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Control unit (CTRL slot)
The CTRL slot is located right next to the two power supplies. An mGuard blade operated
in this slot acts as the controller (control unit) for all other mGuard blade devices.
During initial installation of an mGuard blade in the "CTRL" slot, the blade is reconfigured as
a control unit as follows:
– The user interface is reconfigured for operation as a controller.
– It switches to Router mode with local IP address 192.168.1.1.
– The firewall, CIFS integrity monitoring, and VPN functions are reset and deactivated.
Connecting the mGuard blade
Computer in the patch
Patch field
Switch
mGuard blade
Before
Figure 10-4 Connecting the mGuard blade to the network
NOTE: If your computer is already connected to a network, patch the mGuard blade be-
tween the existing network connection.
Please note that configuration can only be completed from the local computer via the LAN
interface and that the firewall of the mGuard blocks all IP data traffic from the WAN to the
LAN interface.
Driver installation is not required.
For security reasons, we recommend you change the default root and administrator pass-
words during initial configuration.
mGuard blade
After
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