Forcepoint 110 Installation instructions

Next Generation
Firewall
Hardware Guide
Models 110, 115
Revision A

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Contents
•Introduction on page 2
•Find product documentation on page 2
•Model N110 features on page 3
•Model N115 features on page 5
•Precautions on page 9
•Install the appliance on page 11
•Maintenance on page 16
•Compliance information on page 19
Introduction
Thank you for choosing a Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall (Forcepoint NGFW) appliance.
Familiarize yourself with the appliance ports and indicators and learn how to install the appliance safely.
Find product documentation
On the Forcepoint support website, you can find information about a released product, including product
documentation, technical articles, and more.
You can get additional information and support for your product on the Forcepoint support website at
https://support.forcepoint.com. There, you can access product documentation, Knowledge Base articles,
downloads, cases, and contact information.

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Model N110 features
The figures and tables show the N110 (110) appliance components.
Front panel
The front panel has indicator lights.
431 2
1Power indicator
2Status indicator
3Management (MGMT) indicator
4Internet connectivity indicator
Back panel
The back panel includes the power connector and ports.
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1Power connector
2USB ports
3Console port (speed 115,200 bps)
4Fixed Ethernet ports 0–1 (from left to right)
5Ports 0–7 in the integrated switch (from left to right, 0–3 on the top row and 4–7 on the bottom row)

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Note: This appliance does not support hardware flow control on the console port. If you do not
disable this feature when using a terminal emulator program, you cannot enter commands into the
console; you can only view the output.
Left side panel
There is a CFast Card on the left side panel of the appliance.
Indicator lights
Indicator lights show the status of the appliance.
Indicator Color Description
Power Green Power is supplied to the appliance.
Unlit The initial configuration has not yet been generated.
Amber Initial contact is established, but the NGFW Engine is offline. Flashes until initial
contact is established.
Status
Green The NGFW Engine is online.
MGMT Green Management connection is established.
Internet Green Internet connection is up. This feature is not enabled by default.
Ethernet port indicators
Ethernet port indicators show the status and speed of the network ports.
1 2
1 2
Number Indicator Status Description
1 Activity/link indicator Green Link OK. Flashes on activity.
Unlit 10 Mbps link.2 Link speed indicator
Amber 100 Mbps link.

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Number Indicator Status Description
Green 1 Gbps link.
Model N115 features
The figures and tables show the N115 (115) appliance components.
Front panel
The front panel has indicator lights.
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1Power indicator
2Status indicator
3Management (MGMT) indicator
4Internet connectivity indicator
5Wireless LAN (WLAN) connectivity indicator

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Back panel
The back panel includes the power connector and ports.
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1Interface module slot
2Power connector
3USB ports
4Console port (speed 115,200 bps)
5Fixed Ethernet ports 0–1 (from left to right)
6Ports 0–7 in the integrated switch (from left to right, 0–3 on the top row and 4–7 on the bottom row)
Note: This appliance does not support hardware flow control on the console port. If you do not
disable this feature when using a terminal emulator program, you cannot enter commands into the
console; you can only view the output.
Left side panel
There is a CFast Card on the left side panel of the appliance.
Indicator lights
Indicator lights show the status of the appliance.
Indicator Color Description
Power Green Power is supplied to the appliance.
Unlit The initial configuration has not yet been generated.
Amber Initial contact is established, but the NGFW Engine is offline. Flashes until initial
contact is established.
Status
Green The NGFW Engine is online.
MGMT Green Management connection is established.
Internet Green Internet connection is up. This feature is not enabled by default.

