Configure the ION Device at a Data Center

Select
Workflows
Devices
Claimed
and select the device you wish to configure.
From 1GE ports, select
Port 1
.
Leave
Admin Up
as the default
Yes
.
(Optional)
Enter a name, description, and tags for this port.
The Interface Type displays as
Port
.
For
Use This Port For
, select
Connect to Internet
to enable public VPNs for a branch site.
For
Circuit Label
, select the circuit that connects to the internet.
A circuit label is mandatory.
For
IPv4 Configuration
, select
DHCP
or
Static
.
Choose
DHCP
and enter
NAT Address and Port
if the IP address is dynamically assigned and if the internet port IP address is a private IP address behind a NAT firewall.
The External NAT address should be the public IP address NAT-translated to the ION device’s IP address on this physical port.
The External NAT port should be the External NAT IP address UDP port forwarded to UDP 4500 on the ION device’s IP address on this physical port.
Outside of this device configuration, if you have a firewall, you must allow protocol TCP 443 and UDP 4500 in your firewall configuration.
If the IP address is fixed and specified manually, choose
Static
and specify the
IP Address/Mask
,
Default Gateway
,
DNS Servers
, and
Secondary IPs
.
Select
Enable IPv6 On This Interface
to configure IPv6.
For
IPv6 Configuration
, select
AutoConf
or
Static
.
Autoconf
indicates the Global IP address is derived using stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC).
Choose
Static
if the IP address is fixed and is manually assigned. Additionally specify the
IPv6 Address/Mask
,
Default Gateway (IPv6)
, and
DNS server(s)(IPv6)
.
In
Advanced Options
,
(optional)
specify
MAC
,
IP MTU
, and
Physical
from the available range.
Click
Save Port
.
Proceed to configure the second port.
Leave
Admin Up
as the default
Yes
.
(Optional)
Enter a name, description, and tags for this port.
The
Interface Type
displays as
Port
.
For
Use This Port For
, select
Peer with a Network
to inject routes towards the core router.
You may pair any non-hardware ports on the physical and virtual ION 7000 or ION 9000. However, ports 5/6 and ports 7/8 are hardware bypass port pairs, and therefore, must be configured as port pairs. These port pairs may be set to fail, open, or closed.
For
Circuit Label
, select the circuit to peer with the network.
For
IPv4 Configuration
, select
DHCP
or
Static
.
In
Advanced Options
,
(optional)
specify
MAC
,
IP MTU
, and
Physical
from the available range.
Click
Save Port
.
Similar to configuring ports on a physical ION 7000, configure the ports on the virtual ION device. The virtual device has one controller port and nine configurable ports to connect to the internet or peer with a network.
Proceed to configure Routing, SNMP, Syslog Export, and NTP Client for the ION device.