Connecting The Appliance To The Network; Powering The Appliance - Symantec 360R - Security Gateway SGS Installation Manual

14 Installing the Symantec Gateway Security 300 Series appliance
Installing the appliance

Connecting the appliance to the network

Powering the appliance

You install the appliance by connecting it to your network with the LAN and
WAN ports on the back panel of the appliance. Symantec Gateway Security 300
Series models 320, 360, and 360R have different numbers of LAN and WAN
ports. Table 2-2 briefly describes the appliance models and the LAN/WAN ports
each has.
Table 2-2
Port distribution on models 320, 360, and 360R
Model LAN ports
Ethernet
320 4
360/360R 8
Generally, the WAN and serial ports provide connectivity to an outside network
or the Internet, and the nodes that you are protecting connect to the LAN ports.
See the Symantec Gateway Security 300 Series Administrator's Guide for more
information.
Use the back panel location numbers from
steps.
To connect your appliance
1 In the WAN port (3 ) (WAN 1 on model 360 or 360R), plug in the RJ-45
connector from the outside network or your Internet connection.
2 For a dial-up Internet connection, connect the modem to the serial port (5).
See the Symantec Gateway Security 300 Series Administrator's Guide. A
serial modem cable is not included.
3 In one of the LAN ports (2), plug in the RJ-45 connector from a node that the
appliance will protect.
The LAN ports are not ordered; you can plug any cable from a node into any
of the LAN ports.
4 Repeat step 2 for up to four different nodes.
Use the back panel location numbers in
instructions.
WAN ports
Ethernet
1
2
Figure 2-1 when performing these
Figure 2-1 when you perform these