Preface; Audience; Organization - Cisco CVPN3015-NR - VPN Concentrator 3015 Getting Started

Preface

VPN 3000 Series Concentrator Getting Started provides information to take you from unpacking and
installing the VPN 3000 Concentrator through quick configuration (configuring the minimal parameters
to make it operational). You can perform quick configuration from a console with the menu-based
command-line interface, or you can use the HTML-based VPN Concentrator Manager with a browser.
This guide describes both methods, and we recommend the latter for ease of use.

Audience

We assume you are an experienced system administrator or network administrator with appropriate
education and training, who knows how to install, configure, and manage internetworking systems.
However, virtual private networks and VPN devices might be new to you. You should be familiar with
Windows system configuration and management, and you should be familiar with Microsoft Internet
Explorer, Netscape Navigator or Communicator, or Mozilla browsers.

Organization

This guide is organized as follows:
Chapter
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
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Title
Understanding the VPN 3000
Concentrator
Installing and Powering Up
the VPN Concentrator
Using the VPN Concentrator
Manager for Quick
Configuration
Using the Command-Line
Interface for Quick
Configuration
Description
Summarizes the hardware and software features
and operation. If you are familiar with VPN
devices, you can skip this chapter.
Explains how to prepare for, unpack, install, and
power up the VPN Concentrator, and how to begin
quick configuration. Once you have completed the
steps in this chapter, you can use either Chapter 3
or Chapter 4 to complete quick configuration.
Explains how to complete quick configuration of
the system using the VPN Concentrator Manager
with a browser. We recommend this method.
Explains how to complete quick configuration of
the system using the command-line interface from
the console or a Telnet session.
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