Chapter1STINTRODUCTION
AlllogsarestoredintheTOEwheneverthereisnewloggeneratedandthentheTOE
transferredtheloglestoSNMP/SYSLOGServerswithSNMP/SYSLOGnetworkprotocol
throughinternalnetworkinaconstantperiodtime.Thelogleisstoredunderthe‘data’
directoryoftheash/diskinsidetheTOE.Fordetailcontentofthelog,pleasereference
chapter5.1.2.1.
ANTPServer(required)
AnyplatformthatsupportsRFC1305(NTPv3)
ARADIUSorTACACS+serverforAAAservices(optional)
lFortheRADIUSServer,anyplatformthatsupportsRFC2865(Authentication&
Authorization)andRFC2866(Accounting)forRADIUS.
lFortheTACACS+Server,anyplatformthatsupportsTACACS+Version1.78
(DRAFT);
Atleasttwoexternalnetworksandaninternalnetwork
ThemajorfunctionalityoftheTOEistoforwarddatapacketsalongnetworks.Thereshould
beatleasttwodistinctnetworksornetworksegments:commonlytwoLANsorWANsor
aLANanditsISP’snetwork.Thereshouldalsobeaninternalnetworkthatconnectsthe
SNMP/SYSLOGserver,theNTPserverandtheRADIUS/TACACS+servertotheTOE.
1.4TOEDESCRIPTION
TheTOEisZXR10M6000&T8000&8900Eseriesroutersandswitchesrunningon
ZXROSNG.
M6000&T8000routerisadevicethatdeterminesthenextnetworkpointtowhichapacket
shouldbeforwardedtowarditsdestination.Itislocatedatanygateway(whereonenetwork
meetsanother).
M6000&T8000&8900Eroutersandswithesmaycreateormaintainatableoftheavailable
routesandtheirconditionsandusethisinformationalongwithdistanceandcostalgorithms
todeterminethebestrouteforagivenpacket.RoutingprotocolsincludeBGP ,RIPv2,
IS-ISandOSPF.IPpacketsareforwardedtotherouteroveroneormoreofitsphysical
networkinterfaces,whichprocessesthemaccordingtothesystem’scongurationand
stateinformationdynamicallymaintainedbytherouter.Thisprocessingtypicallyresultsin
theIPpacketsbeingforwardedoutoftherouteroveranotherinterface.
TheSeriessoftwareusesabasereal-timeoperatingsystem(OS).Theprimarycopyof
TOEsoftwareislocatedonaharddriveinthehardwareplatforms.Theremovablemedia
isshippedwitheachrouterandcontainsacopyoftheversionimage.
TheTOEconsistsoftwoplanes:ControlplaneandForwardingplane.
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