Coyote Point Systems Equalizer GX Series, Administration Manual

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First Time Configuration
Global Services
The Global Services settings provide a convenient way to enable and disable services on all
subnets, should the need arise. For example, when you are upgrading or performing a system
backup, it may be desirable to use the serial connection and disable all network services to ensure
that no other administrative users are accessing the system.
By default, all services are enabled globally:
Global Services Using the CLI:
In the CLI, global services settings are managed using the global
services
parameter (see
"Global
Commands"
on page 163).
Global Services Using the GUI:
Follow these steps to set the system
Hostname
,
Date & Time
, and
DNS
in the GUI:
1. Log into the GUI to perform additional configuration. On a workstation that is on the same
subnet that you configured above, or on a network that can route to and from the subnet
you configured above, Open a web browser and enter Equalizer’s IP address into the
browser’s address bar. At the GUI login screen, enter the
touch
user name and the pass-
word that you assigned earlier, and click
Login
. The Welcome screen for the Equalizer GUI
appears on the right pane.
2. Select the
System
configuration tab in the left pane.
3. Click on the arrow (
u
) beside
Global
to expand the branch and select
Parameters
to display the
Global
Parameters
screen on the right pane:
a. Set the system
Hostname
to a name that is unique on your network.
b. Optionally set up to three Domain Name Servers.
c. Click
Commit
.
4. Click on the arrow (
u
) beside
Maintenance
to expand the branch and select
Date & Time
to dis-
play the
Data & Time
display on the right pane. In the
Set Timezone
field, locate your time zone
in the drop-down box and click
Commit
.
5. Do one of the following:
a. If Equalizercan connect to the Internet and you defined at least one DNS server
above, you can configure the Network Time Protocol (NTP). In the
Automatically Set Date
and Time
field, type the name of an NTP Server into the text box and turn on the
Enable
NTP Synchronization
check box. Click
Commit
.
b. Otherwise, set the date and time manually by modifying the contents of the
Date
field.
Click
Commit
.
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