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Conﬁguration at Boot Up

When starting a VPN Gateway for the very first time, you need to do the following:

•Connect the device’s uplink port(s) to the appropriate network device(s). During the initial setup you will be asked to configure the desired ports for network connectivity.

—To use the VPN Gateway with a Nortel Application Switch, for example, for SSL Acceleration, connect the uplink port to a compatible port on a Nortel Application Switch.

•Connect a computer to the VPN Gateway’s console port through serial cable.

•Use a terminal application (for example, TeraTerm) to configure the VPN Gateway.

For more information, see “Connecting to the VPN Gateway” (page 136).

•Press the power-on button on the VPN Gateway.

•Wait until you get a login prompt.

•Log in as user: admin, password: admin

Note: If you have the ASA 310-FIPS model, see the instructions from “ Installing an ASA 310-FIPS” (page 58) page 54 and onwards.

The Setup Menu

	When you log in after having started the VPN Gateway the first time,
	you will enter the Setup menu. After selecting new or join, you will
	be prompted for the information required to make the VPN Gateway
	operational.
Table 3
The Setup Menu

[Setup Menu]
join	- Join an existing iSD cluster
new	- Initialize iSD as a new installation
boot	- Boot menu
Info	- Information menu
exit	- Exit [global command, always available]

Nortel VPN Gateway

User Guide

NN46120-104 02.01 Standard

14 April 2008

NN46120-104 specifications

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Conﬁguration at Boot Up

The Setup Menu

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