Adding Third-Party Devices

Corente Cloud Services Exchange supports certain third-party devices.

To add a supported third-party device, do the following:

  1. Right-click 3rd-Party Devices in the domain directory and then select Add 3rd-Party Device.

    The Add 3rd-Party Device dialog displays.

  2. Specify values for the appropriate fields. See Third-Party Device Settings.

  3. Select OK to close the Add 3rd-Party Device dialog.

  4. Select File and then Save to save your changes to the Corente SCP.

Third-Party Device Settings

The following fields are available on the Add 3rd-Party Device dialog:

Name

Specifies a unique identifier for the third-party device.

Type

Specifies the manufacturer of the third-party device.

Model

Specifies the model of the third-party device.

Notes

Specifies additional details about the third-party device.

WAN IP Address

Specifies the IP address of the third-party device on the wide area network (WAN).

Visible IP Address

Specifies the IP address of the third-party device that is externally visible on the public Internet.

Backhaul

Configures the third-party device as a backhaul server.

Note
  • Third-party devices that you configure as backhaul servers uses a subnet of 0.0.0.0 by default.

  • If you configure the third-party device as a backhaul server and then add it as a Partner for a Location, then that Location cannot have any other Partner. The Location routes all LAN traffic to the third-party device.

    Devices that are behind the third-party device can communicate directly with the Location, or Corente Services Gateway. As a result, you cannot access Gateway Viewer or use SNMP to monitor the Corente Services Gateway through the backhaul tunnel.

Compression

Configures the third-party device to compress data to improve network performance. In most networks this setting is not required.

DPD

Configures the third-party device to use Dead Peer Detection (DPD).

PFS

Configures the third-party device to use Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS).

NATT

Configures the third-party device to use Address Translation Traversal (NAT-T).

IKE Options

Specifies the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) cryptographic protocols that the third-party device uses. You should not modify the default setting.

ESP Options

Specifies the Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) cryptographic protocols that the third-party device uses. You should not modify the default setting.

Subnets

Specifies the subnets in your Corente Services network that can connect to this third-party device.

  • Network Address sets the first IP address in the subnet.

  • Subnet Mask defines the range of IP addresses in the subnet.