Chapter 4. Configuring The Siteprotector Console; Chapter 4, "Configuring The Siteprotector Console; Siteprotector Console Configuration Checklist; Installing License Files - IBM SP3001 Hardware Configuration Manual

Chapter 4. Configuring the SiteProtector Console

After you connect and configure the SiteProtector SP3001 appliance hardware, you must perform
additional configuration tasks in the SiteProtector Console. This chapter provides procedures for using
the Console to perform these tasks.
Important: If you used the procedures in the IBM Security SiteProtector System SP3001 Quick Start Guide to
connect the SiteProtector SP3001 appliance, start here to continue the configuration process.
Topics

"SiteProtector Console configuration checklist"

"Installing license files"

"Securing SP3001 appliance passwords" on page 18
"Setting the date and time" on page 19
SiteProtector Console configuration checklist
This topic provides a checklist that lists the tasks you should perform to configure the Console. Follow
the steps in this topic when you configure the SiteProtector SP3001 appliance.
Note: This checklist provides the recommended order that the tasks in this chapter should be performed.
This order may not always be required.
Checklist
Use the checklist in the following table as a guide to help you perform the tasks in this chapter. As you
perform tasks, use the check boxes to check off the tasks that you have completed:
Task Description
U
1 Install the license files for the reporting, correlation, and security features.
h
See "Installing license files."
2 Change the database and administrator passwords.
h
See "Securing SP3001 appliance passwords" on page 18.
3 Configure the date and time on the SiteProtector SP3001 appliance.
h
See "Setting the date and time" on page 19.
4 See the IBM Security SiteProtector System Configuration Guide to configure the SiteProtector
h
security management software.
Installing license files
Now that you have logged on from the SiteProtector Console, you must install the new license files so
that you can begin using the reporting, correlation, and security features that are installed on the
SiteProtector SP3001 appliance. The SiteProtector SP3001 appliance requires properly configured licenses
to run at full capability.
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