Configuring Appliance Settings

After registering your SonicWALL CDP on MySonicWALL and connecting a management computer to it, you are ready to configure the appliance for use on your network.

Changing the Administrator Password

1.On the System > Settings page, click the Password tab.

2.Type the desired password into the Password field, and again into the Verify Password field, then click Apply. You are logged out of the SonicWALL CDP appliance.

3.In the Logged Out screen, click the Login Again button and then log in as “admin” using your new password.

Configuring Local Time Zone Settings

1.On the System > Settings page, click the Time tab.

2.Complete the fields as described in the table below, then click Apply.

Field

Description

 

 

Time (hh:mm:ss)

Select the time in 24-hour format by

 

clicking the up or down arrows next to

 

each field (hours, minutes, seconds).

 

 

Date

Select the date (month, day, year)

 

from the pop-up calendar.

 

 

Time Zone

Select your local time zone from the

 

drop-down list.

 

 

Set Time

Select this checkbox to allow the time

Automatically

to be set automatically using NTP.

using NTP

Configure NTP servers on the NTP

 

tab.

 

 

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SonicWALL CDP 6080B manual Changing the Administrator Password, Configuring Local Time Zone Settings