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# Setting Up Your ArcMC Appliance

This appendix gives instructions on setting up your ArcMC Appliance for first use.

## Preparation

Prior to first use of your ArcMC appliance, do each of the following:

1. Unpack the appliance and its accompanying accessories.
2. Read carefully through the instructions, cautions, and warnings packaged with the appliance. Failure to do so can result in bodily injury or appliance malfunction.
3. Note and save the rack-mounting instructions included in the package.
4. Redeem your Management Appliance license key. You will need this key to access Management Appliance functionality.

5. Follow the rack installation instructions (included in your Appliance package) to securely mount the appliance in its rack and make the back panel connections.

6. Do one of the following to enable local access to the Appliance:
   - Connect a keyboard, monitor, and mouse to the ports on the Appliance.
   - Connect a terminal to the serial port on the Appliance using a null modem cable with DB-9 connector. The serial port requires a standard VT100-compatible terminal: 9600 bps, 8-bits, no parity, 1 stop bit (8N1), no flow control.
7. Power on the appliance.
8. Optionally, enable your appliance for out-of-band remote access. Download, review, and follow the instructions in the ProLiant Integrated Lights-Out User Guide, available on the product's website.

You are now ready to begin appliance set up.

## Setup

During appliance setup, you will do the following:

1. Configure a new IP address for the appliance at the CLI.
2. Accept the End User License Agreement, and then log in to the appliance.
3. Initialize the ArcMCappliance.

Each of these steps is described in detail below.

## Configure a New IP Address

Use the appliance's Command Line Interface (CLI) to configure a new IP address . ArcMC Appliance ships with the default IP address 192.168.35.35 (subnet mask 255.255.255.0) on Eth0. You will also need to specify a default gateway, hostname, and DNS and NTP servers.

You will need the following information on hand before beginning:

- The new IP address , plus prefix or subnet mask.
- Your default gateway address.
- Your fully-qualified domain name.
- One or more name search domains and server addresses for DNS resolution.
- One or more NTP server addresses.

To configure a new IP address on the CLI:

1. On the CLI, connect to the appliance using these default credentials:

Login:admin

Password:password

1. Enter the new IP address with one of the following commands:

- set ip eth0 <ip>/<prefix>, where <ip> is the new IP address and <prefix> is your prefix, OR,
- set ip eth0 <ip> <subnetmask>, where <ip> the new IP address and <subnetmask> is your subnet mask .

1. Enter set defaultgw <address>, replacing <address> with your default gateway IP address .
2. Enter set hostname <FQDN>, replacing <FQDN> with the fully-qualified domain name of the host.
3. Enter set dns <search_domain_1>, <search_domain_2>...<search_domain_N> <nameserver1> <nameserver2>...<nameserver_N>, replacing each <search_domain_N> with a search domain, and each <nameserver_N> with the IP address of a nameserver you wish to use for DNS.
4. Enter set <ntp_server_1> <ntp_server_2>...<ntp_server_N>, replacing each <ntp_server_N> with the IP address of an NTP server you wish to set appliance time.
5. Enter show config and review your settings. If any are incorrect, correct them as described in earlier steps.

You are now ready to accept the End User License Agreement.

## Accept the End User License Agreement

Upon first connecting to the appliance through a browser, you are prompted to accept the End User License Agreement (EULA).

To accept the EULA:

1. In a browser, connect to the ArcMC appliance at https://<IP>, where <IP> is the new IP address you just configured.
2. Review the license.
3. Select the I accept the terms of the License Agreement checkbox, and then click Accept.
4. Log in as an administrator using the default credentials.

Login:admin

Password:password

You may now initialize the appliance.

## Initialize the ArcMC Appliance

You can now initialize the appliance by uploading the license file; optionally, setting date and time settings; and then changing the admin login credentials to non-default values.

To initialize the appliance:

1. On the ArcMC Appliance Configuration page, in the License field, browse for and upload your current license.
2. Click Save.
3. Set your date and time settings for the appliance.
4. Change the admin login credentials from their default values. For instructions, see Change Password.

Your ArcMC appliance is now ready for use.