Broadcom Symatec SA-S500 Quick Start Manual page 2

SA-S500 Appliance Configurations
The SA-S500 is available in the following appliance
configurations with the indicated port enumerations.
3 — Power On the Appliance and
Verify LEDs
To verify the appliance is operational:
1. Confirm the appliance's power cords are securely
connected to a power source.
2. If the appliance does not automatically power on, press
the rear soft power switch.
NOTE: The state of the appliance's soft power switch
(on or off) is retained when power is removed. This may
necessitate pressing the power switch when reapplying
power to the appliance.
3. As the appliance boots, verify the following:
The power LED turns amber.
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Near the end of the boot cycle, the Power LED
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alternates between amber and green, indicating an
unconfigured state.
After the boot cycle has completed, the LCD panel
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displays information about the appliance, such as
model, serial number, and IP address, which can be
scrolled with the front-panel arrows.
Following the initial configuration and licensing, the
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Power LED turns green.
During operation, the front-panel status LEDs indicate the
following states:
LED Color
Power Off
Status
Amber
Amber/green
alternating
Green
System Off
Status
Green
Amber
Amber blinking
4 — Perform the Initial
Configuration
You must have the following network information to initialize
the appliance:
Appliance IP address
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Primary DNS server IP
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address
Default Gateway IP address
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To perform the initial configuration for the appliance:
1. Confirm the appliance's DB9 serial port is connected to
a serial terminal or workstation with terminal software.
2. Open a terminal emulation program, such as Microsoft
HyperTerminal®, PuTTY, Tera Term, or ProComm™,
and configure it to use the following settings:
Baud rate: 9600 bps
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Parity: none
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Flow control: none
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Description
Powered off or no power present
Booting
Not yet initialized
Powered on and configured
Powered off or no power present
Normal
System fault or not yet licensed
Critical fault
Subnet mask
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Link settings (speed and
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duplex)
Admin ID and password
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Data bits: 8
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Stop bits: 1
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