Chapter 1 Overview The Skybox 5500™ Appliance is a hardware solution that allows you to deploy Skybox View easily, without the burden of maintaining your own server. Skybox View is an Automated Risk and Compliance Management (ARCM) platform that helps ®...
Skybox 5500 Quick Start Guide • 2 DVDs Skybox View: Used to install Skybox View on the Skybox 5500 Appliance; it contains the Skybox View software and additional documentation Restore Appliance: Used to restore the Skybox 5500 Appliance to factory settings ...
Compliant standards Ctick, NRTL, CE, FCC, EMC, BSMI, KC, and more Note: For detailed information, see Regulatory and safety information (on page 22). Environmental specifications Environmental specifications for Skybox 5500 are listed in the following table. Parameter Limits Operating +10° C to +35° C with the maximum rate of change not to exceed temperature 10°...
Class A products. Test reports are made available through EPG Product Regulations MTBF estimates for Skybox 5500 Appliance The estimated mean time between failures (MTBF) and Failure in Time (FIT) rates for Skybox 5500 Appliance are listed in the following table. Subassembly...
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Chapter 2 Skybox 5500 specifications Letter Feature NMI button (recessed; tool required for use) NIC-1 activity LED NIC-3 activity LED System cold reset button System status LED Power button with integrated LED Hard drive activity LED NIC-4 activity LED NIC-2 activity LED...
Skybox 5500’s back panel includes the following connectors: Figure 2: Back panel connectors 5500 Port mapping The mapping between physical ports on the back panel of Skybox 5500 Appliance and logical ports are listed in the following table. Back panel connector...
Starting Skybox 5500 To start Skybox 5500 1 Connect the AC power cords to the AC connectors on Skybox 5500’s back panel and connect the other ends to a power supply. Note: Skybox 5500 can be used with either 110 or 220 volt power.
2 From a different machine on the network, open a Web browser to connect to the Skybox 5500 Web Administration using the following URL, where <appliance_IP> is the IP address of Skybox 5500 that you configured in Configuring connection (on page 11): ...
Click Change Date and Time; set the date and time for Skybox 5500’s time zone. c) Click Change Time Zone; set the time zone for the location where Skybox 5500 is installed, so that reports and other data are timestamped accurately.
Chapter 4 Configuration and management options Skybox 5500’s configuration options are described in the following tables. About tab Pane Description System Information Provides information about Skybox 5500 configuration. Network tab Note that changes to the configuration information made in this tab are only saved after you click Save Network Configuration.
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Manual mode. Turning the service on restarts the service and switches it back to Automatic mode. Appliance Enables you to reboot or shut down Skybox 5500. After Operations shutdown, a manual reboot is required to power on the Appliance.
Chapter 5 Installing the Skybox View Manager You can install the Manager from the DVD included with Skybox 5500 or you can download it from the Skybox 5500 machine over HTTP using the machine’s IP address ). For additional information, see Installing the Manager https://<ip_address>:444/manager...
• Otherwise, type the IP address of the Server machine. Upgrading the Manager In some cases, the Manager installation file on the Skybox 5500 Appliance is outdated. In this case, you can use the new Manager installation file that you downloaded (or received from Skybox Security’s product support team) to replace the old installation file.
To restore the previous version of the Web Administration, run the following commands: service sysconf stop service httpd stop cd /opt/ (renames the current web administration mv skyboxwebadmin skyboxwebadmin_<date> directory) (copies the backup directory cp skyboxwebadmin_backup_<timestamp>/ skyboxwebadmin to the skyboxwebadmin directory) service sysconf start service httpd start Skybox 5500 Appliance...
Chapter 7 Restore The Restore Appliance DVD that comes in the Skybox 5500 package is used to restore Skybox 5500 to factory defaults. Warning: Restoring Skybox 5500 erases all data on the Appliance. To restore 1 Insert the DVD in the DVD-ROM drive.
Chapter 8 Installing additional software packages Skybox 5500 Appliance was created to be as light and secure as possible. On occasion, it may be necessary to install additional software packages (RPMs). These RPMs can be installed via the Internet or using a local repository. The following instructions explain how to do this.
Chapter 9 Troubleshooting If you need to know the version of Skybox 5500 (otherwise known as the image version) and the version of the Web Administration at a time when the Web Administration is not available, you can find this information by running the following script from the CLI: •...
Chapter 10 Regulatory and safety information This chapter includes regulatory and safety information for Skybox 5500’s hardware. In this chapter Product regulatory compliance ................Product regulatory compliance markings ..............Electromagnetic compatibility notices for the server board ........Product regulatory compliance...
China – Restriction of Hazardous Substances (China RoHS) • WEEE Directive (Europe) • Packaging Directive (Europe) • REACH Directive (Europe) Product regulatory compliance markings The server is provided with the following regulatory marks. Regulatory Region Marking Compliance IRAM Argentina Figure 3: IRAM Marking Skybox 5500 Appliance...
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Skybox 5500 Appliance Quick Start Guide Regulatory Region Marking Compliance Ctick Australia/N Figure 4: Ctick Mark CE Mark Europe Figure 5: CE Mark NRTL (National USA/Cana Recognized Test Laboratory) CANADA ICES-003 CLASS A EMC Marking (Class Canada GS Mark Germany...
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Perchlorate Material – Special handling may apply. Warning Information See www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate This notice is required by California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 4.5, Chapter 33: Best Management Practices for Perchlorate Materials. This product / part includes a battery which contains Perchlorate material. Skybox 5500 Appliance...
Skybox 5500 Appliance Quick Start Guide Regulatory Region Marking Compliance Safety – Multiple Internation Power Cord English: This unit has more than one power supply cord. To reduce the risk of electrical shock, disconnect (2) two power supply cords before servicing.
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This is a Class B product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) from Information Technology Equipment. If this is used near a radio or television receiver in a domestic environment, it may cause radio interference. Install and use the equipment according to the instruction manual. Skybox 5500 Appliance...
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Skybox 5500 Appliance Quick Start Guide BSMI (Taiwan) The BSMI Certification Marking and EMC warning is located on the outside rear area of the product. Figure 13: BSMI Marking - Taiwan RRL (Korea) Following is the RRL certification information for Korea.
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