Skybox Appliance 7000 Quick Start Guide
Skybox version 11.7.100
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DESCRIPTION
the time zone for the location of Skybox Appliance, so that reports
and other data are timestamped correctly.
l
Automatic configuration synchronizes Skybox with an NTP server.
Provide the IP address or DNS of the NTP server to use. (You can
use up to 3 NTP servers.)
Set the time zone after setting the NTP server.
Syslog Server
l
Enables sending CentOS logs automatically from Skybox Appliance to a
remote syslog server (see
Sending CentOS logs to a remote syslog server
).
l
Starts or stops the Skybox Appliance syslog server service and enables you
to configure TCP and UDP listeners (see
).
Host Name
Enables you to change the name of the Skybox Appliance.
Change System
Mode
Toggles between Server mode (Skybox Appliance functions as the Skybox
Server and a Skybox Collector) and Collector mode (Skybox Appliance
functions only as a Skybox Collector).
SNMP
Select Enable SNMP Service to set up SNMP configuration, host
configuration, and sending traps (see
).
You can also download the Skybox Appliance MIBs.
Security tab
Appliance
Passwords
Enables you to change the root password for Skybox Appliance, the password
for Skybox Appliance Administration, and the RMM password.
LDAP
Enables you to set up Skybox Appliance to support authentication via LDAP
(see
SSH
Toggles the SSH service on and off and enables the root user to log in via SSH.
Control tab
Skybox Services
Toggles the Skybox Server and Skybox Collector on and off.
Appliance
Operations
Enables you to reboot or shut down Skybox Appliance.
Support tab
Logs
Enables you to view Server, Collector, and other logs of Skybox Appliance.
Get Packlogs: Runs the
packlogs
utility and saves the packlogs (ZIP) file to a
local directory so that you can send the logs to Skybox Support.
Skybox Manager
Enables you to download Skybox Manager for installation.
Setting up network interface bonding
Skybox Appliances support network interface bonding for redundancy and for higher
bandwidth.
To create a network interface bonding
1. On the Network tab, click Network Configuration.
2. Select Network Interfaces.