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Performing the Initial Configuration

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3 Performing the Initial Configuration Note On an appliance with two active power supplies installed, connect and turn on both power supplies for load sharing and redundancy. The power supply status LEDs on the back panel provide additional information about the power supplies. For more information about these LEDs, see "Power Supply Status LEDs" on page 31. Performing the Initial Configuration The initial configuration allows you to assign a hostname, create the admin password, and to configure the management interface. To perform the initial configuration 1. Turn on the appliance. At the console a series of startup messages appears, then the following prompt appears: Type any character to enter command mode. The prompt remains on the screen for about five seconds. Note For information about how to use the boot manager, see the Nokia IPSO Boot Manager Reference Guide. After some miscellaneous output appears, the following prompt appears: Hostname? If the Hostname? prompt does not appear on the console, check the console port and console display connections to ensure that the serial cable is completely plugged in at both ends. If you verify the console connections and still do not see either the BOOTMGR> or Hostname? 50 Nokia IP2255 Security Platform Installation Guide

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Performing the Initial Configuration
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Nokia IP2255 Security Platform Installation Guide
Note
On an appliance with two active power supplies installed, connect and
turn on both power supplies for load sharing and redundancy.
The power supply status LEDs on the back panel provide additional
information about the power supplies. For more information about these
LEDs, see
“Power Supply Status LEDs”
on page 31.
Performing the Initial Configuration
The initial configuration allows you to assign a hostname, create the admin
password, and to configure the management interface.
To perform the initial configuration
1.
Turn on the appliance.
At the console a series of startup messages appears, then the following
prompt appears:
Type any character to enter command mode.
The prompt remains on the screen for about five seconds.
Note
For information about how to use the boot manager, see the
Nokia
IPSO Boot Manager Reference Guide
.
After some miscellaneous output appears, the following prompt appears:
Hostname?
If the Hostname? prompt does not appear on the console, check the
console port and console display connections to ensure that the serial
cable is completely plugged in at both ends. If you verify the console
connections and still do not see either the BOOTMGR> or Hostname?