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Setting Up Your Appliance for Initial Configuration
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IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner User Guide, Version 1.3
Setting Up Your Appliance for Initial Configuration
Introduction
To configure the initial appliance settings, you must connect the appliance to the network
and set up a terminal emulation session with your appliance. You can use a laptop or a
mobile desktop.
Using Microsoft
emulation
Terminal emulation programs are installed with Microsoft and Linux operating systems.
Documentation for using them should be provided by the vendor. A common Microsoft
emulation program is HyperTerminal. You can start it as follows:
●
Click Start on the taskbar, and then click All
Programs
→
Accessories
→
Communications
→
HyperTerminal
.
Requirements
You need the following items to set up terminal emulation:
●
a computer with a terminal emulation program that you connect to the appliance with
an RS-232 serial (COM) port
●
the power cord that came in the box with the appliance
●
the serial cable with an RJ45 connection that came in the box with the appliance
●
a static IP address for the Management network interface
Procedure
To connect with terminal emulation:
1. Connect the power cord to the power receptacle on the back of the appliance, and
plug the cord into the power source.
2. Connect the Management Port to a router or a switch on your network that has
connectivity with the SiteProtector system that will manage your agent.
3. Connect Scan Port (if connecting the ES750) or Scan Port 1 (if connecting the ES1500)
to the network to scan.
4. Connect the laptop or mobile desktop to the same network as the appliance using the
Ethernet adapter on the computer and a standard Ethernet cable.
5. Plug the RJ45 connection into the Console outlet on the appliance, and plug the other
end of the cable into a serial port on the back of the computer.
6. Start your terminal emulation program with the following settings:
Setting
Value
Baud rate
9600
Flow control
Hardware
Data bits
8
Parity
None
Stop bits
1
Emulation
VT100