Cisco Cisco ISA550 Integrated Security Appliance Quick Setup Guide

Thank you for choosing the Cisco ISA500 Series Integrated Security 
Appliance. This guide describes how to physically install the device and 
how to launch the ISA500 Series Configuration Utility to configure it. 

Before you begin the installation, make sure that you have the following: 

• An active Internet account.

• Mounting hardware and related tools. The mounting kit included with 

the device contains four rubber feet for desktop placement, two

 

rack-mount brackets, two silicon rubber spacers, eight M3 screws, four 
M5 screws, and four washers for rack mounting. Instructions are 
provided for wall mounting, but the wall mounting hardware is

 

user-supplied. 

• RJ-45 Ethernet cables (Category 5E or higher) for connecting 

computers, WAN and LAN interfaces, or other devices.

• A computer with Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 or 9, or Mozilla Firefox 

3.6.x, 5, or 6 for using the web-based device Configuration Utility.

To restore the factory defaults, choose one of the following actions:

• Press and hold the RESET button on the back panel of the unit for more 

than 3 seconds while the unit is powered on and the POWER/SYS light 
is solid green. 

• Or launch the Configuration Utility and login. Click Device Management 

> Reboot/Reset in the left hand navigation pane. In the Reset Device 
area, click Reset to Factory Defaults. 

Username

cisco

Password

cisco

LAN IP

192.168.75.1

DHCP Range

192.168.75.100 to 200