Chapter 3 Setting up Skybox Appliance
Skybox version 10.1.200
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SETTING UP THE APPLIANCE FOR CONFIGURATION
To prepare for configuring the system remotely
1
From a different machine on the network, open a browser to connect to the
Skybox Appliance Administration using the following URL (
<Appliance IP
address>
is the IP address of the Appliance that you configured in
(on page 12)):
•
https://<Appliance IP address>:444
2
The default user name is skyboxview; the default password is skyboxview.
The Skybox Appliance Administration main page appears.
FIRST-TIME CONFIGURATION
You must change the passwords and configure the date and time before using
the Skybox Server. All other settings are optional; you can configure them later.
To change the passwords
1
On the Security tab, select Appliance Passwords.
2
To change the root password of the machine, click Change Root Password.
3
To change the Appliance Administration password, click Change Skyboxview
Password.
To configure the date and time
1
On the System tab, select Date and Time Configuration.
2
To configure the date and time manually:
a.
Select Manual Date and Time Configuration.
b.
Click Change Date and Time; set the date and time for Skybox’s time
zone.
c.
Click Change Time Zone; set the time zone for the location of the
Appliance, so that reports and other data are timestamped correctly.
3
To set the date and time from NTP servers:
a.
Select Automatic Date and Time Configuration Using NTP Server.
b.
Click Change NTP Servers; add the IP address or DNS of up to 3 NTP
servers to use.
If you specify multiple NTP servers, the Appliance synchronizes to the
average time between the servers.
c.
Click Change Time Zone; set the time zone for the location of the
Appliance, so that reports and other data are timestamped correctly.
What’s next
Skybox Manager is the client application that communicates with the Server.
After installing and configuring the Appliance, you must install Skybox Manager
on at least 1 remote machine (see
(on page 31)).
