Before you power on the ICPAM appliance, you need the following:
· A PC with a Web browser Internet Explorer 8.0 or higher.
· An Ethernet cable to connect your PC directly to the ICPAM appliance. Cross-over and straight-through cables are supported.
In addition, gather the following information:
· IP, subnet, and gateway addresses for the ICPAM appliance:
o For a standalone server installation, one IP address for Eth0 is required.
o For a redundant (HA) server configuration, three IP addresses are required: one address for the active server, a second address for the standby server, and a third address for the shared IP Address setting. See Understanding IP Addresses on the ICPAM Server.
· (Optional) If using NTP synchronization, the address of the NTP server.
· (Optional) The DNS server settings.
· (Optional) If event archives will be backed up to a remote server: an FTP or SFTP server address, a username, and a password.
· Administrator password. If you are setting up the appliance for the first time, use the default password of cpamadmin.
See also:
Configuring ICPAM on Virtual Machine (VM)