Radware Alteon User Manual

Document ID: RDWR-ALOS-V2900_AG1302 23
Table of Contents
Important Notices .......................................................................................................... 3
Copyright Notices .......................................................................................................... 4
Safety Instructions ......................................................................................................... 8
Altitude and Climate Warning ...................................................................................... 21
Document Conventions ............................................................................................... 22
Chapter 1 – Preface................................................................................................. 39
Who Should Use This Guide ....................................................................................... 39
What You Will Find in This Guide ................................................................................ 39
Part 1—Basic Features ....................................................................................................... 39
Part 2—IP Routing .............................................................................................................. 39
Part 3—Application Load Balancing Fundamentals ............................................................ 39
Part 4—Advanced Load Balancing ..................................................................................... 40
Appendices .......................................................................................................................... 40
Related Documentation ............................................................................................... 41
Chapter 2 – Accessing Alteon ............................................................................... 43
Using the CLI ............................................................................................................... 43
Using SNMP ................................................................................................................ 44
SNMP v1.0 ........................................................................................................................... 44
SNMP v3.0 ........................................................................................................................... 44
Using the Browser-Based Interface ............................................................................. 51
Configuring BBI Access via HTTP ....................................................................................... 51
Configuring BBI Access via HTTPS ..................................................................................... 51
Generating a Certificate for BBI Access via HTTPS ............................................................ 52
Using the Management Port ........................................................................................ 52
Setting Up the Management Port ........................................................................................ 53
Limiting Management Access .............................................................................................. 54
File Transfers ............................................................................................................... 55
Time Configuration ...................................................................................................... 55
Time Zone Configuration ..................................................................................................... 55
Network Time Protocol ........................................................................................................ 57
Chapter 3 – Securing Alteon.................................................................................. 59
Protecting Alteon-Owned Addresses from Attacks ...................................................... 59
How Different Protocols Attack Alteon ................................................................................. 59
Configuring Denial of Service Protection ............................................................................. 60
Viewing Dropped Packets .................................................................................................... 60
Setting Source IP Address Ranges for Management .................................................. 61

Radware Alteon Specifications

General

Model	Alteon
Manufacturer	Radware
Layer	Layer 4-7
Type	Application Delivery Controller (ADC)
Features	Load balancing, SSL offloading, application acceleration, DDoS protection
Form Factor	Virtual Appliance