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Indicator Color Description
WLAN Green The access point is available for clients to connect to.
Ethernet port names
Ethernet port names are based on the slot and port numbers.
The first number in the name represents the slot on the appliance. The second number represents the port on the
slot. For example, eth2_0 is located on port 0 of slot 2.
Component Slot number Slot location Port numbers
Fixed Ethernet ports 0 Back panel eth0_0 and eth0_1.
Interface module ports 1 Back panel The port numbers start from 0 and increase from
left to right. For example, the port farthest to the
left in slot 1 is eth1_0.
Ethernet port indicators
Ethernet port indicators show the status and speed of the network ports.
1 2
1 2
Number Indicator Status Description
1 Activity/link indicator Green Link OK. Flashes on activity.
Unlit 10 Mbps link.
Amber 100 Mbps link.
2 Link speed indicator
Green 1 Gbps link.
Supported interface modules
Model 115 Forcepoint NGFW appliances support copper and small form-factor pluggable (SFP) modules.
Note: Do not remove any stickers from modules — they contain important information.

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For a list of all available interface modules and compatibility information, see Knowledge Base article 10245.
MMGE4 module
The MMGE4 module is a quad-port gigabit interface module.
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Number Component Color Description
1 Activity/link indicator Green Link OK, flashes on activity.
Green 1 Gbps link.2 Link speed indicator
Amber 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps link.
3 Thumbscrews N/A N/A
MMGESFP module
The MMGESFP module is a single-port gigabit interface SFP mini module.
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Number Component Color Description
1 Activity/link/link
speed indicator
Green 1 Gbps link (other speeds not supported),
flashes on activity.
2 Thumbscrews N/A N/A

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Precautions
The precautions provide safety guidance when working with Forcepoint appliances and electrical equipment.
Safety precautions
Read the safety information and follow the procedures whenever you are working with electronic equipment.
CAUTION: Forcepoint appliances cannot be serviced by end users. Never open the appliance
covers for any reason. Doing so can lead to serious injury and void the hardware warranty.
General safety
Follow these rules to ensure general safety.
•Keep the area around the appliance clean and free of clutter.
•Use a regulating uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to keep your system operating if there is a power failure
and to protect the appliance from power surges and voltage spikes.
•If you need to switch off or unplug the appliance, always wait at least five seconds before turning on or
plugging in the appliance again.
Operating precautions
•Power adapters — Do not open the power adapter casing. Only the manufacturer's qualified technician can
access and service power adapters.
•WLAN precautions (115 appliance only) — Data traffic by a wireless connection might allow unauthorized
third parties to receive data. Take the necessary steps to secure your radio network. See http://www.wi-fi.org
for information about securing your WLAN.
Restrictions and requirements might apply for authorizing wireless devices. Check with your local authorities
for additional information.
For additional safety information, see the Forcepoint Product Safety and Regulatory Compliance Guide.
Electrical safety precautions
Follow basic electrical safety precautions to protect yourself from harm and the appliance from damage.
•Know the locations of the power on/off button and the emergency turn-off switch, disconnection switch, or
electrical outlet for the room. If an electrical accident occurs, you can quickly turn off power to the system.
•When working with high-voltage components, do not work alone.
•When working with electrical equipment that is turned on, use only one hand. This is to avoid making a
complete circuit, which causes an electric shock. Use extreme caution when using metal tools, which can
easily damage any electrical components or circuit boards the tools come into contact with.
•Do not use mats designed to decrease electrostatic discharge as protection from electric shock. Instead, use
rubber mats that have been designed as electrical insulators.

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Restricted substances
The following table shows the restricted substances and their chemical symbols.

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Install the appliance
Prepare and install the appliance in your network.
Before you begin
•Install a Security Management Center (SMC) on a separate server.
•Configure the Firewall element in the Management Client, and save the initial configuration on a
USB drive.
Note: For additional information on SMC installation and initial configuration, see the
Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall Installation Guide.
•Inspect the appliance, the delivery box, and all components included in the shipment.
Note: Do not use damaged appliances or components.
Install an interface module
If needed, install any interface modules.
Before you begin
•Read the safety precautions.
•Make sure any interface modules you install are the correct type for your appliance.
CAUTION: To avoid damaging the modules or the appliance, do not install or remove any
interface modules if the appliance is turned on.
You must install an interface module or a placeholder module in each slot before making the appliance
operational. If the appliance was delivered with a plate that covered the interface slot, you can cover the interface
slot with the plate.
Note: We recommend fastening a grounding strap to your wrist so that it contacts your bare skin
and attaching the other end of the strap to the appliance.
Steps
1) Locate the slot to install the module in.
2) If the interface slot is covered with a plate, unfasten the thumbscrew that attaches the plate to the interface
module slot and remove the plate.
Store the plate and the thumbscrew for later use in case you want to use the appliance without an interface
module.

