Getting Started With The Appliance; Who Should Install The Appliance - McAfee WebShield e500 Installation Manual

Getting started with the appliance

When you have decided how you want to use the
appliance — see Chapter 1 of the Product Guide —
you must perform the following actions to integrate
the WebShield appliance with your current network:
1. Gather the required configuration information;
2. Install the appliance in the required location,
3. Configure the appliance's network settings;
4. Configure the appliance's protocol settings; see
5. Back up your settings, so that you can
When you have installed and configured the
appliance, access its user interface to tailor the
features that you require. For detailed information on
configuring a feature in the user interface, view its
Help topic by clicking the Help
54.

Who should install the appliance?

We strongly recommend that the Information Technology administrator
responsible for your organization's e-mail system and Internet gateway
installs and configures the appliance. The configuration process requires
information for the protocols that you want to scan, and it must be configured
correctly. Additionally, you might need to configure your other equipment to
route traffic to the appliance, depending on which mode the appliance is using
(proxy mode or transparency mode).
See
Installation Guide
see page 18.
making the necessary connections; see
see page 32.
page 40.
reconfigure the appliance quickly if you need to
restore its drives; see
page 18 for a summary of the required information.
page
page 55.
button; see
Installation Guide — English
1
Gather the
configuration
information
2
Install the
appliance
28.
3
Configure the
appliance's
network settings
4
Configure the
appliance's
protocol settings
5
page
Back up the
appliance's
settings
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