Before You Begin - Cisco ISA500 Series Quick Start Manual

Welcome
Thank you for choosing the Cisco ISA500 Series Integrated Security
Appliances, a member of the Small Business Family. The ISA500 Series
are a set of Unified Threat Management (UTM) security appliances that
provide business class security gateway solutions with dual WAN, DMZ,
zone-based firewall, Site-to-Site and remote access VPN (including Cisco
IPSec VPN and SSL VPN) support, and Internet threat protection, such as
Intrusion Prevention System, Gateway Anti-Virus, Web URL Filter, Web
Reputation Filter, Email Reputation Filter, and Network Reputation.
This guide describes how to physically install the device and how to
launch the Startup Wizard to configure it.

Before You Begin

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Before you begin the installation, make sure that you have the following
equipments and services:
• An active Internet account.
• Mounting kits and tools for installing the hardware. The kits packed with
the device are used for desktop placement and rack mounting. The kits
include 4 rubber feet, 2 brackets, 2 silicon rubber spacers, 8 M3
screws, 4 M5 screws, and 4 washers.
The Wall-mounting kit is not included.
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• RJ-45 Ethernet cables (Category 5 or higher) for connecting computers,
WAN and LAN interfaces, or other devices.
• A computer with Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0, or Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x
(or later) for using the web-based device Configuration Utility.
Getting to Know the Cisco ISA500 Series
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Integrated Security Appliances
This section lists the available model numbers to help you become familiar
with your security appliance, and shows the front panel and back panel of
the unit.
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