Cisco C690, Quick Start Manual

Page 1: ...pliance 7 Temporarily Change Your IP Address for Remote Access 8 Connect to the Appliance 9 Power Up the Appliance 10 Log In to the Appliance 11 Run the System Setup Wizard 12 Run the Active Directory Wizard Optional 13 Check for Available Upgrades 14 Configure Network Settings 15 Configuration Summary 16 Additional Configurations 17 Where to Go from Here 18 Cisco Notification Service ...

Page 2: ...lly install your Cisco C690 appliance and use the System Setup Wizard to configure basic settings 2 Before You Begin Before you begin the installation make sure that you have the items needed The following items are included with the Cisco C690 Email Security Appliance Slide rail kit Power cables 2 Console cable A card listing the location of online documentation for your appliance Note Two lockin...

Page 3: ...nistrator settings System Settings Default System Hostname Email System Alerts To Deliver Scheduled Reports To Time Zone Information NTP Server Admin Password SenderBase Network Participation Enable Disable AutoSupport Enable Disable Network Integration Default Gateway Router IP Address DNS Internet or Specify Own Interfaces Data Port 1 IP Address Network Mask Fully Qualified Hostname Accept Incom...

Page 4: ...your network configuration to look something like this Accept Incoming Mail Destination Relay Outgoing Mail Message Security SenderBase Reputation Filtering Enable Disable Cisco Anti Spam Scanning Engine Enable Disable McAfee Anti Virus Scanning Engine Enable Disable Sophos Anti Virus Scanning Engine Enable Disable Virus Outbreak Filters Enable Disable Advanced Malware Protection Scanning Engine E...

Page 5: ...tent Security Appliances Installation and Maintenance Guide Appliance Placement in a Rack Ambient Temperature To prevent the appliance from overheating do not operate it in an area that exceeds an ambient temperature of 104 F 40 C Air Flow Be sure that there is adequate air flow around the appliance Mechanical Loading Be sure that the appliance is level and stable to avoid any hazardous conditions...

Page 6: ...onsole proceed to section 8 below Note Make a note of your current IP configuration settings because you will need to revert to these settings after you finish the configuration For Windows The exact steps depend on your operating system version Step 1 Go to the Start menu and choose Control Panel Step 2 Click Network and Internet then Network and Sharing Center Step 3 Click the Change adapter set...

Page 7: ...the drop down list Step 6 Enter the following changes IP Address 192 168 42 43 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Router 192 168 42 1 Step 7 Click OK 8 Connect to the Appliance The Cisco C690 appliances have five gigabit network ports and a Management port as shown in the figure on the following page At least one static IP address is required to send and receive email You can receive and deliver email from...

Page 8: ... Appliance C690 1G and C690 10G Each of these models have two Fiber Optic ports These ports are located above the Ethernet ports shown in the following illustration For the Fiber Optic models the Ethernet ports are not present For details see the Cisco x90 Series Content Security Appliances Installation and Maintenance Guide Item Port Description 1 Data 1 A Gigabit Ethernet customer data interface...

Page 9: ...the appliance powers up the fans spin and the LEDs turn on Within 30 60 seconds the fans stop and all LEDs turn off The appliance powers on 31 seconds later This behavior is by design to allow the system firmware and controller to synchronize Wait at least 10 minutes for the system to complete the power up sequence and the LEDs to turn green If you turn the power off before the initialization is c...

Page 10: ...tep 2 Log in with the following credentials Username admin Password ironport Command Line Interface Step 1 Access the command line interface locally or remotely To access the CLI locally set up a terminal to connect to the serial port using 9600 bits 8 bits no parity 1 stop bit 9600 8 N 1 and flow control set to Hardware To physically connect the terminal see the Connect to the Appliance section o...

Page 11: ...rforming the installation This is because you have changed the IP address but the installation is underway Step 7 If you temporarily changed the IP address of your computer as described in the Temporarily Change Your IP Address for Remote Access section on page 6 change the IP address settings back to the original values Step 8 Ensure that your laptop and the appliance are connected to the network...

Page 12: ...sing Active Directory Wizard check box and then click Add LDAP Server Profile Note You will need the hostname and login information for your Active Directory account to run the Active Directory Wizard Note Commit any changes you make in the GUI by clicking Commit Changes This button appears if you have any uncommitted changes that need to be saved 303359 13 Check for Available Upgrades After loggi...

Page 13: ...ctions the following services may be required FTP port 21 data port TCP 1024 and higher HTTP port 80 HTTPS port 443 LDAP port 389 or 3268 LDAP over SSL port 636 LDAP with SSL for global catalog queries port 3269 NTP port 123 SSH port 22 Telnet port 23 Note If you do not open port 80 and port 443 you cannot download feature keys For more information see firewall information in the user guide for yo...

Page 14: ...und Email To configure the appliance to relay outbound email if you did not do so in the System Setup Wizard see the user guide for your version of AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliances 16 Additional Configurations Congratulations You have completed installation and basic configuration You can now configure additional features of your appliance See the online help or user guide for your Asyn...

Page 15: ...ation Cisco Email Security Appliance Documentation http www cisco com c en us support security email security appliance tsd p roducts support series home html Links from this page hold release notes user guides and information about hardware and its installation including Cisco C690 Email Security Appliance Quick Start Guide This document Cisco x90 Series Content Security Appliances Installation a...

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