Initial Configuration
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I n i t i a l C o n fi g u r a t i o n
To start using the appliance, you must activate the network interfaces
and establish a secure connection to the Management Server as
outlined in the sections below.
To successfully complete this configuration, the following prerequisites
must be met:
• The Firewall element must be defined in the Management Center
• If you use the configuration wizard to configure the engine, you must
have created a one-time password for this engine.
• If you want to import some of the initial configuration information in
the configuration wizard, save the initial configuration on a USB stick
or a floppy disk.
• If you want to configure the engine automatically with a USB stick,
save the initial configuration on a USB stick.
See the
Firewall/VPN Installation Guide
for details.
Note –
The appliance must contact the Management Server before it
can be operational.
Connecting to the Appliance
You may not need to connect to the appliance at this point if you import
a configuration from a USB stick as explained in
Configuring the Engine
Automatically
, on page 20, and you are not interested in the console
messages that are displayed during this process.
In other cases, you need a physical connection to the appliance using a
monitor and keyboard or a serial cable connection from a computer with
a terminal program. By default, the monitor and keyboard connection is
enabled and the serial console is inactive. If you want to use a serial
connection, follow the instructions directly below. To use a monitor and
keyboard, just boot up the appliance.
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To connect using a serial cable
1. Connect the serial cable supplied with the appliance to the serial
port on the appliance and to a computer.
2. On the computer, open a terminal with settings 9600bps, 8
databits, 1 stopbit, no parity.
3. Power on the appliance.