Integrating VPNs into an SRC Network
The service provider creates VPNs in the directory for specific subscribers. If the service provider configures the portal to display VPN features, IT managers with privileges to configure VPNs (see Chapter 23, Managing Enterprise Service Portals) can make modifications to VPNs that a subscriber owns.
Modifying Subscriber VPN Configuration
- In the navigation pane of Enterprise Manager Portal, click the subscriber who owns the VPN that you want to modify.
- Click the VPNs tab.
The VPNs page appears and displays the Available VPNs area. If the service provider configures the portal to display extranet features, this page also displays the Expose VPNs area.
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Name
- Name of the VPN that appears in other pages of Enterprise Manager Portal.
- Value—Text string
- Guidelines—Enter a name that summarizes the application of this VPN.
- Default—Value of the VPN ID field
- Example—Accounting VPN
VPN ID
- Unique identifier for the VPN.
- Value—Text string
- Guidelines—You cannot modify this value.
- Default—Specified by the service provider
- Example—Accounting
Description
- Description of the VPN.
- Value—Text string
- Default—Specified by the service provider
- Example—VPN for accounting in Boca
Source
- Whether or not the subscriber owns, imports, or inherits the VPN.
- Value—Text string
- Guidelines—You cannot modify this value.
- Default—Determined by the configuration of this VPN
- Example—Owned by this location
Creating Extranets
If the service provider configures the portal to display extranet features, IT managers with privileges to configure VPNs in their scope of control (see Chapter 23, Managing Enterprise Service Portals) can create extranets for other enterprises and retailers by exporting those VPNs. Enterprises and retailers who share VPNs that other subscribers own are called extranet clients.
When you click an enterprise or retailer in the navigation pane of Enterprise Manager Portal, the location identifier for that subscriber appears at the bottom of the VPNs page (see Figure 36). The default format of the location identifier is:
[<enterpriseName>.<subscriberFolderName>/ ]<retailerName>
- enterpriseName—Name of the enterprise in the directory
- subscriberFolderName—Name of the subscriber folder that contains the directory
- retailerName—Name of the retailer in the directory
- Start at the VPN page for the subscriber who owns the VPN.
- In the field called Exposed to in the Expose VPNs area, enter the location identifier for the extranet client.
- Click Add.
The VPN page for the subscriber who owns the VPN displays the updated status of the VPN, and the extranet client now has access to the VPN.
Deleting Extranets
You can delete an extranet by canceling the export of a VPN. To do so:
- Start at the VPN page for the subscriber who owns the VPN.
- In the Expose VPNs area, identify the VPN and the extranet client for whom you want to delete the extranet.
- Click Delete for the extranet client in the field Exposed to.
This action will deactivate all subscriptions to this VPN for the extranet client, and the extranet client will not be able to reactivate subscriptions to the VPN.
Sending Traffic to a VPN
If the service provider makes VPN features visible to subscribers, the name of the Bandwidth tab in the portal changes to Bandwidths & VPNs, and you can send traffic associated with BoD services to VPNs. To do so:
- In the navigation pane of Enterprise Manager Portal, click the subscriber for whom you want to send traffic to a VPN.
- Click the Bandwidth and VPNs tab.
- Follow the instructions in Managing Subscriptions to Bandwidth-on-Demand Services to configure the BoD service.
- From the menu in the Destination VPN field for that subscription, select the VPN to which you want to send the traffic.
- Click Create for the subscription.
Modifying the VPN to Which the Router Sends Traffic
To modify the VPN to which the router sends traffic:
- Start at the subscriber's Bandwidth & VPN page (see Figure 34).
- From the menu in the Destination VPN field for the subscription, select a different VPN from the menu.
- Click Apply for the subscription.
Stopping the Router from Sending Traffic to VPNs
To stop a router from sending traffic to a VPN:
- Start at the subscriber's Bandwidth & VPNs page (see Figure 34).
- From the menu in the Destination VPN field for the subscription, select None.
- Click Apply for the subscription.