Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S670 User Guide

To use the Web Security appliance, you must run the System Setup Wizard. However, first you must do 
some steps to prepare the appliance for the System Setup Wizard.

For more information about preparing the appliance for installation, see the Web Security appliance 
QuickStart Guide. You can find this guide and other useful information about the Web Security appliance 
on the Cisco IronPort Customer Support site:

http://www.cisco.com/web/ironport/index.html

 

Complete the following tasks before you run the System Setup Wizard:

Deployment. Decide how you are going to configure the appliance within your network. For details, 
see 

.

Laptop network connection. Configure your laptop’s network connection to use an IP address on 
the same subnet as the Web Security appliance (192.168.42.xx). For details, see 

.

Appliance physical connections. Plug the Ethernet cables into the appropriate ports on the back 
panel of the appliance. For details, see 

.

Setup information. Once you know how you will install the appliance in your network, gather all 
the information, such as IP addresses, necessary for the System Setup Wizard. For details, see 

.

Existing proxy server. If you plan to use the Web Security appliance in a network that has an 
existing proxy server, you must locate it downstream from other proxy servers. Also, after you finish 
the initial setup of the appliance, you must configure it to work with the existing proxy server. For 
more information about deploying the appliance in a network with an existing proxy, see 

.