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

Universal Compute Platform Prerequisites

• Deploy an ExtremeCloud Edge - Self-Orchestration Deployment on Universal Compute Platform. For information, see ExtremeCloud Edge - Self-Orchestration Deployment Guide for Universal Compute Platform.
• Configure a data interface on Universal Compute Platform. Note that Tunnel Concentrator does not support LAG interfaces.
• Select whether to deploy ExtremeCloud IQ Controller or ExtremeCloud‌ IQ as the management application for tunnel provisioning. Refer to the subsequent prerequisite sections for additional prerequisites that are specific to those applications.

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, note that multiple read-only accounts are not mandatory.

• For ExtremeCloud IQ Controller configuration information, see ExtremeCloud IQ Controller User Guide.

ExtremeCloud IQ 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 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 for Universal Compute Platform.