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Vectra M29 Stream Appliance 

Quick Start Guide 

Purpose 

 

This document is intended to help customers or partners with the initial configuration of Vectra M29 appliances.  This 

is limited to basic network connectivity.  The M29 appliance is used in place of a virtual machine for Vectra Stream 

deployment.  From a pairing perspective, the M29 functions similarly to other Vectra physical Sensors.  The 

Vectra 

Platform Quick Start Guide

 covers basic firewall rules needed, initial Brain GUI settings, and pairing of physical 

Sensors.  Virtual Sensor (VMware and Hyper-V) configuration and pairing and covered in their respective Quick Start 

Guides. 

 

Package Contents 

 

 

1 M29 system 

 

1 Rail kit 

 

2 Power supply cords (matching requested type) 

 

1 Vectra bezel 

 

SFPs (matching details of your order) 

 

Physical Connections (and disk numbering) 

X29 pictures are used below (M29 and X29 are identical hardware with different software loads) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for M29

Page 1: ...ndex are trademarks of Vectra AI Other brand product and service names are trademarks registered trademarks or service marks of their respective holders Vectra M29 Stream Appliance Quick Start Guide V...

Page 2: ...nces This is limited to basic network connectivity The M29 appliance is used in place of a virtual machine for Vectra Stream deployment From a pairing perspective the M29 functions similarly to other...

Page 3: ...both MGT1 RJ 45 ethernet 1 Gbps copper o This is the port that will need to be configured with an IP address in your network One of the following to configure MGT1 o KVM or Crash Cart using USB Keyboa...

Page 4: ...display the address that was assigned via DHCP once you are logged onto the appliance see Accessing the Command Line Interface CLI of the M29 Appliance below for instructions on how to log on Static...

Page 5: ...to connect using the default credentials from above iDRAC IPMI The M29 has a Dell iDRAC interface The default username password is vectra changethispassword To configure the interface to use static a...

Page 6: ...nce Below you will find instructions for v6 4 or later and for v6 3 or earlier You may encounter some systems with an initial image that is earlier than 6 4 Once your system is up to date should you r...

Page 7: ...their respective holders Vectra M29 Stream Appliance Quick Start Guide Verifying DNS Configuration show dns Verifying your Connectivity Once you have configured an IP statically or via DHCP you can ve...

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