McAfee WebShield e500, Installation Manual

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Installation Guide ENG - 13
Installation Guide — English
Getting started with the appliance
When you have decided how you want to use the
appliance — see Chapter 1 of the Product Guide —
you must perform the following actions to integrate
the WebShield appliance with your current network:
1. Gather the required configuration information;
see page 18 .
2. Install the appliance in the required location,
making the necessary connections; see page 28 .
3. Configure the appliance’s network settings;
see page 32 .
4. Configure the appliance’s protocol settings; see
page 40 .
5. Back up your settings, so that you can
reconfigure the appliance quickly if you need to
restore its drives; see
page 55 .
When you have installed and configured the
appliance, access its user interface to tailor the
features that you require. For detailed information on
configuring a feature in the user interface, view its
Help topic by clicking the Help
button; see page
54 .
Who should install the appliance?
We strongly recommend that the Information Technology administrator
responsible for your organization’s e-mail system and Internet gateway
installs and configures the appliance. The configuration process requires
information for the protocols that you want to scan, and it must be configured
correctly. Additionally, you might need to configure your other equipment to
route traffic to the appliance, depending on which mode the appliance is using
(proxy mode or transparency mode).
See page 18 for a summary of the required information.
5
Configure the
appliance’s
network settings
3
Install the
appliance
2
1
Configure the
appliance’s
protocol settings
4
Gather the
configuration
information
Back up the
appliance’s
settings