Installation Prerequisites

Before you install Tunnel Concentrator, make sure that you meet the following requirements:

Licensing and Activation Prerequisites

Complete the following install and license requirements on the Extreme Networks Support Portal:

Purchase the Tunnel Concentrator activation SKU EXTR-IQ-TC.
Download the Tunnel Concentrator installation image from the portal at Downloads/ExtremeCloud/Extreme Tunnel Concentrator.

Universal Compute Platform Prerequisites

Install and connect the hardware appliance. Refer to the Installation Guide model for your selected model:

ExtremeCloud IQ (Classic) Prerequisites

If you choose to deploy ExtremeCloud IQ as the management application, note the following:

You must provide connectivity from the Universal Compute Platform to the internet over port 8090. This is required for the connection to ExtremeCloud IQ.
For ExtremeCloud‌ IQ configuration information, see ExtremeCloud IQ (Classic) User Guide.
We recommend that you also onboard your Universal Compute Platform deployment to ExtremeCloud‌ IQ, although this is not mandatory. For details, see ExtremeCloud Edge - Self-Orchestration Deployment Guide.

ExtremeCloud IQ Controller Prerequisites

If you choose to deploy ExtremeCloud IQ Controller, note the following:

You must configure connectivity to the controller from the Universal Compute Platform over TCP port 5825.
Configure a read-only user account on the controller that is different than the standard admin account.

Tip
As a best practice, set up separate read-only accounts for each Tunnel Concentrator instance. For example, if you have six different Tunnel Concentrator instances, configure six dedicated read-only accounts and the standard admin account. However, while multiple read-only accounts is a best practice, it's not mandatory.
For ExtremeCloud IQ Controller configuration information, see ExtremeCloud IQ Controller User Guide.

Reserved IP Ranges

The following table displays the reserved IP addressing ranges for use with Tunnel Concentrator.

Table 1. Reserved IP Ranges
Purpose	IP Range	Details
Tunnel Concentrator Application Network	10.0.2.0/24	This range is non-configurable. The range forms the attachment point for management access to the Tunnel Concentrator application.
Pod Network	The Pod segment that you assigned on the host (the default range is 10.96.0.0/16)	This is the segment range for the Pod Network that was assigned on Universal Compute Platform during host cluster creation. Please review cluster configuration on host to confirm.