Summary Steps - Cisco Physical Access Gateway Quick Start Manual

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Summary Steps

The following steps are an example of the main installation and configuration tasks for a Cisco Physical Access Control system.
The exact procedures and order of installation for your system may vary.
Tip To ensure proper operation, perform a test installation of all equipment on a lab bench before actual installation: use
Cisco PAM to configure the Gateways and all peripheral devices including locks, readers, and sensors. This allows any
issues to be resolved before the equipment is installed at the various access points.
1. Unpack and mount the Cisco Physical Access Gateway.
2. Unpack and mount optional reader, input or output modules, if necessary.
3. Connect door readers, input and output devices to the Cisco Physical Access Gateway or optional modules.
4. Connect power to the Cisco Physical Access Gateway and any optional modules.
5. Connect an Ethernet cable from a PC to the ETH1 interface on the Gateway module.
To enter the Gateway initial configuration, be sure to connect your PC to the ETH1 port. The ETH0 port is used
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for network communication.
6. Open a web browser on your PC and enter https://192.168.1.42. This URL opens the web-based configuration page.
7. Enter the default username and password:
default username: gwadmin
default password: gwadmin
Enter the Network settings, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Network Settings for the Cisco Physical Access Gateway
8. Enter the ETH0 Configuration settings. The ETH0 port is used for network communications with the Cisco PAM appliance.
a. If a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server is configured on your IP network, select the DHCP check
box for ETH0 to automatically configure the required IP network settings, including IP address, Subnet Mask, and
Gateway. The DHCP check box is selected by default.
b. (Optional) If a DHCP server is not used to assign IP address settings, enter the following information in the ETH0 fields:
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