Configuration and Administration > First Time Configuration Wizard

First Time Configuration Wizard
To Use the First Time Configuration Wizard
Before you run First Time Configuration, check to ensure that your system is set up properly. If you are using a PC, ensure that HyperTerminal is installed on your Windows operating system. If you are using the UNIX operating system, use Kermit or Minicom.
Ensure that you have a NIC card installed in your PC to provide an Ethernet port, and allow network access.
Refer to AlterPath Manager Installation for procedures on how to prepare for First Time Configuration.
The first time configuration process is designed to:
Establish user as Admin, the superuser for the AlterPath Manager web user interface and the command line interface (CLI).
First Time Configuration requires that you:
To Use the First Time Configuration Wizard
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Before you power on the AlterPath Manager, connect one end of a DB-9 to DB-9 Null Modem cable (or equivalent) to the console port of the AlterPath Manager.
2.
3.
Using the terminal or a terminal emulation program installed on a computer, start a session with the following settings:
4.
Boot information will scroll up on the screen for a short time until the system is ready for initial configuration input data.
                      Welcome to Cyclades-APM!                     
 
Since this is the first time you are booting your APM, you need to 
answer some basic configuration questions. Once this is done, the  
other APM configuration parameters can be set through its Web      
Management Interface (WMI).                                        
                                                                   
Press any key to continue. 
5.
You will be asked to enter the following parameters:
Note: You must type a date, even if it is the same as the date displayed, in order to change the time.
Note: When you are connecting to a public network, Eth0 can be configured with 2 IP addresses as long as both addresses conform to the subnet and address range of the public LAN.
Note: When you are connecting to a private network, Eth0 (the primary Ethernet port) is connected to the public LAN. The Eth0 address and subnet must conform to the public LAN’s subnet and address range. Eth1 (the secondary Ethernet port) is connected to the private LAN with its own subnet and address range.
Note: 1000 MBps speed Ethernet is available on the APM 2500 and APM 5000 only.
Note: After you select an authentication service type, you will be prompted with questions that are specific to that type of authentication. For example, if you select RADIUS, you will be prompted for the RADIUS server name and the RADIUS secret.
Once you have finished with the last parameter, the configuration will automatically be saved to flash memory.
To Change Individual Parameters
Note: If you make changes to any of the foregoing configuration steps, you can adjust most configuration parameters by running one of the following commands as required.
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When you are finished updating any of the configurations that use the preceding commands, enter the command:
saveconf
More detailed information on the preceding commands is available in Chapter 5, under “Set Commands” in the AlterPath Manager Installation, Configuration, and User’s Guide.
To Reset Configuration to Factory Settings
If you wish, you can reset the configuration to its factory default settings and start over. To reset the configuration, follow these steps:
1.
2.
Type in:
defconf
and press Enter.
3.
Type in:
reboot
and press Enter.
An Example follows:
APM_gregg login: root
Password:
 
**************************************************************************
* WARNING: changing system files directly is dangerous and may adversely *
*          affect your system's functionality. Proceed with caution, and *
*          only if you know what you are doing!                          *
**************************************************************************
 
[root@APM_gregg root]# defconf
 
WARNING: this will erase all of your current configuration and restore the 
         system's factory default configuration. This action is irreversible!
 
 
Are you sure you wish to continue? (y/N) y
Restoring default configuration ... done.
The new configuration will take effect after the next boot.
[root@APM_gregg root]# reboot
Refer to the sample First Time Configuration Wizard example in the following section, to view how the parameters are entered into the system.

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