CHAPTER 5: Basic CSM
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5. Basic CSM
This chapter is intended as a brief guide to some important functions of the Remote Access Concentrator’s
Connection Services Manager (CSM) software (sold separately as product code LRA300SW). (If you aren’t
using CSM, this chapter is irrelevant.) For much more complete information about CSM, see its HTML
documentation.
For a very basic overview of CSM installation, see
Section 5.1
. For highlights of CSM configuration, see
Section 5.2
. And for how to use CSM to upgrade the Concentrator’s firmware, see
Section 5.3
. Keep in
mind that, for all of these functions, CSM’s HTML documentation will provide more information.
5.1 Overview of Installing CSM
Connection Services Manager (CSM) is an authentication application and database specifically designed
for use with the Remote Access Concentrator. To install it, you’ll need to do these things:
• Install Microsoft
®
SQL Server software.
•
If you’re using Windows
®
95:
Install DCOM95. (The function of this software is already built into Windows 98,
2000, and NT.)
• Set up the ODBC driver.
• Install the CSM software.
• Install the CSM database.
•
If you’re using Windows NT
®
4.0 or higher:
Install the NDIS driver.
If the computer that you install CSM on isn’t on the same subnet as the Concentrator, you’ll need to either
define a default LAN route or a static LAN route to the CSM from the Concentrator and vice versa. To define
default LAN routes and static routes for the Concentrator, see
Sections 4.3.1.B
and
4.3.1.C
respectively. To
define these in CSM, issue a “route” command at the Microsoft command prompt; see the CSM’s
documentation.
For full details about CSM installation—and all other aspects of using CSM—refer to CSM’s HTML
documentation.