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338 Chapter 7: Monitoring and Administering the VPN 3000 Series Concentrator
Foundation Summary
The Foundation Summary is a collection of tables and figures that provides a convenient review of many key concepts in this chapter. For those who are already comfortable with the topics in this chapter, this summary could help you recall a few details. For those who just read this chapter, this review should help solidify some key facts. For anyone doing final preparation before the exam, these tables and figures are a convenient way to review the day before the exam.
Administering the Cisco VPN 3000 Series
Concentrator
Figure 7-38 shows the main screen you will see after logging into the concentrator. This screen allows you to configure, administer, or monitor the concentrator.
Figure 7-38 Main Screen
Figure 7-39 shows the main administration screen, which you use to navigate between all the administration options.
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Table 7-4 |
Administration Menu System (Continued) |
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Usage |
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Access Rights |
2 |
Enables submenu used for setting username/password/rights |
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combinations, Access-Control lists for configuring the concentrator, |
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setting session timeouts, and enables the submenu for AAA servers. |
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Administrators |
3 |
Sets usernames, passwords, and rights. |
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Access Control List |
3 |
Sets those IP addresses allowed to access the concentrator for |
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administration and configuration. |
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Access Settings |
3 |
Sets the session timeouts, limits the number of connections, and allows |
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for encryption of the configuration file. |
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AAA Servers |
3 |
Enables the submenu for setting the Authentication Servers. |
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Authentication |
4 |
Allows the addition, modification, configuration, or deletion of |
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TACACS+ Servers. |
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File Management |
2 |
Enables the submenu, allowing for swapping the backup and boot files, |
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file transfers using TFTP, file uploads using HTTP, and exporting the |
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configuration to an XML file. |
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Swap Config File |
3 |
Allows swapping the boot and backup boot files. |
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TFTP Transfer |
3 |
Allows uploading or downloading via a remote TFTP server. |
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File Upload |
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Allows uploading a file via HTTP. |
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XML Export |
3 |
Allows a configuration file to be exported to an XML file. |
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Certificate Manager |
2 |
Enables the submenu, allowing enrollment and installation of |
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Certificates. |
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Enrollment |
3 |
Enrolls Certificates. |
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Installation |
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Installs Certificates. |
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Administer Sessions
Figure 7-40 presents the Administration | Administer Sessions screen, which shows the session statistics for all connected sessions. Filter the sessions by group using the Group pull-down menu.
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Figure 7-40 Administration | Administer Sessions
Software Update
The Administration | Software Update screen, shown in Figure 7-41, consists of the submenu options.
Figure 7-41 Administration | Software Update
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Figure 7-43 Administration | Software Update | Clients
System Reboot
The Administration | System Reboot screen, shown in Figure 7-44, allows you to reboot the system in a controlled manner.
Figure 7-44 Administration | System Reboot
Administrators 345
Figure 7-46 Administration | Monitoring Refresh
Access Rights
The Access Rights screen enables the submenu used for setting username, password and rights combinations, access control lists for configuring the concentrator, setting session timeouts, and enables the submenu for AAA servers.
Administrators
The Administration | Access Rights | Administrators screen is used to add those users who are allowed to access the concentrator’s Configuration, Administration, and Monitoring functions (see Figure 7-47). Up to five users may be allowed this type of access.
