SonicWALL 7.2 manual Configuring Settings on the Appliance Web Interface

Configuring Settings on the Appliance Web Interface

After configuring the IP address and default route settings on the SonicWALL Email Security Virtual Appliance console, the next steps are to configure host name, network, and time settings in the appliance management interface.

Perform the following steps to complete host configuration for the virtual appliance:

1.Launch a browser and enter the URL of the virtual appliance.

2.On the appliance interface login page, type in the default credentials and then click Login.

The default credentials are:

User – admin Password – password

3.If this is the first time you have logged into a SonicWALL Email Security appliance, you must enter the following system configuration information before you can continue:

•Monitoring—The email address of the mail server administrator who receives emergency alerts, the email of the MTA postmaster who will receive emergency alerts, and the name or IP address of the SMTP servers.

•Hostname—A descriptive hostname for this SonicWALL Email Security appliance.

•Networking— The static IP address for this computer, including the Primary and Fallback DNS server IP addresses.

•Date and Time—The system date and time, current time zone, and an option for automatically adjusting for Daylight Savings Time.

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