Nokia IP390 - Security Appliance, Installation Manual

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Overview
The Nokia IP390 appliance combines the power of Nokia IPSO software with your choice of
firewall and VPN applications. These appliances are ideally suited for growing companies and
satellite offices that want high-performance IP routing combined with the industry-leading
Check Point VPN-1 enterprise applications. The small size of the IP390 appliance makes it ideal
for installations that need to conserve space.
As network devices, these appliances support a comprehensive suite of IP-routing functions and
protocols, including RIPv1/RIPv2, IGRP, OSPF and BGP4 for unicast traffic, and DVMRP for
multicast traffic.
This chapter provides an overview of the IP390 appliance and the requirements for using it. The
following topics are covered:
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About the Nokia IP390 Appliance
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Managing the IP390 Appliance
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Site Requirements, Warnings, and Cautions
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Software Requirements
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Product Disposal
About the Nokia IP390 Appliance
The IP390 is a one rack-unit disk-based or flash-based appliance that incorporates a serviceable
slide-out tray into the chassis design and support for various network interface cards (NICs).
The Nokia IPSO system is stored in solid-state IDE compact flash memory.
Table 3 shows the specifications for the IP390 appliance
The following figures show component locations for the Nokia IP390 appliance.
Table 3 Specifications for the IP390 Platform
Feature Nokia IP390
Maximum memory size 2 GB
Network interface cards
(NICs) support
• Two or fewer four-port 10/100 Ethernet NICs
• Two or fewer two-port copper Gigabit Ethernet NICs
• Two or fewer two-port fiber-optic Gigabit Ethernet NICs