topic RE: EOS Out-Of-Band Management in ExtremeCloud IQ- Site Engine Management Center

EOS Out-Of-Band Management

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 20:00:00 GMT

In the process of configuring / designing an Out-Of-Band management network in EOS.

Will need to make this as secure as possible so things like SNMP, SSH, Syslog, HTTPS and Netflow for / via NetSight are all done out of band on the management network only. All the switches in use are either S or K series.

My first thoughts are that I would have to do this with Policy and ACL's, but it would be preferential to use a separate VRF.

So my questions are:

What would the best why to ago about this in the most secure manner?
Perhaps there is a better method in EOS?
If I was to use a VRF for management (and my point in using it), is I could then just enable the management protocols on the management VRF and turn them off on the default VRF. (I don't believe its possible, but it would provide the simplest and most secure set-up, perhaps still in conjunction with policy and ACL's)

Many thanks in advance.

RE: EOS Out-Of-Band Management

Erik_Auerswald — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:30:00 GMT

Hi Martin,

I don't think you can disable SNMP, SSH, etc. in a VRF.

To lock down management access you should look into the host ACL ("ip host-access "). You can (and should) use an extended ACL, so you can allow just the interface IP you want to use for management. With a host ACL you need to consider and allow all layer 3 protocols (VRRP, OSPF, BGP, ...) you intend to use.

Erik

RE: EOS Out-Of-Band Management

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:32:00 GMT

Thanks for the reply.

Think my plan will be to use a VRF for management and use ACL's either side to stop and control IP traffic for containment, with the use of 'ip host-access' that you have helpfully provided.

Many thanks.

RE: EOS Out-Of-Band Management

Curtis_Parish1 — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 19:13:00 GMT

Question: if you set an ip address on an interface as management and then disable ip-forwarding on that interface does that restrict management access to that address?

RE: EOS Out-Of-Band Management

Erik_Auerswald — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 19:59:00 GMT

I do not think that is sufficient.

There are two GTAC Knowledge articles regarding restricting management access:

As far as I remember any reachable active interface can be used for management unless an ACL restricts access. The host ACL controls access via any interface.

RE: EOS Out-Of-Band Management

jeronimo — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 01:30:00 GMT

Here is a brief KB article, but maybe it is of use to you: https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Q_A/Non-Global-VRF-Loopback-IP-not-responding-to-...

What I take from that: Use the global VRF to perform management, and put your production traffic into a VRF that you create additionally.