Installing the Standalone Sentry ISO on a MobileIron appliance (Core only)

You can install a Standalone Sentry ISO on a MobileIron appliance using a DVD or USB drive. The following describe the preparation and installation:

1. Setting up access to the MobileIron appliance
2. Preparing a USB drive for installation (M2600, M2250 only)
3. Installing Standalone Sentry ISO from DVD or USB

OR

Installing Standalone Sentry ISO using the IPMI feature

Setting up access to the MobileIron appliance

NOTE: Standalone Sentry setup on a MobileIron appliance is not supported for MobileIron Cloud.

If you are installing the Standalone Sentry ISO on a MobileIron physical appliance, you need to set up access to the console. You can use a PC or remote console system.

NOTE: If using a PC, make sure it has a terminal program, such as Putty or HyperTerminal.

Procedure 

1. Connect a console cable to the DB-9 port on the back of the appliance.
2. Connect a serial cable to a PC or remote console system.

Next steps 

• If you are installing the Standalone Sentry ISO on a M2600 appliance using a USB drive, go to Preparing a USB drive for installation (M2600, M2250 only) for instructions on how to prepare the USB drive.
• If you are installing the Standalone Sentry ISO using a DVD go to Installing Standalone Sentry ISO from DVD or USB for the installation steps.
• If you are installing the Standalone Sentry ISO using the IPMI feature, go to Installing Standalone Sentry ISO using the IPMI feature .

Related topics 

For initial configuration for Standalone Sentry, go to Using the setup wizard to complete Standalone Sentry installation. Follow the steps to configure the Standalone Sentry.

Preparing a USB drive for installation (M2600, M2250 only)

The M2600 appliance does not come with a DVD-ROM drive. You will need to use a USB drive instead. The following describes how to prepare a bootable USB drive. Do these steps only if you are using a USB drive to install the Standalone Sentry ISO on an M2600 or M2250 appliance.

NOTE: You also have the option to install the Standalone Sentry ISO using IPMI. Follow the steps in Installing Standalone Sentry ISO using the IPMI feature to install the Standalone Sentry ISO on the M2600 appliance.

Before you begin 

Ensure that the USB flash drive meets the following minimum requirements:

• USB Standard 2 or 3
• USB Connector Type-A
• Minimum size 2 GB

Procedure 

1. Insert a USB drive into a Windows PC.

Use a USB drive with a minimum of 2GB storage space.

2. Download the Standalone Sentry ISO image to the same PC from the MobileIron Support site.
3. Download a third-party bootable USB creation tool to the same PC to create a bootable USB drive.

You can download one from https://rufus.akeo.ie/.

4. Run the tool and provide the following information when asked in the tool wizard:
- Location of ISO.
- Location of USB drive.
- Volume label name for the USB drive.

You must use MOBILEIRON as the volume label name.

5. Complete the wizard to create a bootable USB drive.

Next steps 

See Installing Standalone Sentry ISO from DVD or USB for the installation steps.

NOTE: Select hw-usb-install when the installation program begins.

Installing Standalone Sentry ISO from DVD or USB

The following steps describe the installation of the Standalone Sentry ISO.

Before you begin 

• Set up access to the MobileIron appliance as described in Setting up access to the MobileIron appliance.
• Download the Standalone Sentry ISO from the MobileIron software download site. See the release notes for links to the latest version.
• If you are installing on a M2600 appliance, do the steps described in Preparing a USB drive for installation (M2600, M2250 only).

Procedure 

1. Insert the DVD or USB (containing the Standalone Sentry ISO image) into the appliance.

USB installation is available only on the M2600 appliance.

2. Wait for the appliance to reboot for the installation program to begin after a few minutes.

Next steps 

See Using the setup wizard to complete Standalone Sentry installation, for information on using the installation wizard.

Installing Standalone Sentry ISO using the IPMI feature

The MobileIron appliance comes with the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) module. Log in to the module remotely to install the Standalone Sentry ISO.

Before you begin 

• Assign an IP address and user name and password to the IPMI module.
• Download the Standalone Sentry ISO from the MobileIron software download site. See the release notes for links to the latest version.

Procedure 

1. Log in to the IPMI module from a browser.
2. Go to Remote Control > Console Redirection.
3. Click Launch Console.

A .jnlp file downloads.

4. Click on the downloaded .jnlp file.

The JViewer console opens up.

5. On the JViewer console, go to Device > Redirect ISO.
6. Navigate to the location of the Standalone Sentry ISO.
7. Select the Standalone Sentry ISO and click Open.
8. On the IPMI module, go to Remote Control > Virtual Front Panel.
9. Click Reset to reboot the MobileIron appliance with the Sentry ISO.

After the image is installed, on the JViewer console, the Sentry installation welcome screen and prompts display.

Select the appropriate installation option.

Next steps 

Go to Using the setup wizard to complete Standalone Sentry installation. Follow the steps to do the initial configuration of Standalone Sentry.