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Cisco 4700 Series Application Control Engine Appliance Administration Guide
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CHAPTER
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Setting Up the ACE
This chapter describes how to initially configure basic settings on the Cisco 4700
Series Application Control Engine (ACE) appliance. It includes the following
major sections:
• Establishing a Console Connection on the ACE
• Using the Setup Script to Enable Connectivity to the Device Manager
• Connecting and Logging into the ACE
• Changing the Administrative Password
• Assigning a Name to the ACE
• Configuring an ACE Inactivity Timeout
• Configuring a Message-of-the-Day Banner
• Configuring the Time, Date, and Time Zone
• Synchronizing the ACE with an NTP Server
• Configuring Terminal Settings
• Modifying the Boot Configuration
• Restarting the ACE
• Shutting Down the ACE
For details on assigning VLANs to the ACE, configuring VLAN interfaces on the
A
CE, and configuring a default or static route on the ACE, see the Cisco 4700
Series Application Control Engine Appliance Routing and Bridging
Configuration Guide.