Cisco C190 User manual

Cisco Systems, Inc.
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Cisco C190 Email Security Appliance
Quick Start Guide
• Welcome
• Before You Begin
• Document Network Settings
• Plan the Installation
• Install the Appliance in a Rack
• Plug In the Appliance
• Temporarily Change Your IP Address for Remotes Access
• Connect to the Appliance
• Power Up the Appliance
• Log In to the Appliance
• Run the System Setup Wizard
• Run the Active Directory Wizard (Optional)
• Check for Available Upgrades
• Configure Network Settings
• Configuration Summary

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• Where to Go from Here
• Cisco Notification Service
Welcome
The Cisco C190 appliance is designed to serve as your SMTP email gateway at
your network perimeter—that is, the first appliance with an IP address that is
directly accessible to the Internet for sending and receiving email. Many of the
features (including reputation filtering, data loss prevention, content scanning,
spam detection, and virus protection) require you to install the Cisco appliance
into your existing network infrastructure.
This guide describes how to physically install your Cisco C190 appliance and
use the System Setup Wizard to configure basic settings.
Before You Begin
Before you begin the installation, make sure that you have the items needed.
The following items are included with the Cisco C190 Email Security Appliance:
• Rail kit
• Power cables
• Console cable
• A card listing the location of online documentation for your appliance.
You will need to provide the following items yourself:
• Rack cabinet enclosure (if rack-mounting the appliance)
• Phillips-head screwdriver for assembling rails
• 10/100 Gigabit Base-T TCP/IP LAN
• Ethernet cable for connecting the appliance to your network
• Desktop or laptop computer
• Web browser (or SSH and terminal software)
• Network and administrator information for the “Document Network
Settings” section on page 3 and “go live” configuration

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Document Network Settings
Before you begin, write down the following information about your network
and administrator settings.
System Settings
Enable/Disable
Network Integration
Interfaces
Default System Hostname:
Email System Alerts To:
Deliver Scheduled Reports To:
Time Zone Information:
NTP Server:
Admin Password:
SenderBase Network Participation:
AutoSupport: Enable/Disable
Default Gateway (router) IP Address:
DNS (Internet or specify own):
P1
IP Address:
Network Mask:
Fully Qualified Hostname:
Accept Incoming Mail Domain:
Accept Incoming Mail Destination:
Relay Outgoing Mail:
P2
IP Address:
Network Mask:
Fully Qualified Hostname:
Accept Incoming Mail Domain:
Accept Incoming Mail Destination:
Relay Outgoing Mail:
Message Security
SenderBase Reputation Filtering: Enable/Disable
Cisco Anti-Spam Scanning Engine: Enable/Disable

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Plan the Installation
To defend your email system against spam, malware, phishing, and other
threats, the Cisco C190 appliance must be installed at the perimeter of your
network. It needs to be the first appliance with an IP address that can access the
Internet.
Plan for your network configuration to look something like this:
McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine: Enable/Disable
Sophos Anti-Virus Scanning Engine: Enable/Disable
Virus Outbreak Filters: Enable/Disable
Advanced Malware Protection 
Scanning Engine
Enable/Disable
Message Security

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Install the Appliance in a Rack
Install the Cisco C190 Email Security Appliance using the rails supplied. For
information about these installation options, see the Cisco x90 Series Content
Security Appliances Installation and Maintenance Guide.
Appliance Placement in a Rack
• Ambient Temperature—To prevent the appliance from overheating, do not
operate it in an area that exceeds an ambient temperature of 104°F (40°C).
• Air Flow—Be sure that there is adequate air flow around the appliance.
• Mechanical Loading—Be sure that the appliance is level and stable to avoid
any hazardous conditions.
Plug In the Appliance
Plug the female end of the power cable into the power supply on the back panel
of the appliance. Plug the male end into an electrical outlet.
Temporarily Change Your IP Address for Remotes
Access
To remotely configure the Cisco C190 using the network connection, you must
temporarily change the IP address of your computer. Alternatively, you can use
the serial console to configure the Cisco C190, without changing the IP address.
If you use the serial console, proceed to section 8 below.
Note Make a note of your current IP configuration settings because you will
need to revert to these settings after you finish the configuration.

