Configuring Smart-1 Appliances

Starting the Appliance

Connect the appliance to a power source and turn on the appliance. When the appliance is ready, you can run the First Time Configuration Wizard to configure it.

To start the appliance:

  1. Connect the appliance's management interface to a PC with the included Ethernet cable.

  2. Connect both power cables to the power supply units in the rear panel.

  3. If the power did not come up, press the Power button to power it up.

  4. The appliance turns on.

When the appliance is ready, you can run the First Time Configuration Wizard to configure it.

Available Software Images

The Smart-1 7000-L Appliance comes with the R82 software image.

To follow the installation progress and see when the appliance is ready, connect to the appliance with a serial console cable.

For more about software images, see the Home Page sk182601.

Initial Configuration

Configure the appliance with the Gaia First Time Configuration Wizard. See the Smart-1 7000-L / 7000-XL / 7000-UL Appliances Quick Start Guide.

Connecting to the Appliance CLI

You can configure advanced options in the Gaia operating system in the command line.

To connect to the command line interface of the appliance, use one of these:

  • The included serial console cable and terminal emulation software, such as PuTTY (from Windows) or Minicom (from Unix/Linux).

    Connection parameters for the appliances are: 9600 bps, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit (8N1), Flow Control - None.

  • An SSH connection to the management interface port (if SSHD is configured).