Configuring the Appliances

Starting the Appliance

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

To start the appliance:

Connect the power cable to the power supply unit in the rear panel.

The appliance turns on.

Available Software Images

The Smart-1 600-S appliances come with the R81 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 Smart-1 600-S/600-M/6000-L/6000-XL home page.

Initial Configuration

Configure the appliance with the First Time Configuration Wizard. See the Installation and Upgrade Guide related to the software version.

Go to the Installing a Security Management Server section, and see the instructions to use the First Time Configuration Wizard.

Advanced Configuration

You can configure advanced options on Gaia OS from the Gaia Portal or the Gaia Clish.

Connecting to the Smart-1 600-S Appliances CLI

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

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

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

    Smart-1 600-S Appliances support these serial console connectivity options:

    • USB Type-C - Using the included USB Type-C console cable .

    • RJ45 - Using the included RJ-45 to DB9 serial console cable.

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