Managing the IPSec VPN service
vShield Edge supports site-to-site IPSec VPN tunnels to remote sites. The remote site endpoint can be another vShield Edge instance or a number of other hardware-based endpoints such as a Cisco ASA. vShield Edge IPSec VPN supports pre-shared key and certificate authentication.
Getting ready
In order to proceed, we require access to vShield App through the vSphere Client plugin. The client can be run on any modern Windows desktop operating system or server operating system.
Note
The vShield vSphere Client plugin requires Adobe Flash, which is not supported on Linux operating systems at this time.
Ensure the vCenter account used to log in has administrative rights to vShield Manager.
How to do it…
Perform the following steps: ...
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