Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba EdgeConnect FIPS EC-XS Quick Start Manual

Quick Start Guide
IMPORTANT - READ THIS FIRST:
register your Orchestrator with the Silver Peak Cloud
Portal BEFORE setting up an EdgeConnect appliance.
EdgeConnect
After Orchestrator is registered with your account
name and key, you can proceed with EdgeConnect
installation.
FIPS
If you don't know or are unsure what role the
Orchestrator plays, please contact your network
EC-XS
architect or deployment lead.
EC-M-P
EC-XL-P
1

Apply Tamper-Evident Labels

EC-XL-P-NM
Tamper-Evident labels and the Installation Guide are supplied
with the appliance.
Part 1 - Physical Installation

Before You Begin

2

Rack Mount the Appliance

Check your packing slip to verify

that you have all the necessary
Based on your model, refer to the separate instructions for rack
items.
mount, desk mount, or wall mount.
If installing an EC-M-P, fi rst read,

Small Form-Factor Pluggable
(SFP) Module Installation Guide.
3

Install the Appliance into the Network

If your EdgeConnect model

requires it, ensure that you
a. Identify the relevant ports on the rear of the appliance.
have the associated rack mount
instructions. b. Connect network cables from the appliance to the identifi ed
network equipment ports.
Make sure you have a standard

Phillips screwdriver.
c. DO NOT connect the power cables yet.
Supply circuits should be protect-

ed by a minimum 15A, maximum
20A circuit breaker.
On the network equipment, iden-

tify the 10/100/1000 Ethernet
ports and/or the 1Gbps/10Gbps
fi ber ports.
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All copper RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces in the Silver Peak
You must install and
appliance support MDI/MDI-X and auto-negotiation.
The fi ber interfaces support:
• LC connectors
• multi-mode 50 fi ber / 62.5 fi ber
• single-mode 9 fi ber (EC-M-P only)
4

Connect Power Cords

Depending on the model, your appliance may have a single
power supply, or redundant power supplies.
a. Connect each power cable to the Silver Peak appliance and
to your local power source.
b. For redundancy, plug in all power cords, preferably to
diff erent power sources.
5

Turn the Power On

Some appliances power up as soon as they're plugged in, oth-
ers don't. If the power is off , turn it on. If you don't plug in all
the power cords, an audible alarm sounds until you do.
a. Verify that each power supply's LED illuminates green.
b. On the front panel, verify that the Power LED illuminates
green or blue.
6

Optionally, connect the management ports

It is not necessary, however, if you want to create local, physical
access to the management ports, you can do so as follows:
Silver Peak assigns the MGMT1 ethernet interface a default IP
address of 169.254.0.1 and a subnet mask of /16 (the same as
255.255.0.0).
Both RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces (MGMT0 and MGMT1)
support MDI/MDI-X and auto-negotiation.
a. Identify the appliance's MGMT0 and MGMT1 interfaces.
b. Using an RJ-45 cable, connect the appliance's MGMT0
interface to the network equipment interface.
c. Using another RJ-45 cable, connect the appliance's MGMT1
interface to your PC.
You've now completed the physical installation and are ready to
register the product with Unity Orchestrator.