How To Establish a New Connection to Ford Motor Company
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For help in determining which type of connection is best suited for your business with Ford Motor Company, please see the table below. Click on the type of connection to view the steps necessary to establish that type of connection.
Ford Motor Company does not currently support Cisco Meraki based VPN tunnel endpoints.
For general inquiries, please open a Supplier Consultancy Ticket.
| Type |
Solutions |
Transport |
Audience |
Prerequisites |
| Tunnels |
Public Internet VPN |
Public Internet Service Providers (ISP) |
Server to Server connectivity
Allows multiple users in a single connection |
Supplier IPSec IKEv2 compatible Firewall or Router |
Dedicated ANX
- - Declining |
ANXTunnelZ Service offered by ANXeBusiness |
Server to Server connectivity
Allows multiple users in a single connection
Guaranteed SLA |
Requires contract with Private Network Provider |
Dedicated ENX
- - Declining |
Tunnel Service offered by T-Systems |
Server to Server connectivity
Allows multiple users in a single connection
Guaranteed SLA |
Requires contract with Private Network Provider
|
| Software Based |
ZScaler |
Public Internet Service Providers (ISP) SaaS |
Only Client to Application
No Server-to-Server connection
Single user solution |
SaaS installation (ZScaler)
CDSID
Azure MFA profile |
ANX PPRO
- - Declining |
ANXTunnelZ Service offered by ANXeBusiness. |
Only Client to Application
No Server-to-Server connection
Single user solution |
Requires contract with Private Network Provider |
| VDI Based Solution |
PIVPN + VDI |
Public Internet |
Service Providers (ISP) Suppliers requiring a Virtual Desktop solution to deliver its services like ODCs |
See PIVPN + VDI Configuration |
| ZScaler + VDI |
Public Internet Service Providers (ISP) SaaS |
Suppliers requiring a Virtual Desktop solution to deliver its services like ODCs |
See ZScaler + VDI Configuration |
| In-Country Extranet (ICE) |
ICE Connection |
Dedicated Circuit |
In Country Extranets should only be provided as exceptions when the other solutions cannot be used. This could be for Legal, Regulatory or physical restrictions which prevent one of the preferred Ford extranet solutions being used. Some examples are Supplier Parks, Government connections and Bank connections |
Supplier Cisco Firewall or Router and dedicated circuit with Ford
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