Cisco M690 User manual

Cisco Systems, Inc.

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Cisco M690 Content Security

Management Appliance 

Quick Start Guide

• Welcome

• Before You Begin

• Plan the Installation

• Document Required Settings

• Install the Appliance in a Rack

• Temporarily Change Your IP Address for Remote Access

• Connect to the Appliance

• Plug In and Power Up the Appliance

• Log In to the Appliance

• Run the System Setup Wizard

• Check for Available Upgrades

• Configure Network Settings

• Additional Configurations

• Cisco Notification Service

Welcome

Thank you for choosing the Cisco M690 Content Security Management

Appliance (Cisco M690).

The Cisco M690 Content Security Management Appliance centralizes reporting

and tracking, management of quarantined email messages, and web security

appliance configuration settings. It also allows automated data backups.

This guide describes the basic steps for setting up your appliance.

Before You Begin

Before you begin the installation, make sure that you have the items you need.

The following items are included with the 

Cisco M690 Content Security Management Appliance:

• Rail kit

• Power cords

• Console cable

• A card listing the location of online documentation for your appliance.

You will need to provide the following items yourself:

• Rack cabinet enclosure (if rack-mounting the appliance)

• Phillips-head screwdriver for assembling rails

• 10/100/1000 Base TX TCP/IP LAN

• Ethernet cable for connecting the appliance to your network

• Desktop or laptop computer

• Web browser (or SSH and terminal software)

• Network and administrator information for the “Plan the Installation”

section on page 3

Plan the Installation

The Cisco M690 appliance is designed to sit within your inner DMZ and

communicate with Cisco C-Series and S-Series appliances in your outer DMZ.

Plan for your network configuration to look something like this:

Document Required Settings

Before you begin, write down the following information about your system,

network, and administrator settings.You will need this information when

running the System Setup Wizard.

System Settings

The default password will not work after you

enter this new password.

Your password must contain at least 8

characters, one number, one upper-case letter,

one lower-case letter, and one special

character.)

Network Settings

Locking Faceplate

Email system alerts to:

Time Zone Information:

NTP Server:

Admin Password:

AutoSupport: Enable/Disable

Fully Qualified Appliance Hostname

IP Address (Management port)

Network Mask:

Default Gateway (Router) IP Address:

DNS (Use the Internet’s root DNS servers or

specify your own):

Data Port 2

IP Address:

Network Mask:

4-digit code (for the M690-LKFP appliance)

System Settings

Default System Hostname:

Deliver Scheduled Reports To:

Time Zone Information:

Install the Appliance in a Rack

Install the Cisco M690 Content Security Management Appliance following the

instructions in the Cisco x90 Series Content Security Appliances Installation and

Maintenance Guide.

Appliance Placement

• Ambient Temperature—To prevent the appliance from overheating, do not

operate it in an area that exceeds an ambient temperature of 104°F (40°C).

• Air Flow—Be sure that there is adequate air flow around the appliance.

• Mechanical Loading—Be sure that the appliance is level and stable to avoid

any hazardous conditions.

NTP Server:

Admin Password:

AutoSupport: Enable/Disable

Network Integration

Default Gateway (Router) IP Address:

DNS (Internet or Specify Own):

Interfaces

Data Port 1

IP Address:

Network Mask:

Fully Qualified Hostname:

Data Port 2

IP Address:

Network Mask:

Locking Faceplate

4-digit code (for the M690-LKFP appliance)

System Settings

Temporarily Change Your IP Address for Remote

Access

To remotely configure the Cisco M690 using the network connection, you must

temporarily change the IP address of your computer. Alternatively, you can use

the serial console to configure the Cisco M690, without changing the IP address.

If you use the serial console, proceed to section below.

Note Make a note of your current IP configuration settings as you will need

to revert to these settings after you finish the configuration.

For Windows

The exact steps depend on your operating system version.

Step 1 Go to the Start menu and choose Control Panel.

Step 2 Click Network and Internet, then Network and Sharing Center.

Step 3 Click the Change adapter settings link.

Step 4 Right-click Local Area Connection and choose Properties.

Step 5 Click Internet Protocol Version 4, then choose Properties.

Step 6 Note your current settings.

Step 7 Select Use the Following IP Address.

