About This Manual; Prerequisites; Organization - Cisco VPN 3000 User Manual

Preface

About this manual

The VPN 3000 Concentrator Series User Guide provides guidelines for configuring the Cisco VPN 3000
Concentrator, details on all the functions available in the VPN 3000 Concentrator Series Manager, and
instructions for using the VPN 3000 Concentrator Series Command Line Interface.

Prerequisites

We assume you have read the VPN 3000 Concentrator Series Getting Started manual and have followed
the minimal configuration steps in Quick Configuration. That section of the VPN Concentrator Manager
is not described here.
We also 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 may be new to you. You should be familiar with
Windows® 95/98 or Windows NT® system configuration and management, and you should be familiar
with Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape® Navigator® or Communicator browsers.

Organization

This manual is organized by the order in which sections appear in the VPN Concentrator Manager table
of contents (the left frame of the Manager browser window; see Figure 1-30 in Chapter 1.
Chapter 1, Using the VPN 3000 Concentrator Series Manager explains how to log in, navigate, and use
the VPN Concentrator Manager with a browser. It explains both HTTP and HTTPS browser connections,
and how to install the SSL certificate for a secure (HTTPS) connection.
Chapter 2, Configuration describes the main VPN Concentrator Manager configuration screen.
Chapter 3, Interfaces explains how to configure the VPN Concentrator Ethernet and WAN interfaces,
and how to configure the system power supply and voltage sensor alarms.
Chapter 4, System Configuration describes the system configuration screen of the VPN Concentrator
Manager.
Chapter 5, Servers explains how to configure the VPN Concentrator to communicate with and access
servers for user authentication, user accounting, converting hostnames to IP addresses (DNS), assigning
client IP addresses (DHCP), and network time synchronization (NTP).
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