Installation Manual
H3C SecPath F1000-E Firewall
Chapter 5 Starting and Configuring the Firewall
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Press
Ctrl+B
at this prompt to enter the extended BootWare menu, or let the system
start to decompress the application program.
Note:
z
To enter the extended BootWare menu, press
Ctrl
+
B
as prompted within four
seconds; otherwise, the system will proceed with application decompression.
z
If you want to enter the extended BootWare menu after the system starts application
decompression, you need to restart the firewall.
Starting to get the main application file--cfa0:/f1000e.bin!.................
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The main application file is self-decompressing
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System is starting.....
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User interface con0 is available.
Press ENTER to get started.
Press
Enter
. The screen will display:
<H3C>
This prompt indicates that the firewall has entered user view and is ready to configure.
5.4 Configuration Fundamentals
In general, the configuration steps are as follows:
1) Before configuring the firewall, you should summarize the networking
requirements, including the networking objective, role of the firewall in the network,
division of subnets, WAN type and transmission medium, network security policy
and network reliability.
2)
Based on the above requirements, draw a clear, complete network diagram.
3)
Configure the WAN interface of the firewall. First, configure the physical operating
parameters (for example, the operating mode, baud rate and synchronous clock in
the case of a serial interface) of the interface according to the transmission
medium of the WAN. In the case of a dial-up interface, you also need to configure
