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Firepower 7000 and 8000 Series Installation Guide
APPENDIX
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Preconfiguring Firepower Managed Devices
You can preconfigure your Firepower devices at a staging location (a central location to preconfigure or
stage multiple appliances) to be deployed at a target location (any location other than the staging
location).
To preconfigure and deploy an appliance to a target location, perform the following steps:
• install the system on the device at the staging location
• optionally, register the device to a Management Center
• optionally, push any updates from the managing Management Center to the device
• optionally, unregister the device from the Management Center
• shut down and ship the appliance to the target location
• deploy the appliances in the target locations
Tip Save all packing materials and include all reference material and power cords when repackaging the
appliance.
Before You Begin
Before preconfiguring the appliance, collect the network settings, licenses, and other pertinent
information for the staging location and the target location.
Tip It can be helpful to create a spreadsheet to manage this information at the staging location and the target
location.
During the initial setup, you configure your appliance with enough information to connect the appliance
to the network and install the system. Optionally, you can connect a device to a Management Center to
push any updates from the Management Center to the device. You can also enable other features that are
not required for initial setup but can be useful to preconfigure.
Required Preconfiguration Information
At a minimum, you need the following information to preconfigure your appliance:
• the new password (initial setup requires changing the password)
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