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3) Push the module into the slot.
The module is seated correctly when the front panel of the module is even with the front panel of the
appliance.
Important: Do not insert the module in the wrong orientation. Inserting the modules
incorrectly might damage the appliance and the modules and voids the warranty.
4) Push and hold the thumbscrews on the module, then tighten them to secure the module in place.
Mount the 110 or 115 appliance
You can mount the appliance to a wall or place the appliance on a horizontal surface such as a desk or rack
shelf.
Steps
1) Locate the two screws that are included in the appliance delivery.
2) Attach the two screws to the wall.
Note: Make sure that the spacing of the screws matches the spacing of the two holes on the
bottom of the appliance.
3) Align the two holes on the bottom of the appliance over the two screws and slide the appliance down to
secure the appliance in place.
Connect cables
Connect the network cables and power cable.
Copper cable types
Use at least CAT5e-rated cables for gigabit networks.
Speed and duplex settings
Network interfaces at both ends of each cable must have identical speed and duplex settings.
These settings include the automatic negotiation setting. If one end of the cable uses autonegotiation, the other
end must also use autonegotiation. Gigabit standards require interfaces to use autonegotiation. Fixed settings are
not allowed at gigabit speeds.

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Ethernet port mapping
For appliances that have removable interface modules, Ethernet port names are based on the slot and port
numbers.
The first number in the name represents the slot on the appliance, and the second number represents the port on
the slot. Example: eth2_0 is located on port 0 of slot 2.
•Slot 0 contains the fixed Ethernet ports.
•Slots 1 and higher contain the ports on the interface modules. The port numbers start at 0 and increase from
left to right.
During the initial configuration of the appliance, you map the Ethernet ports to the interface IDs that you defined
in the Management Client.
The NGFW Initial Configuration Wizard shows the mapping between the interface IDs and port names. In the
command line version of the NGFW Initial Configuration Wizard, Interface IDs appear in the Id column and port
names appear in the Name column.
This mapping can change if you replace an interface module. If the new module has more Ethernet ports, the
interface IDs for the new ports start from the next free interface ID number. Example: You have thirteen interfaces
numbered 0–12, which includes a four-port module installed in slot 1.
Figure 1: Original interface ID mapping
If you replace the four-port module installed in slot 1 with a two-port module, eth1_2 with ID 10 and eth1_3 with
ID 11 are removed.

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Figure 2: Changed interface ID mapping
Connect network cables
Ethernet ports are mapped to interface IDs during the initial configuration. Determine which Ethernet ports to use
for connecting to your networks.
Note: On the 115 appliance, the port number of the integrated wireless network card is 2.
Steps
1) Connect network cables to the Ethernet ports.
If you use the plug-and-play configuration method, connect a cable to Ethernet port 0 for contacting the
Installation Server. The ports are numbered 0–1 from left to right.
2) Connect the cables to the ports in the integrated switch.
The ID of the integrated switch is 0. The ports are numbered from left to right: 0–3 on the top row and 0–1 on
the bottom row.
Related concepts
How the integrated switch works on page 15
Connect network cables to SFP ports
If you installed an SFP interface module on the appliance or the appliance has an integrated SFP port, insert the
copper or fiber-optic SFP transceiver into the port, then connect the cables.
Steps
1) Insert the SFP transceiver in the port slot until you feel the connector on the transceiver snap into place.
Note: Make sure that the latch on the SFP transceiver is up when you insert the SFP
transceiver in the port slot.

