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NOTE
OpenVPN Access Server is not available from Brocade. It is available from OpenVPN Technologies,
Inc. at http://openvpn.net.
2. The Brocade vRouter client accesses OpenVPN Access Server and provides a username and
password.
3. OpenVPN Access Server authenticates the user, either acting as its own authentication server or by
using an external authentication server, such as a RADIUS server.
4. After authentication, OpenVPN Access Server sends the Brocade vRouter client device the
configuration information needed to establish an OpenVPN tunnel with an OpenVPN server.
5. The Brocade vRouter client then establishes an OpenVPN tunnel with the OpenVPN server specified
in the downloaded configuration and is provided an IP address on the OpenVPN tunnel subnet.
NOTE
If the OpenVPN server is configured such that Autologin is enabled, then a tunnel username and tunnel
password are not required; otherwise, they are required to establish the VPN tunnel.
The Brocade vRouter has the OpenVPN client software preloaded and can use OpenVPN Access
Server to obtain the information needed to establish an OpenVPN tunnel with an OpenVPN server. The
only required configuration information is the IP address or host name of OpenVPN Access Server, a
username and password for OpenVPN Access Server, and, potentially, the tunnel username and tunnel
password for establishing the tunnel with the OpenVPN server.
The following figure shows an OpenVPN setup that uses OpenVPN Access Server, an authentication
server, and an OpenVPN server.
FIGURE 3 Client‐side access to OpenVPN access server
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