Procedure 2 Of 4: Initializing The Appliance - IBM WebSphere DataPower 7198 Installation And User Manual

Next step: Initialize the appliance by accepting the license, changing the password
for the admin account, and interactively defining the base configuration. See

"Procedure 2 of 4: Initializing the appliance."

Procedure 2 of 4: Initializing the appliance
Before you begin: Connect the serial cable to the appliance. "Procedure 1 of 4:
Connecting the serial cable to the appliance" on page 25.
To initialize the appliance:
1. Press the power button on the front of the appliance. The green power LED
2. At the Login: prompt, enter admin
3. At the Password: prompt, enter admin
4. Follow the prompts to enable the appropriate operational modes.
5. At the Please enter new password: prompt, enter a new password.
6. At the Please re-enter new password to confirm: prompt, enter the new
7. At the Do you want to run the Installation Wizard? prompt, enter y to start
8. Follow the prompts to complete the base firmware configuration.
3. admin is the name of a local user account. The owner of this account can perform all tasks on the appliance.
4. admin is the default password for the admin account.
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v You should hear the fans start up.
v You should hear the fans change speed as the screen displays DPOS boot -
press <ESC> within 7 seconds for boot options...
Wait for the appliance to boot.
change this password.
Attention: Use care when making your selection for operational modes. If you
select an incorrect mode, the only way to change an operational mode is to
reinitialize the appliance.
During this process, you will:
v Read the general cautions that apply to operational modes.
v Read the information about each supported operational mode.
v Enable or disable the operational mode.
v Confirm the operational mode.
v Ensure that your keyboard does not have Caps Lock or Num Lock engaged.
v Type the password from the keyboard. Do not copy and paste the password.
If you copy and paste, you might copy extra spaces or characters.
password again.
the installation wizard.
Note: If you inadvertently enter n at the prompt, you can start the installation
wizard by entering the following commands:
configure terminal
startup
Note: To prepare for accepting the license agreement, you must configure the
Web Management Interface with the web-mgmt command.
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Chapter 4. Setting up the initial firmware configuration
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