Installing the Firebox III

Installing the Firebox III

Easily installed into your network, the rack-mountable Firebox plugs in at the Internet connection of your offices to implement security policies and protection.

Hardware requirements

WatchGuard recommends physically installing a Firebox III under the following conditions:

Securely rack-mounted

Placed in a dry, temperature-controlled environment that does not exceed 80 degrees F

Placed in a secured environment, such as a locked LAN room, or similar space, to prevent physical compromise by unprivileged personnel

Connected to conditioned power to prevent damage caused by power spikes and other power fluctuations

The following minimum hardware requirements pertain to the Management Station–the computer that administers the Firebox. This computer runs the Control Center software, which provides access to WatchGuard Firebox System applications.

Hardware feature

Minimum requirements (Management Station)

CPU

Pentium II

Memory

Same as for operating system.

 

Recommended:

 

64

MB for Windows 98

 

64

MB for Windows NT 4.0

 

64

MB for Windows 2000 Professional

 

256 MB for Windows 2000 Server

Hard disk space

25

MB to install all WatchGuard modules

 

15

MB minimum for log file

 

Additional space as required for log files

 

Additional space as required for multiple

 

configuration files

CD-ROM drive

One CD-ROM drive to install WatchGuard from its

 

CD-ROM distribution disk

 

 

 

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