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44 Getting started
About the management interfaces
About the management interfaces
Using the Network Security console
Serial console: Connect a laptop or other serial device to the appliance
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and use a serial terminal application with VT100 emulation to enter the
initial configuration information.
Compact flash: Add a slave node object to the master node's topology,
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then write the node configuration to a compact flash card. Use the
compact flash card for initial configuration when installing the slave
appliance.
Setting up appliance features in Symantec Network Security
Once your appliance is installed and the initial configuration is done, you can
use these appliance-specific features while customizing Network Security for
your network:
In-line blocking or alerting: Create policies for any in-line interface pairs to
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define when to block and when to alert.
Interface grouping: Configure an interface group that aggregates traffic on
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up to four monitoring interfaces. An interface group is useful for intrusion
detection in asymmetrically routed networks.
Symantec Network Security provides a management interface called the
Network Security console. Both the Symantec Network Security software and
the 7100 Series appliance utilize the Network Security console for the majority
of tasks.
The 7100 Series appliance also provides two additional management interfaces:
the serial console and the LCD panel. You can use these additional interfaces to
perform some initial configuration and basic tasks on 7100 Series appliances.
This section describes the following topics:
Using the Network Security console
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Using the serial console
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Using the LCD panel
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The Network Security console serves as the main management interface for
both Network Security software nodes and 7100 Series appliance nodes. The
Network Security console uses QSP 256-bit AES encryption.
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