44Initial Setup

Complete the new setup by following the instructions in the section “Complete the New Setup” (page 46).

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Setting Up a Two-Armed Configuration

In a two-armed configuration, two separate interfaces are configured on the VPN Gateway, one private interface for NVG management and intranet connections and one public interface for Internet connections. Also see figure on “Two-Armed Configuration” (page 39).

 

Step

Action

 

 

 

1

Choose new from the Setup menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Setup Menu]

 

 

 

join

- Join an existing iSD cluster

 

 

new

- Initialize iSD as a new installation

 

 

boot

- Boot menu

 

 

info

- Information menu

 

 

exit

- Exit

[global command, always

 

 

available]

 

 

 

 

>> Setup# new

 

 

 

Setup will guide you through the initial configuration

 

 

of the iSD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Configure the management interface port number.

 

 

 

 

 

Enter port number for the management interface [1-4]: 1

 

 

 

 

 

Specify the port you want to use for NVG management and other

 

 

private traffic between the VPN Gateway and the intranet. This

 

 

port will be assigned to the private interface (Interface 1).

 

3

Specify the host IP address for the current VPN Gateway.

 

 

 

 

 

Enter IP address for this machine (on management

 

 

interface): <IP address>

 

 

 

 

 

Specify a host IP address on the management (private) interface.

 

 

This IP address must be unique on the network and be within

 

 

the same network address range as the Management IP address

 

 

(see Step 10). The management interface host IP address is

 

 

assigned to Interface 1.

 

 

4

Enter network mask and VLAN tag ID.

 

 

 

 

 

Nortel VPN Gateway

 

 

 

User Guide

 

 

 

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Standard

 

 

 

14 April 2008

 

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