McAfee WebShield e500, Installation Manual

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Installation Guide — English
ENG - 58 McAfee WebShield e500 Appliance version 2.5
To restore or upgrade the appliance’s software:
1. Connect a keyboard to the appliance’s keyboard port (colored purple,
see on page 16 ).
2. Connect a monitor to the appliance’s monitor port (see on page 16 ).
3. Turn on the appliance, if it is off.
4. Insert the WebShield e500 Appliance recovery CD or upgrade CD into
the appliance’s CD-ROM drive (see on page 14 ). The CD that you use
depends on whether you are restoring or upgrading the software.
5. Push the reset button on the control panel on the front of the unit
(see on page 15 ).
The appliance performs its startup sequence. It then reads the CD and
displays a license agreement.
NOTE: The following steps are correct for the WebShield e500
Appliance recovery CD. However, if the screen prompts are
different for your CD, follow the screen prompts.
6. Read the license agreement carefully, then enter
Y
to accept it.
If you do not accept the license agreement — entering
N
to reject it — you
cannot use the software on the CD.
The following options are presented:
1: Perform a full installation removes all data from the appliance’s
hard disk drives and reinstalls the software.
2: Install software on this CD reinstalls the software while
attempting to preserve the areas containing the following items:
• Configuration data
• Log data
• Quarantined e-mail messages
• Deferred e-mail messages
If the restoration process cannot preserve these areas, it re-creates
them.
3: Perform a software upgrade performs the appropriate software
upgrades (if available) that are contained on the CD.
F
G
B
C