Arista DCA-NDR-A5, Quick Start Manual

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Chapter 5
Configuring the Awake Security Platform
Once the appliances are physically installed and cabled up, the next step is software configuration of
the individual Awake Security appliances which once configured will combine to become the Awake
Security Platform:
1. Connecting to the Admin CLI
2. Configuring the Appliance
3. Verifying the Configuration
5.1 Connecting to the Admin CLI
You can access the CLI by physically connecting a monitor and a keyboard to the Awake Security
appliance SKU. The following screen is displayed:
Figure 11: Command Prompt Window
Note: Enter the username as
admin
and the password provided by the Awake support.
5.2 Configuring the Appliance
Configure the following networking parameters in Awake Security appliances:
• Configuring the Management Interface
• Configuring DNS
• Configuring NTP
• Configuring Proxy
• Configuring IPMI / DRAC Interface
Note: If you are configuring all networking parameters simultaneously, you can run the
apply
and
reboot
command at the end of all configurations instead of running them for each
configuration.
5.2.1 Configuring the Management Interface
Perform the following steps to configure the management interface:
1. Enter the
set interface static <ip> <netmask> <default gateway>
where specified
variables denotes the following values:
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