Enterasys Networks CSX6000, CSX5500 Interoperability Overview, Radius, Interoperability Protocols

USER’S GUIDE

•User name and password

•Calling Line ID (CLID)

•Ethernet Address

•User Authentication

•Device Authentication

•Connection Services Manager (CSM)

•TACACS Client with Radius Server

•RADIUS

•Security Dynamic’s ACE/SecurID

•Server Support

The CyberSWITCH supports both Authentication and Accounting Servers. Authentication Servers provide a central database for networks with more than one CyberSWITCH. The central database consists of manageable, informational data (referred to as the Device List or Device Table). This data is accessed and used for authentication when a new connection is established to the system.

The CyberSWITCH also supports a RADIUS Accounting Server to maintain accounting information, such as length of connections. This capability should be especially useful to Internet Service Providers.

•Simultaneous Connections

The CyberSWITCH system supports simultaneous connections to multiple locations. These locations can connect by using different channels on the same line, or they can connect on different lines. This pooling of lines among many potential locations is more cost effective than alternative point-to-point lines.

INTEROPERABILITY OVERVIEW

“Interoperability” is the ability to operate and exchange information in a heterogeneous network. The CyberSWITCH supports interoperability with many different remote devices over ISDN.

INTEROPERABILITY PROTOCOLS

In order to communicate with various remote devices over ISDN, the CyberSWITCH must identify the device type and the protocol it is using.

The CyberSWITCH supports the following line protocols:

•HDLC Ethernet Frames

•Ordered Protocol for Ethernet Frames

•RFC1294 Based Encapsulation for IP Datagrams

•Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Encapsulation for IP Datagrams

The CyberSWITCH supports the following encryption protocols:

•Encapsulating Security Payload Protocol (ESP)

•Encryption Control Protocol (ECP)

The CyberSWITCH supports the following PPP protocols:

•Link Control Protocol (LCP)

•Multilink Protocol (MLP)

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