TMS zl Management and Configuration Guide ST.1.2.100916

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Initial Setup in Routing Mode

Overview

This chapter provides instructions for the initial setup of the TMS zl Module

in routing mode. Later chapters provide instructions for configuring specific

features such as the firewall, IDS/IPS, and VPN.

At this point, you should have decided which operating mode you want to use.

(See “Operating Modes” in Chapter 1: “Overview.”) You have chosen routing

mode because you want to take advantage of these features:

■ Firewall

• Access policies

• Application-level gateways (ALGs)

• Network address translation (NAT)

■ Virtual private networks (VPNs)

■ Intrusion detection/prevention system (IDS/IPS)

■ High availability (HA) clusters

■ Network authentication

If you want to enable only the features in this next list, see Chapter 3: “Initial

Setup in Monitor Mode.”

■ Passive monitoring of threats inside your network (but not automatically

preventing or blocking them)

■ Monitoring traffic that is remotely mirrored to the TMS zl Module for

threats and intrusion attempts

■ Monitoring traffic without deploying an inline appliance in a high-band-

width network, such as a research and development laboratory

Note A TMS zl Module can run in only one operating mode at a time. If you switch

from one operating mode to another, the module will revert to the factory

defaults for the new mode, or it will revert to any settings that you may have

configured previously for that mode.

Routing Mode

Routing is the default operating mode for the TMS zl Module. It is a Layer 3

mode in which the TMS zl Module acts as a router for TMS VLANs, which it

filters and controls.