

Gives applications priority using our QoS engine

D.

All of the above

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Questions 59

How many in-path rules will a LAN-initiated single connection execute on a Steelhead appliance?

Options:

A.

0

B.

1

C.

2

D.

3

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Questions 60

Which of the following management or monitoring methods are supported by the Steelhead appliance? (Select 4)

Options:

A.

SNMP / SNMP traps

B.

Email notification

C.

HP Open View Console plug-in available on Riverbed support site

D.

Central Management Console

E.

Syslog

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Questions 61

What action should be taken when the Steelhead appliance datastore is full?

Options:

A.

Disconnect all users

B.

Expand disk capacity

C.

No action is required

D.

Clean the datastore

E.

Insert a USB key for extra storage

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Questions 62

What is the CLI command for starting the Configuration Wizard?

Options:

A.

# configuration wizard start

B.

(config) # configuration jump-start

C.

# configuration start

D.

(config) # wizard start

E.

restart clean

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Questions 63

A SteelHead appliance can be configured to send email to alert administrators of alarms and other events. Where is this done in the web interface?

Options:

A.

Administration > Announcements

B.

Administration > Email

C.

Administration > Alarms

D.

Administration > Logging

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Questions 64

Steelhead appliances models vary by supported bandwidth. This bandwidth refers to:

Options:

A.

All inbound and outbound traffic

B.

All outbound traffic

C.

All optimized inbound and optimized outbound traffic

D.

All optimized outbound traffic

E.

VoIP traffic only

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Questions 65

Data Streamlining is used by the Steelhead appliances and Steelhead Mobile for what?

Options:

A.

To speed up certain applications

B.

To reduce the number of connections used

C.

To reduce WAN utilization

D.

To make UDP faster

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Questions 66

Which of the following deployment methods can NOT be used simultaneously on a single Steelhead appliance?

Options:

A.

Logical In-path / Physical In-path

B.

Server-side out-of-path / Physical In-path

C.

Server-side out-of-path / Logical In-path

D.

All methods above can be configured on a single Steelhead appliance simultaneously

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Questions 67

In an in-path deployment, when a Steelhead appliance fails to wire, the Steelhead appliance acts as a:

Options:

A.

Straight-through cable

B.

Crossover cable

C.

Router

D.

Firewall

E.

None of the above

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Questions 68

A SteelHead in the datacenter is a server side out-of-path mode. What will the source IP address of the client be, as seen by the server?

Options:

A.

The client’s real IP address

B.

The client’s SteelHead in-path IP address

C.

The server-side SteelHead Primary IP address

D.

The server-side SteelHead in-path IP address

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Questions 69

The Central Management Console appliance can scale to support a range of Steelhead appliances and is available in the following physical form factor(s):

Options:

A.

Desktop, 1U and 3U

B.

1U and 3U

C.

3U only

D.

1U only

E.

1U, 2U, 3U

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Questions 70

It is possible to backup your RSP slots usinG. (Select 2)

Options:

A.

ftp

B.

http

C.

scp

D.

https

E.

tftp

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Questions 71

When optimizing certain application protocols such as business continuity /data replication (BCDR) and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Riverbed often recommends the careful use of which network congestion algorithm?

Options:

A.

MXTCP

B.

SkipWare

C.

Bandwidth Estimation

D.

HSTCP

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Questions 72

An employee who has just installed Steelhead Mobile onto her workstation notices that she never gets any reduction. It always says 0%.

The status of the mobile client appears to Be:

Optimization State: Firewalled

Controller Status: Connected

The reason she is seeing 0% reduction statistics is:

Options:

A.

Location Awareness is in effect

B.

The physical branch Steelhead appliance in her office is behind a firewall

C.

The office firewall is stripping the IP options field

D.

Her workstation is blocking TCP port 7801

E.

The data center is currently firewalling all optimized connections

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Questions 73

Clients connect to which interface on the SteelCentral Controller for SteelHead Mobile?

Options:

A.

Primary or aux

B.

Primary only

C.

Inpath0_0 only

D.

Aux only

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Questions 74

What performance optimizations are available using SteelHead SaaS?

Options:

A.

Data reduction using data streamlining

B.

Cloud Intelligence through GeoDNS

C.

Transport, and potential latency reduction by Akamai SureRoute network

D.

HTTPS layer 7 optimization

E.

All of the above

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Questions 75

How many TCP connections can an Interceptor appliance set up per second?

Options:

A.

1000

B.

2000

C.

3000

D.

4000

E.

5000 or over

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Exam Code: 101-01
Exam Name: Riverbed Certified Solutions Associate
Last Update: Apr 30, 2026
Questions: 253

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