Black Box ET0010A User Manual
Provisioning Large Numbers of Appliances
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4 Click OK.
NOTE
ETEMS will not save a default configuration that contains an error or an invalid entry. The OK button is
disabled if an error is detected. ETEMS indicates the tab and the field that contains the error with
disabled if an error is detected. ETEMS indicates the tab and the field that contains the error with
.
Restoring the ETEMS Default Configurations
For each product family/software version combination, you can replace a custom default configuration
with the ETEMS factory default configuration. The following items are unaffected by restoring the
factory default configuration:
with the ETEMS factory default configuration. The following items are unaffected by restoring the
factory default configuration:
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Password
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Appliance name
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Management IP address
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Remote port IP address (on applicable appliances)
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Certificates
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Policies created using EncrypTight ETPM
To return the default values to factory settings:
1 On the Edit menu, click Default Configurations.
2 Select an appliance model and software version level from the list.
3 In the appliance editor, click Use Factory.
4 Click OK to save the factory settings as the defaults and return to the Appliances view.
1 On the Edit menu, click Default Configurations.
2 Select an appliance model and software version level from the list.
3 In the appliance editor, click Use Factory.
4 Click OK to save the factory settings as the defaults and return to the Appliances view.
Consider the following items before pushing a factory default configuration to an appliance:
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Settings that affect traffic are changed when the factory settings are restored. On some appliance
models these changes require a reboot, which interrupts traffic on the data ports.
models these changes require a reboot, which interrupts traffic on the data ports.
CAUTION
Restoring the default configuration may change traffic-affecting settings or require rebooting the appliance.
Provisioning Large Numbers of Appliances
If you have a lot of appliances to add to ETEMS, entering each configuration individually through the
appliance editor can be time-consuming. ETEMS offers some tools for streamlining appliance
provisioning in large deployments. The workflow is as follows:
1 Create a customized default configuration, which will serve as a template, for each appliance model /
appliance editor can be time-consuming. ETEMS offers some tools for streamlining appliance
provisioning in large deployments. The workflow is as follows:
1 Create a customized default configuration, which will serve as a template, for each appliance model /
software version combination that you need.
2 Add the new appliances in ETEMS by entering the basic appliance information in a CSV file and then
importing the data into ETEMS.
3 Push the configurations to the appliances.
4 Check the appliance date and time.
4 Check the appliance date and time.