Manual

Prerequisites and process summary
Prerequisites
Before starting the system configuration, make sure you have access to:
n the Expressway Administrator Guide and Expressway Getting Started Guide (for reference purposes)
n your Expressway system
n a PC connected via Ethernet to a LAN which can route HTTP(S) traffic to the Expressway
n a web browser running on the PC
n a serial interface on the PC and cable (if the initial configuration is to be performed over the serial interface)
The following non-Expressway system configuration should also be completed:
n internal and external DNS records (see Appendix 2: DNS records [p.40])
n NAT & firewall configuration (see Appendix 3: Firewall and NAT settings [p.42])
n DHCP server configuration (not described in this document)
Summary of process
The configuration process consists of the following tasks.
Expressway system configuration:
n Task 1: Performing initial configuration [p.9]
n Task 2: Setting the system name [p.9]
n Task 3: Configuring DNS [p.10]
n Task 4: Replacing the default server certificate [p.12]
n Task 5: Configuring NTP servers [p.13]
Routing configuration:
n Task 6: Configuring transforms [p.14]
n Task 7: Configuring the traversal zone [p.15]
n Task 8: Configuring traversal zone search rules [p.20]
n Task 9: Configuring the DNS zone [p.22]
n Task 10: Configuring DNS zone search rules [p.23]
n Task 11: Configuring external (unknown) IP address routing [p.24]
Optional configuration tasks:
n Task 12: Configuring routes to a neighbor zone (optional) [p.29]
n Task 13: Configuring logging (optional) [p.30]
n Task 14: Restricting access to ISDN gateways (optional) [p.31]
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Prerequisites and process summary