3.1 Gathering Configuration Details

To configure a Corente Services Gateway you need specific information about the geographic location and the network where you plan to install the Corente Services Gateway.

Gather the following information before you configure the Corente Services Gateway:

Information	Description
Location name	Provides a meaningful name for the location in your Corente Services network.
Postal address and time zone	Specifies the geographic location where you are installing the Corente Services Gateway.
Maintenance window	Specifies a day and time to perform automatic maintenance, such as software upgrades, for the Corente Services Gateway.
Service tag or MAC address of an Ethernet interface for the system where you plan to install the Corente Services Gateway.	Acts as the unique identifier for the Corente Services Gateway to enable Zero Touch Configuration. Zero Touch Configuration requires a DHCP service so that the Corente Services Gateway can automatically acquire an IP address and related network configuration. If your network does not include a DHCP server, you must either configure network settings for the Corente Services Gateway or download the configuration from App Net Manager and manually load it on the Corente Services Gateway.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) settings	Specifies the following if you configure a DHCP connection for an Ethernet interface: DHCP client name. IP addresses for the primary and secondary DNS servers that provide name resolution, if the Corente Services Gateway does not dynamically retrieve network configuration.
Static IP address settings	Specifies the following if you configure a static IP address for an Ethernet interface: IP address and subnet mask for the LAN interface. The Corente Services Gateway uses this IP address to connect to the your company's private network. IP address for the external interface that the Corente Services Gateway uses to connect to the public Internet. IP addresses for the primary and secondary DNS servers that provide name resolution. These are optional settings.
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPOE) settings	Specifies the following if you configure a PPPOE connection for an Ethernet interface: Credentials for the PPPOE connection. IP address and subnet mask for the LAN interface. The Corente Services Gateway uses this IP address to connect to the your company's private network. If you want to add the entire subnet of the LAN interface to the Default User Group for the Corente Services Gateway. IP addresses for the primary and secondary DNS servers that provide name resolution, if the Corente Services Gateway does not dynamically retrieve network configuration. You can specify PPPOE settings for inline configurations only.
IP address for GRE tunnel	Specifies the IP address to use for Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunneling, if required.
Default user group settings Note User groups contain devices that can participate in the Corente Services network. When you add a Location in App Net Manager, you define the default user group.	Configures the default user group for the Corente Services Gateway with the following: A firewall policy. You define and maintain firewall polices in the Global Intranet Settings section of the domain directory in App Net Manager. The first IP address in a specific subnet that you want to include in the default user group. You must also specify the subnet mask and configure NAT settings. A subnet to exclude from the default user group. You then specify the first IP address and last IP address in a range. All IP addresses in that range are excluded from the default user group.