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2) If the SFP transceiver has a rubber plug, remove the plug.
3) Connect the copper or fiber-optic cable to the SFP transceiver.
Note: Each SFP port must match the wavelength specifications at the other end of the cable.
The cable must not exceed the stipulated cable length for reliable communications.
Connect the power adapter
Use the power cable to plug in the appliance.
Note: We recommend using a UPS to ensure continuous operation and minimize the risk of
damage to the appliance in case of sudden loss of power.
Steps
1) Connect the power cable to the power connector on the back of the appliance.
2) Plug the power cable into a grounded, high-quality power strip that offers protection from electrical noise and
power surges.
Port settings for plug-and-play configuration
method
If you use the plug-and-play configuration method, the appliance uses Ethernet port 0 to contact the Installation
Server.
Make sure that the port settings are configured correctly in the Management Client for the initial configuration.
The interface that corresponds to Ethernet port 0 in the initial configuration must have a dynamic IPv4 address.
How the integrated switch works
The integrated switch enables you to configure port groups. The Forcepoint NGFW engine does not inspect traffic
between ports in the same port group.
Note: You can only use the integrated switch if the appliance has been configured as a Single
Firewall. You cannot use the integrated switch as an external switch device without Forcepoint
NGFW properly configured and running.
When the Forcepoint NGFW engine is in the initial configuration state and no configuration has been saved to the
integrated switch, ports in the integrated switch are not configured into port groups and the integrated switch does
not yet route traffic. After a configuration has been saved, traffic is allowed between ports in the same port group
according to the configuration, even if you reboot the appliance.
If you turn off the appliance, the port group configuration is reset and traffic between the ports in the same port
group is interrupted. The last saved port group configuration is automatically applied to the appliance when the
appliance is turned on again.

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Note: The ports in the integrated switch do not support VLAN tagging.
Maintenance
Some Forcepoint NGFW appliances ship with replaceable components.
Turn off the appliance
Most Forcepoint NGFW appliance hardware components are not hot-swappable. Turn off the appliance and
disconnect power before replacing the CFast card or interface modules.
Note: We recommend fastening a grounding strap to your wrist so that it contacts your bare skin
and attaching the other end of the strap to the appliance.
Steps
1) Connect to the NGFW Engine command line. Depending on your appliance type, use one of these options.
•Connect a keyboard to a USB port and a monitor to the VGA port, then press Enter.
•Connect a computer running a terminal emulator program to the appliance console port, then press
Enter.
Note: The console port is not enabled by default on some appliances.
•Connect using SSH.
Note: SSH access is not enabled by default.
2) Enter the logon credentials.
The user name is root and the password is the one you set for the appliance.
3) Enter the command halt.
4) Unplug all power cords from the system or the wall outlets.
Replace the CFast card
Replace the CFast card with another card that you received from Forcepoint.
Note: We recommend fastening a grounding strap to your wrist so that it contacts your bare skin
and attaching the other end of the strap to the appliance.

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Steps
1) Turn off the appliance and disconnect any power cables.
2) Locate the CFast card on your appliance.
3) If there is still tape covering the CFast card, remove the tape.
4) Gently push in the CFast card to release the card from the slot.
5) Position the replacement CFast card. Turn the end with the slots toward the appliance. The wider slot must
be on the left.
6) Insert the new CFast card into the slot and gently push to lock the card into place.
7) Reconfigure the appliance for the replacement CFast card. See the initial configuration information in the
Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall Installation Guide.
Replace an interface module
Replace an interface module with the same type or a different type of module.
If the appliance was delivered with a plate that covered the interface slot, you can cover the interface slot with the
plate.
Note: We recommend fastening a grounding strap to your wrist so that it contacts your bare skin
and attaching the other end of the strap to the appliance.
Steps
1) Turn off the appliance and disconnect any power cables.
2) To release the module, unscrew the thumbscrews, then carefully pull the module out of the slot.
3) Insert the new module.
4) Push and hold the thumbscrews on the module, then tighten them to secure the module in place.
5) Connect the cables and plug the power cables to the system and to the wall outlets.
6) Turn on the appliance.
CAUTION: To ensure proper cooling, do not turn on the appliance if you have not installed
an interface module or a placeholder module in each slot.
7) Update the interface configuration.
a) On the command line of the NGFW Engine, enter the following command to start the NGFW Initial
Configuration Wizard:
sg-reconfigure

