Step 2: Performing Basic Setup using Serial Console

After the initial boot up, you need to enter basic network and machine information through the serial console to make the appliance accessible to the network.

During this basic setup process, you also define the appliance to act as a Pulse Connect Secure. You can switch this to act as a Pulse Policy Secure device at any time by reconfiguring the appliance.

Installation process may take up to 20 minutes.

To do the basic set up:

1.Configure a console terminal or terminal emulation utility running on a computer, such as HyperTerminal or PuTTY, to use these serial connection parameters. These defaults are usually set already, but check them if there are connection problems:

•9600 bits per second

•8-bit no parity (8N1)

•1 stop bit

•No flow control

2.Connect the terminal or laptop to the serial cable plugged in to the appliance’s console port and press Enter until you are prompted by the initialization script.

3.Enter y to proceed and then y to accept the license terms (or r to read the license first).

4.Follow the directions in the serial console and enter the machine information for which you are prompted, including the:

•IP address of the internal port (you configure the external port through the administrator Web console after initial configuration)

•Network mask

•Default gateway address

•Primary DNS server address

•Secondary DNS server address (optional)

•Default DNS domain name (for example, abc.com)

•WINS server name or address (optional)

•Administrator username

•Administrator password

•REST API Access

•Common machine name (for example, connect.abc.com)

•Organization name (for example, Acme Gizmo, Inc.)

Pulse Policy Secure uses the common machine and organization names to create a self-signed digital certificate for use during product evaluation and initial setup.

We strongly recommend that you import a signed digital certificate from a trusted certificate authority (CA) before deploying Pulse Policy Secure for production use.

5.In a browser, enter the machine’s IP address followed by “/admin” to access the administrator sign-in page. The URL is in the format: https://a.b.c.d/admin, where a.b.c.d is the machine’s IP address you entered in step 4.

6.When prompted with the security alert to proceed without a signed certificate, click Yes. When the administrator sign-in page appears, you have successfully connected your Pulse Policy Secure appliance to the network.

7.On the sign-in page, enter the administrator user name and password you created in step 4 and then click Sign In. The administrator Web console opens to the System > Status > Overview page.