Coyote Point Systems E350GX, Installation And Administration Manual

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Table of Contents
4 Equalizer Installation and Administration Guide
Installing and Configuring Equalizer Hardware 39
Before You Turn Equalizer On for the First Time ..........................................................40
Stepping Through the Hardware Installation .................................................................40
Setting Up a Terminal or Terminal Emulator .................................................................41
Serial Connection ...................................................................................................41
Performing Basic Equalizer Configuration .....................................................................41
Starting to Configure Equalizer ..............................................................................42
Configuring External and Internal Interfaces on E250GX ......................................42
Configuring the Default VLAN on E350/450/650GX ...............................................43
Setting the Time Zone ............................................................................................44
Setting the Date and Time ......................................................................................44
Adding Administrative Interface Logins ..................................................................44
Changing Equalizer’s Console Password ..............................................................45
Upgrading Equalizer Software ................................................................................45
Shutting Down Equalizer ........................................................................................46
Adding Alternate DNS Servers ...............................................................................46
Managing Remote Access to the Equalizer ...................................................................47
Managing the Remote Access Account .................................................................47
Using the Remote Access Account ........................................................................47
Configuring a Second Equalizer As a Backup (Failover) ...............................................48
Configuring DNS and Firewalls for Envoy .....................................................................48
Configuring the Authoritative Name Server to Query Envoy ..................................48
Using Geographic Load Balancing with Firewalls ..................................................48
Testing Basic Connectivity ............................................................................................49
Using the Administration Interface 51
Logging In and Navigating the Administrative Interface ................................................52
Logging In ...............................................................................................................52
Navigating Through the Interface ...........................................................................53
Managing Access to Equalizer ......................................................................................55
Viewing and Changing GUI and SSH Access ........................................................55
Updating the Administration Interface Certificate ..........................................................56
Managing Multiple Interface Users ................................................................................56
Objects and Permissions ........................................................................................57
Viewing or Modifying Login Permissions ................................................................59
Adding a Login .......................................................................................................60
Deleting a Login .....................................................................................................61
Entering Names for Equalizer Objects ..........................................................................61