Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance C650 Guía Del Usuario
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Cisco AsyncOS 8.0.1 for Email User Guide
Chapter 3 Setup and Installation
Preparing for System Setup
Determine Method for Connecting to the Appliance
To successfully set up the Cisco appliance in your environment, you must gather important network
information from your network administrator about how you would like to connect the Cisco appliance
to your network.
information from your network administrator about how you would like to connect the Cisco appliance
to your network.
Connecting to the Appliance
During the initial setup, you can connect to the appliance in one of two ways:
Step 4
Review the latest product release notes
for your appliance.
for your appliance.
Release notes are available from the link in
Step 5
Unpack the appliance, physically install
it in a rack, and turn it on.
it in a rack, and turn it on.
See Quickstart Guide for your appliance. This guide is
available from the link in
available from the link in
.
Step 6
Access the appliance using the web
interface or the command line interface
(CLI)
interface or the command line interface
(CLI)
•
Launch a web browser and enter the IP address of the
appliance.
or
appliance.
or
•
Step 7
If you are setting up a virtual Email
Security appliance, load your virtual
appliance license.
Security appliance, load your virtual
appliance license.
Use the
loadlicense
command. For more information, see
the Cisco Virtual Security Appliance Installation Guide
available from the link in
available from the link in
.
Step 8
Configure basic settings for your
system.
system.
See
Do This
More Information
Table 3-1
Options for Connecting to the Appliance
Ethernet
An Ethernet connection between a PC and the network and between the network
and the Cisco Management port. The IPv4 address that has been assigned to the
Management port by the factory is
and the Cisco Management port. The IPv4 address that has been assigned to the
Management port by the factory is
192.168.42.42
. This is the easiest way to
connect if it works with your network configuration.
Serial
A serial communications connection between the PC and the Cisco Serial Console
port. If you cannot use the Ethernet method, a straight serial-to-serial connection
between the computer and the appliance will work until alternate network settings
can be applied to the Management port. For pinout information, see
port. If you cannot use the Ethernet method, a straight serial-to-serial connection
between the computer and the appliance will work until alternate network settings
can be applied to the Management port. For pinout information, see
. The communications
settings for the serial port are:
Bits per second: 9600
Data bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop bits: 1
Flow control: Hardware