Hillstone SG-6000 Series Firewall Appliance Installation Manual
Chapter 4 Boot and Configuration
Introduction
This chapter describes the initial system boot and basic configuration of Hillstone SG-6000
Series, using a PC as the console terminal.
Establishing a Configuration Environment
Hillstone firewall appliances support both local configuration and remote configuration.
Administrators can use the following configuration methods.
•
Console (CON) connection
•
WebUI
•
Telnet and SSH
Console (CON) Connection
For initial system configuration, you have to establish a Console connection environment
(connect the device to a configuration terminal through its Console port).
Perform the following steps to establish a Console connection:
1.
Set up a local configuration environment. Connect the Console port to the serial port
of a PC through a console cable, as shown in Figure 4-1:
Figure 4-1: Console Port Configuration
2.
Run the terminal emulation program on the PC (e.g. hyper terminal of Windows
XP/Windows 2000) to set up a connection. Set the parameters of the terminal
session to 9600bps, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, none parity, and none flow control, as
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