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On the Central Site PathBuilder Switch, Web Link Health Monitor, Secure VPN Manager

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73 On the Central Site At the central site, follow these steps: PathBuilder Switch 1 Configure the L2Tunnel Service (see the Configuring L2Tunnel Connections chapter in Using Enterprise OS Software) to enable the PathBuilder switch as a tunnel terminator. 2 Configure the firewall device if present, or the PathBuilder switch to allow tunnel traffic through (see the Building Internet Firewalls chapter in Using Enterprise OS Software). 3 Configure IPSec specifying the same profile contents and key as the remote site (see the Configuring IPSec chapter in Using Enterprise OS Software). Monitoring VPN Performance You have several options for monitoring the performance of your VPN. You can use the Web Link application, the Secure VPN Manager application, or InfoVista. Web Link Health The Health Monitor is a part of the Web Link, the web-based network Monitor management application for NETBuilder products. The Health Monitor provides Java graphs that present performance data in a graphical form. In addition to system performance graphs, interface performance graphs, and protocol performance graphs, path Performance graphs indicate the performance of the physical interface bandwidth usage. Total IPX packets and IPX packets per interface graphs appear in the protocol performance graph group. Secure VPN Manager Transcend Secure VPN Manager is a graphical web-based network management tool that presents key information about your virtual private network (VPN). Secure VPN Manager provides the assistance necessary to monitor the VPN tunnels terminated by the NETBuilder bridge/router or the PathBuilder S5xx series of devices. Current and historical data is collected, which allow administrators to perform the following functions: s Quality of service analysis s Tunnel usage analysis s Tunnel security analysis s Capacity utilization analysis

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On the Central Site
PathBuilder Switch
At the central site, follow these steps:
1
Configure the L2Tunnel Service (see the Configuring L2Tunnel
Connections chapter in
Using Enterprise OS Software
) to enable the
PathBuilder switch as a tunnel terminator.
2
Configure the firewall device if present, or the PathBuilder switch to allow
tunnel traffic through (see the Building Internet Firewalls chapter in
Using
Enterprise OS Software
).
3
Configure IPSec specifying the same profile contents and key as the
remote site (see the Configuring IPSec chapter in
Using Enterprise OS
Software
).
Monitoring VPN
Performance
You have several options for monitoring the performance of your VPN.
You can use the Web Link application, the Secure VPN Manager
application, or InfoVista.
Web Link Health
Monitor
The Health Monitor is a part of the Web Link, the web-based network
management application for NETBuilder products. The Health Monitor
provides Java graphs that present performance data in a graphical form.
In addition to system performance graphs, interface performance graphs,
and protocol performance graphs, path Performance graphs indicate the
performance of the physical interface bandwidth usage. Total IPX packets
and IPX packets per interface graphs appear in the protocol performance
graph group.
Secure VPN Manager
Transcend Secure VPN Manager is a graphical web-based network
management tool that presents key information about your virtual private
network (VPN). Secure VPN Manager provides the assistance necessary to
monitor the VPN tunnels terminated by the NETBuilder bridge/router or
the PathBuilder S5xx series of devices. Current and historical data is
collected, which allow administrators to perform the following functions:
■
Quality of service analysis
■
Tunnel usage analysis
■
Tunnel security analysis
■
Capacity utilization analysis