Symantec 10521146 Administration Guide - Page 40

40 Architecture About management and detection architecture sixteen characters each, and there are six buttons: four arrow buttons and two function buttons labeled s (start) and e (enter). You can use the LCD panel for initial configuration of your appliance. After initial configuration, the LCD screen displays system statistics in a rotating sequence, and provides a menu of tasks including stopping and starting Symantec Network Security, rebooting or shutting down the appliance, and changing the IP address. About the serial console You can use the serial console for initial configuration of the appliance and for command line access to the operating system utilities and filesystems. The serial console provides an alternative to using the LCD panel for initial configuration. Serial console access requires a valid username and password. About the compact flash Other new appliance management functionality involves the compact flash. The compact flash can be used for initial configuration and for full backup and restore. Slave appliance nodes can be initially configured from compact flash. On the Network Security console, a SuperUser adds the node to the topology and then writes the node configuration to the compact flash. Lab personnel can use the compact flash card for the initial configuration of the new appliance. If a compact flash card is available on the appliance, it is automatically used when you select a full backup in the Network Security console. When you do a restore from the Network Security console, you can choose from backup files on the compact flash as well as those that are available on the hard drive.