Skybox Security Skybox 5500 - Setting up Skybox 5500 for Configuration

Skybox 5500 Appliance Quick Start Guide
Skybox 5500 Appliance 12
To configure connection using a mouse, keyboard, and screen
1 Connect one end of a standard network cable to the NIC 3 port on the Appliance’s back panel;
connect the other end of the cable to a network socket.
2 Connect a mouse, keyboard, and screen to the appropriate connectors on the Appliance’s back
panel.
3 Log in to the Appliance using the default login (root) and the default password (skyboxview).
4 Run the command
nw_config (used to configure NICs and DNS).
5 Configure the IP address of Skybox 5500 either manually or via DHCP.
Note: The default setting of eth0 is DHCP; the default setting of eth1 is 192.168.1.1
6 If you are using DHCP, run ifconfig and write down the IP address assigned to the Appliance.
To configure connection using a serial port connection
1 Connect one end of the serial cable to a serial port (such as COM1) on the management computer;
connect the other end to the serial port on the back panel of the Appliance.
2 On the management computer, start a terminal emulation program (such as PuTTY), select the
COM port, and configure the following port settings:
 Bits per second: 9600
 Data bits: 8
 Parity: none
 Stop bits: 1
 Flow control: none
 (When using PuTTY as your terminal emulator) Character set translation on received data:
UTF-8
3 Press the Power button on the Appliance’s front panel and verify that the Power LED turns green.
4 Log in to the Appliance using the default login (root) and the default password (skyboxview).
5 Run the command
nw_config (used to configure NICs and DNS).
6 Configure the IP address of Skybox 5500 either manually or via DHCP.
Note: The default setting of eth0 is DHCP; the default setting of eth1 is 192.168.1.1
7 If you are using DHCP, run ifconfig and write down the IP address assigned to the Appliance.
Setting up Skybox 5500 for configuration
To prepare for configuring the system remotely
1 Connect one end of a standard network cable to the NIC 3 port on the Appliance’s back panel;
connect the other end of the cable to a network socket.
2 From a different machine on the network, open a Web browser to connect to the Skybox 5500
Web Administration using the following URL, where <appliance_IP> is the IP address of Skybox
5500 that you configured in Configuring connection (on page 11):

https://<appliance_IP>:444
3 The default login is skyboxview; the default password is skyboxview.
The main page of the Skybox 5500 Web Administration appears.