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Chapter 5: Managing your Sidewinder Appliance
Activating the license
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Licensing an isolated Sidewinder appliance
If your appliance does not have access to the Secure Computing activation
server, you may activate your license from a web-accessible computer. After
activating the license and saving the activation key, use the Admin Console to
import the key into the appliance.
Note:
You appliance must have a diskette drive to perform this procedure.
To activate an isolated appliance:
1
On your Windows computer, start the Admin Console: Select
Start >
Programs > Secure Computing > Sidewinder 7 Admin Console > Admin
Console
.
2 Click
Connect
and enter your user name and password to log in.
3 Select
Maintenance > License
.
4
Click the
Firewall
tab.
5
In the Serial Number field, verify that it shows the 16-digit serial number
located on the Activation Certificate or on your hardware platform.
6
In the Firewall ID field, use the drop-down list to select a firewall ID. There
will be one firewall ID listed for each NIC in the appliance.
Tip: If your Admin Console computer does not have web access, move to a
computer that has web access. Bring a copy of the serial number and firewall ID
with you to the web-accessible computer.
7 Use a web browser to access the Sidewinder activation web page:
https://www.securecomputing.com/cgi-bin/sidewinder-activation.cgi
8
Complete the form on the web site and click Submit . A confirmation screen
appears.
9
Verify the information you entered.
•
If the information is correct, click
Submit
. After a minute or so, a new
Web page appears displaying the activation key.
• If the information is not correct, use the
Back
button to return to the form
and correct the information.
10 Using the on-screen instructions, save the activation key to a diskette.
Tip: You can continue following the on-screen instructions for importing the file
via command line, or you can use the Admin Console instructions given here.
11 Insert the diskette into the Admin Console computer’s diskette drive .
12 From the Admin Console, select
Maintenance > License
13
Click the
Firewall
tab.