Peregrine Systems DPND-523-EN12, Setup Manual

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Network Discovery
Send the questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 3 Prepare the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Turn on SNMP management in all routers and core switches . . . . 24
(Optional) Turn on SNMP management in other devices. . . . . . . 24
Set DHCP lease time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
About community strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Give the Peregrine appliance IP address to all devices using directed com-
munity strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
(Optional) Adjust bridge aging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Plan the device and port to which the Peregrine appliance will
be attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Choose how to receive Peregrine Systems Customer Support . . . . 27
Through Internet access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Virtual Private Network over the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
By modem and dedicated telephone line . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Through a Remote Access Server (RAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Enable firewall ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Check Cisco devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
(Optional) Enable UDP port forwarding on routers . . . . . . . . . 31
Check Committed Information Rate values . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 4 Compatibility Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Picking the right Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Basic Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Small Appliance (up to 4,000 devices). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36