Step 8 Enter the following changes:

–

IP Address: 192.168.42.43

–

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

–

Default Gateway: 192.168.42.1

Step 9 Click OK and OK again to exit the dialog box.

For Mac

The exact steps depend on your operating system version.

Step 1 Launch the Apple menu and choose System Preferences.

Step 2 Click Network.

Step 3 Click the lock icon to allow changes.

Step 4 Select the network configuration with the green icon. This is your active

connection. Then click Advanced.

Step 5 Click the TCP/IP tab and from Ethernet settings, choose Manually from

the drop-down list.

Step 6 Enter the following changes:

–

IP Address: 192.168.42.43

–

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

–

Router: 192.168.42.1

Step 7 Click OK.

Connect to the Appliance

Connect your laptop to the Management port using the Ethernet cable included

in the system box. The Cisco M690 appliance uses the Management port only.

The following illustration shows a model with Ethernet ports. Fiber Optic ports

are available with the following models of the Cisco Content Security

Management Appliance: M690-1G and M690-10G. Both of these models have

two Fiber Optic ports. These ports are located above the Ethernet ports show in

the following illustration. For the Fiber Optic models, the four Ethernet data

ports are not present. For details, see the Cisco x90 Series Content Security

Appliances Installation and Maintenance Guide.

Caution Use only the transceiver modules supplied with the 10-Gigabit fiber

optic interfaces. The use of any other transceiver modules may

damage the fiber optic interface card.

Item Port Description

1Data 1 A Gigabit Ethernet customer data

interface.

2Data 2 A Gigabit Ethernet customer data

interface.

3Data 3 A Gigabit Ethernet customer data

interface.

4Data 4 A Gigabit Ethernet customer data

interface.

5Remote

Power Cycle

The port that is used for Remote

Power Cycle (RPC).

6Console The console port that directly

connects a computer to the

appliance.

7Data 5 A Gigabit Ethernet customer data

interface.

8Management

interface

The Gigabit Ethernet interface that is

restricted to management use only.

Plug In and Power Up the Appliance

Plug in the appliance, then power up the appliance by pressing the On/Off

switch on the front panel of the Cisco M690. You must wait 10 minutes for the

system to initialize each time you power up the system.

After the machine powers up, solid green lights on the front of the appliance

indicate that the appliance is operational. The network activity light will be

green but may not be solid.

Caution If turned on quickly after connecting power to the appliance, the

appliance powers up, the fans spin and the LEDs turn on. Within

30-60 seconds, the fans stop and all LEDs turn off. The appliance

powers on 31 seconds later. This behavior is by design to allow the

system firmware and controller to synchronize. 



Wait at least 10 minutes for the system to complete the power up

sequence and the LEDs to turn green. 

If you turn the power off before the initialization is complete, the

appliance will NOT reach an operational state and must be

returned to Cisco.

You can log into the Cisco M690 using one of two interfaces: the web-based

interface or the command line interface.

Web-Based Interface

Step 1 For web browser access via the Ethernet port (see the “Connect to the

Appliance” section on page 7), go to the Cisco M690 appliance

management interface by entering the following URL in a web browser:

http://192.168.42.42

Step 2 Enter the following login information:

• Username: admin

• Password: ironport

Note The hostname parameter is assigned during system setup. Before you

can connect to the management interface using a hostname

(http://hostname), you must add the appliance hostname and IP address

to your DNS server database.

Step 3 Click Login.

Command-Line Interface

Step 1 Access the command-line interface locally or remotely:

• To access the CLI locally, set up a terminal to connect to the serial

port using 9600 bits, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit (9600, 8, N, 1) and

flow control set to Hardware. To physically connect the terminal,

see the “Connect to the Appliance” section on page 7).

• To access the CLI remotely, initiate an SSH session to the IP address

192.168.42.42.

Step 2 Log in as admin with the password ironport.

Step 3 At the prompt, run the systemsetup command.

Run the System Setup Wizard

Run the System Setup Wizard to configure basic settings and enable a set of

system defaults. The System Setup Wizard starts automatically when you access

the appliance via the web-based interface (or when you run the systemsetup

command from the command-line interface.)

Step 1 Accept the end user license agreement.

Step 2 Enter system and network information from the “Plan the Installation”

section on page 3.

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