Nortel Networks 1500 manual Preparing for Configuration

Getting Started with the Contivity Extranet Switch 1500 Series

Preparing for Configuration

To properly prepare for Installation and Configuration of the Contivity Extranet Switch, you should have the following:

•A Management IP Address for the system. You need this address to manage all system services, such as HTTP, FTP, and SNMP.

•An IP Address for the LAN port that is available on the system board.

•Any number of Public IP Addresses; for example, one IP address for each Public LAN/WAN Interface.

•A plan to distribute IP addresses to clients when connections are requested; for example, using a DHCP server or an internal client address pool (with an address pool you need a range of IP addresses).

•An Authentication database. If you are not using internal authentication with the LDAP database, be sure you have either the external LDAP or the RADIUS server IP Address and password or Shared Secret (password).

•An external accounting server, such as RADIUS, with its IP Address and Shared Secret (password).

•Client dial-in. Prepare the clients for the type of tunneling protocol they plan to use. The PPTP client application is available for Windows 95 on the Nortel Networks CD, and it comes with the Windows 98 and Windows NT operating systems. Nortel Networks also provides the IPsec client on the Nortel Networks CD.

•A complete network topology of the environment in which you are testing the Switch, including the Switch, the default router address, and any other IP addresses that might be required.

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