This section explains how to prepare to use the function for automatically configuring and operating network devices.
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Automatic configuration and operation of firewalls and server load balancers is not possible if they are not registered in a network pool.
The following operations are necessary to automatically configure and operate network devices using user customization mode.
Create model definitions for the network devices
Create a folder for registering rulesets
Create rulesets for automatic configuration and operations
The virtual IP address which is set automatically in firewall rules or server load balance rules is the virtual IP address configured for use as the IP address for the public LAN.
For details on virtual IP addresses, refer to "9.1.3.1 Information Necessary for Designing a Public LAN".
Ruleset is the generic name for scripts and required files for scripts which are prepared for the device name or model name to automatically configure and operate network devices.
This product provides samples of scripts and required files.
For details on preparation, refer to "Appendix F Preparing for Automatic Configuration and Operation of Network Devices".
For details on sample scripts, refer to "Appendix G Sample Script for Automatic Configuration and Operation of Network Devices".
The following operations are necessary to automatically configure and operate network devices using simple configuration mode.
Creating Interface Configuration Files
For details on pre-configuration, refer to "Appendix I Auto-configuration and Operations of Network Devices Using Simple Configuration Mode".