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For Windows
The exact steps depend on your operating system version.
Step 1 Go to the Start menu and choose Control Panel.
Step 2 Click Network and Internet, then Network and Sharing Center.
Step 3 Click the Change adapter settings link.
Step 4 Right-click Local Area Connection and choose Properties.
Step 5 Click Internet Protocol Version 4, then choose Properties.
Step 6 Note your current settings.
Step 7 Select Use the Following IP Address.
Step 8 Enter the following changes:
• IP Address: 192.168.42.43
• Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
• Default Gateway: 192.168.42.1
Step 9 Click OK and Close to exit the dialog box.
For Mac
The exact steps depend on your operating system version.
Step 1 Launch the Apple menu and choose System Preferences.
Step 2 Click Network.
Step 3 Click the lock icon to allow changes.
Step 4 Select the network configuration with the green icon. This is your active
connection. Then click Advanced.
Step 5 Click the TCP/IP tab and from Ethernet settings, choose Manually from
the drop-down list.
Step 6 Enter the following changes:
• IP Address: 192.168.42.43
• Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

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• Router: 192.168.42.1
Step 7 Click OK.
Connect to the Appliance
The Cisco C190 appliance has two gigabit network ports: 
Data 1 and Data 2. At least one static IP address is required to send and receive
email.
You can receive and deliver email from a single connection to either network
port if your network topology dictates it. Two IP addresses can be configured on
one network interface.
Alternatively, you can connect the Data 1 network port to your public network
and connect the Data 2 network port to your private network.
To access the appliance by Ethernet, connect to Data 1 as your management
interface and configure incoming email on Data 2.
For serial access to the appliance, connect to the console port.
Item Port Description
1Remote
Power Cycle
The port that is used for Remote
Power Cycle (RPC).
2Console The console port that directly
connects a computer to the
appliance.
3Data 1 A Gigabit Ethernet customer data
interface. This port is used as a
management interface.
4Data 2 A Gigabit Ethernet customer data
interface.

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Power Up the Appliance
Power up the appliance by pressing the On/Off switch on the front panel of the
Cisco C190. You must wait 10 minutes for the system to initialize each time you
power up the system. After the machine powers up, solid green lights on the
front of the appliance indicate that the appliance is operational. The network
activity light will be green but may not be solid. .
Note If turned on quickly after connecting power to the appliance, the
appliance powers up, the fans spin and the LEDs turn on. Within 30-60
seconds, the fans stop and all LEDs turn off. The appliance powers on
31 seconds later. This behavior is by design to allow the system
firmware and controller to synchronize. 

Wait at least 10 minutes for the system to complete the power up
sequence and the LEDs to turn green. If you turn the power off before
the initialization is complete, the appliance will NOT reach an
operational state and must be returned to Cisco.
Log In to the Appliance
You can log in to the Cisco C190 appliance using one of two interfaces: the
web-based interface or the command-line interface.
Web-Based Interface
Step 1 For web browser access via the Ethernet port (see the “Connect to the
Appliance” section on page 7), go to the appliance’s management
interface by entering the following URL in a web browser:
http://192.168.42.42

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Step 2 Log in with the following credentials:
• Username: admin
• Password: ironport
Command-Line Interface
Step 1 Access the command-line interface locally or remotely:
• To access the CLI locally, set up a terminal to connect to the serial
port using 9600 bits, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit (9600, 8, N, 1) and
flow control set to Hardware. To physically connect the terminal,
see the “Connect to the Appliance” section on page 7).
• To access the CLI remotely, initiate an SSH session to the IP address
192.168.42.42.
Step 2 Log in as admin with the password ironport.
Step 3 At the prompt, run the systemsetup command.
Run the System Setup Wizard
The System Setup Wizard starts automatically when you access the appliance via
the web-based interface (or when you run the systemsetup command from the
command-line interface.)
Step 1 Start the System Setup Wizard.
Step 2 Accept the end user license agreement.
Step 3 Enter information from the “Document Network Settings” section on
page 3.
Step 4 Set anti-spam and anti-virus security settings.
Step 5 Review the configuration summary page.
Step 6 Click Install this Configuration.

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The appliance may not appear to have accepted your configuration or
be performing the installation. This is because you have changed the IP
address, but the installation is underway.
Step 7 If you temporarily changed the IP address of your computer as
described in the “Temporarily Change Your IP Address for Remotes
Access” section on page 5, change the IP address settings back to the
original values.
Step 8 Ensure that your laptop and the appliance are connected to the
network.
Step 9 Log back in to the appliance with the username admin and the new
password that you set in the System Setup Wizard.
The Cisco C190 Email Security Appliance uses a self-signed certificate
that may trigger a warning from your web browser. You can simply
accept the certificate and ignore this warning.
Step 10 Write down your new administrator password and keep it in a safe
place.
Run the Active Directory Wizard (Optional)
After running the System Setup Wizard in the web interface, the Active Directory
Wizard appears. If you are running an Active Directory server on your network,
use the Active Directory Wizard to configure an LDAP server profile for the
Active Directory server.
If you are not using Active Directory or want to configure it later, click Skip this
Step. You can run the Active Directory Wizard later by going to System
Administration > LDAP. Select the “using Active Directory Wizard” check box,
and then click Add LDAP Server Profile.
Note You will need the hostname and login information for your Active
Directory account to run the Active Directory Wizard.
Note Commit any changes you make in the GUI by clicking Commit
Changes. This button appears if you have any uncommitted changes
that need to be saved.