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b) In the network interface configuration options, make sure that the autodetected information is correct
and that all interfaces have been detected.
If autodetection fails, add network drivers manually. For detailed instructions, see the Forcepoint Next
Generation Firewall Installation Guide.
c) If the number of ports in the new module differs from the old module, adjust the mapping of interfaces to
interface IDs.
CAUTION: Do not select the Clear action when modifying interface IDs in the NGFW
Initial Configuration Wizard on the command line. Selecting Clear removes all mapping
information between interface IDs and Ethernet ports, and restores the default values.
d) On the Prepare for Management Contact page, highlight Finish, then press Enter.
e) If the number of ports in the new module differs from the old module, modify the interface definitions in
the Management Client, then refresh the policy to transfer the interface changes to the engine.
Make sure to use the same interface IDs that you mapped to the interfaces in the NGFW Initial
Configuration Wizard for the interface definitions in the Management Client.
Reattach the cover plate to the interface
module slot
Reattach the module cover plate if there is no module in the slot.
CAUTION: Do not turn on the appliance if a slot is empty or uncovered. Using the appliance
without an interface module or the cover plate can damage the appliance and voids the warranty.
Note: We recommend fastening a grounding strap to your wrist so that it contacts your bare skin
and attaching the other end of the strap to the appliance.
Steps
1) Turn off the appliance.
2) Remove the interface module from the interface module slot.
3) Locate the tab at the lower left corner of the plate.
4) Insert the tab into the hole in the lower left corner of the slot casing.
5) Push and hold the thumbscrews on the plate, then tighten them to secure the plate in place.

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Remove SFP transceivers
Remove or replace an SFP transceiver.
CAUTION: Invisible laser radiation is emitted from the end of a fiber-optic cable and from the fiber
port. Do not stare into the beam and avoid direct exposure to the beam.
Note: We recommend fastening a grounding strap to your wrist so that it contacts your bare skin
and attaching the other end of the strap to the appliance.
Steps
1) Turn off the appliance and disconnect any power cables.
2) Unplug all power cables from the system or the wall outlets.
3) Disconnect the cable from the SFP transceiver.
4) Pull down the latch on the transceiver and carefully pull the SFP transceiver out of the port slot.
5) If needed, insert a replacement SFP transceiver in the slot.
Compliance information
Forcepoint NGFW appliances that have wireless support are in compliance with certain EU directives and FCC
standards for wireless devices intended for home and office use.
This information is valid for all dual band products (2.4 GHz, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, and 5 GHz, IEEE 802.11a/n/ac).
The supported channels and frequencies are listed by country in the Management Client. The wireless
configuration is transferred to the appliance when you install the policy on the NGFW Engine.
EU Directives
This appliance is in compliance with:
•EMC directive 2014/30/EU
•RED directive 2014/53/EU
The frequencies and maximum transmitted power in the EU are:
•2400–2483.5 MHz: 19.95 dBm (EIRP)
•5150–5250 MHz: 22.95 dBm (EIRP)
Operations in the 5150–5350 MHz band are restricted to indoor usage only.

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FCC Standards
This appliance is in compliance with FCC Part 15.
Applied technologies
The appliance uses these technologies.
•Radio spectrum — Sub-bands 2400–2483.5 MHz and 5150–5250 MHz
•Safety — Dual band products
•Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) — Dual band products
National restrictions and requirements for
authorization
These appliances can be operated within FCC DFS2 band or ETSI/EC DFS band, or other countries that regulate
or plan to regulate mid-5 GHz band.
The usage of mid-5 GHz band is subject to the regulatory approval alone with the resided devices.
The requirements for any country or area might change. We recommend that you check with your local
authorities for the latest status of national requirements for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz wireless LANs.