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UICK TART UIDE Cisco M170 Content Security Management Appliance Welcome Before You Begin Document Network Settings Plan the Installation Install the Appliance in a Rack Plug In the Appliance Temporarily Change Your IP Address Connect to the Appliance Power Up the Appliance...
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Optional management features allow you to coordinate all your security operations from a single Content Security Management appliance or to spread the load across multiple appliances. This guide describes how to physically install the Cisco M170 appliance and use the System Setup Wizard to configure basic settings.
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 M170 Content Security Management Appliance: • Quick Start Guide (this guide) • Rails and adaptor kit •...
Document Network Settings Before you begin, write down the following information about your network and administrator settings.You will need this information when running the System Setup Wizard. System Settings Default System Hostname: Deliver Scheduled Reports To: Time Zone Information: NTP Server: Admin Password: AutoSupport: Enable/Disable...
The Cisco M170 appliance is designed to sit within your inner DMZ and receive quarantined spam from Cisco C-Series and S-Series appliances in your outer DMZ. Internal users access the Content Security Management appliance to view and manage messages in their quarantines.
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Install the Appliance in a Rack Install the Cisco M170 Content Security Management Appliance using either the slide rails or fixed rack mount brackets. For information about these installation options, see the Cisco 170 Series Hardware Installation Guide. Appliance Placement •...
Plug In the Appliance Plug the female end of the power cable into the power supply on the back panel of the appliance. Plug the male end(s) into an electrical outlet. 7JZ78-004E CONSOLE Plug the M170 power cable into an electrical outlet.
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Temporarily Change Your IP Address To connect to the Cisco M170, you must temporarily change the IP address of your computer. Make a note of your current IP configuration settings Note as you will need to revert to these settings after you finish the configuration.
Click OK. Step 6 Connect to the Appliance The Cisco M170 appliance has two gigabit network ports: P1 and P2. For the purposes of setup, connect to P1 as your management interface and configure incoming web traffic or email on the P2 interface.
Power Up the Appliance Power up the appliance by pressing the On/Off switch on the front panel of the Cisco M170. You must wait five minutes for the system to initialize each time you power up the system. After the machine powers up, a solid green light indicates that the appliance is operational.
Enter the following login information: Step 2 • Username: admin • Password: ironport The hostname parameter is assigned during system Note setup. Before you can connect to the management interface using a hostname (http://hostname:8080), you must add the appliance hostname and IP address to your DNS server database.
Step 7 and the new password that you set in the System Setup Wizard. The Cisco M170 Content Security Management Appliance uses a self-signed certificate that may trigger a warning from your web browser. You can simply accept the certificate and ignore this warning.
If you do not open port 443, you cannot download Note feature keys. For more information, see the appendix, “Firewall Information” in the Cisco AsyncOS for Content Security Management User Guide for more information. Warning You must shut down your appliance from the System Administration >...
Configuration Summary Review the following details of your configuration. Item Description You can manage your Content Security Management Management appliance from the management port (P1) by entering http://192.168.42.42, or the hostname assigned to your appliance when you have completed the System Setup Wizard.
Adding Security Appliances You can add the Cisco Email Security appliances and Cisco Web Security appliances that you want to manage. To add Cisco Security appliances to the Cisco M170, choose Management Appliance >...
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More Information There are other features that you may want to configure for your Cisco M170 appliance. For more information about other available features, see the Content Security Management appliance documentation.
Master checkbox. Click Submit and that Configuration Master no longer shows up as a Configuration tab on the GUI. Q. How do I add an appliance to my Cisco M170 Content Security Management Appliance? A. After you have enabled monitoring services on the Cisco M170 appliance, you can add connection information for the appliances that it manages.
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45 days of reporting. Q. How do I hide user names on my Web reports? a. On the Cisco M170 Content Security Management Appliance, choose Management Appliance > Centralized Services > Web > Centralized Reporting.
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