• An IPv4 management IP address.
The FMC management interface is preconfigured to accept an IP4 address assigned by DHCP.
Consult with your system administrator to determine what IP address your DHCP has been configured
to assign to the FMC MAC address. In scenarios where no DHCP is available, the FMC management
interface uses the IPv4 address 192.168.45.45.
• A network mask and a default gateway (if not using DHCP).
• If you are not using DHCP, configure a local computer with the following network settings:
• IP address: 192.168.45.2
• Netmask: 255.255.255.0
• Default gateway: 192.168.45.1
Disable any other network connections on this computer.
Procedure
Step 1
Use a web browser to navigate to the FMC's IP address:
https://<FMC-IP>
.
The login page appears.
Step 2
Log into the FMC using
admin
as the username and
Admin123
as the password for the admin account. (The
password is case-sensitive.)
Step 3
At the
Change Password
screen:
a) (Optional) Check the
Show password
check box to see the password while using this screen.
b) (Optional) Click the
Generate Password
button to have the system create a password for you that complies
with the listed criteria. (Generated passwords are nonmnemonic; take careful note of the password if you
choose this option.)
c) To set a password of your choosing, enter a new password in the
New Password
and
Confirm Password
text boxes.
The password must comply with the criteria listed in the dialog.
The FMC compares your password against a password cracking dictionary that checks not only
for many English dictionary words but also other character strings that could be easily cracked
with common password hacking techniques. For example, the initial configuration script may
reject passwords such as "abcdefg" or "passw0rd".
Note
On completion of the initial configuration process the system sets the passwords for the two
admin
accounts (one for web access and the other for CLI access) to the same value. The
password must comply with the strong password requirements described in the
Management Center Configuration Guide
for your version. If you change the password for
either
admin
account thereafter, they will no longer be the same, and the strong password
requirement can be removed from the web interface
admin
account.
Note
d) Click
Next
.
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