Nokia IP2255 - Security Appliance, Installation Manual

Page: 46 / 124

3
Performing the Initial Configuration
46 Nokia IP2255 Security Platform Installation Guide
Note
Nokia recommends that you physically install all network interface cards
(NICs) and other hardware components before you perform the initial
configuration procedure this chapter describes. For information about
how to install NICs, see
Chapter 6, “Installing and Replacing Network
Interface Cards.” For information about how to install the Nokia encryption
accelerator card, see Chapter 5, “Installing, Replacing, and Configuring
the Nokia Encryption Accelerator Card.”
Using a Console Connection
If you do not use DHCP to perform the initial configuration of your Nokia
appliance, you must use a serial console connection (cable included). After
you perform the initial configuration, you no longer need the console
connection.
You can use any standard VT100-compatible terminal with an RS-232 data
terminal equipment (DTE) interface or terminal-emulation program
configured with the following settings for the console:
„
9600 bps
„
8 data bits
„
No parity
„
1 stop bit
To connect to the console
1. Connect the supplied null-modem cable (console cable) to the console
port on the front panel of the appliance.
Use only the DB9 port labeled Console on the front panel; the serial port
(AUX) is an auxiliary modem port.