Velocity Appliance initial configuration requirements

Review the information in this section before you perform the initial configuration on the Veritas Velocity Appliance.

Required addresses and credentials

Before configuring the appliance, gather the following information:

• A new password to give to the appliance admin account

  New appliances ship with the following default login credentials:

  • User name: admin

  • Password: P@ssw0rd

• A list of new user names and passwords that you want to grant access to the appliance

• Network configuration information:

  • A permanent host name for the appliance

  • (Optional) VLAN and network port bonding information

  • Network IP addresses, netmasks, and gateway IP addresses for the appliance

  • DNS and host mapping information

  • Static route and other advanced routing information

• (Optional) NTP server address

• (Optional) Proxy server addresses and credentials

• (Optional) SMTP and/or SNMP information for receiving appliance notifications and alerts

Access to the Velocity shell menu

Ensure that you can access the Velocity shell menu. All initial configuration tasks are done using this interface.

Table: Methods to access the Velocity shell menu

Method	Description
Veritas Remote Management Console (recommended)	You can use the Veritas Remote Management Console to launch a virtual KVM of the Velocity shell menu as if you were using a keyboard and mouse connected directly to the appliance. You can only access the Veritas Remote Management Console if you have provisioned network access to the IPMI port on the appliance (which is normally done as part of the hardware installation process). See Configuring the IPMI port on the Velocity physical appliance
SSH	You can use SSH for initial configuration if you have provisioned network access to the eth0 port on the appliance. See About NIC1 (eth0) port usage on the Velocity physical appliance
Physical keyboard and monitor connected to the appliance	You can physically connect a standard VGA monitor and USB keyboard to the appliance. If the appliance is powered on, the monitor displays the login prompt for Velocity shell menu.

Connectivity during initial configuration

If you configure the appliance from a remote computer, you must take precautions to avoid loss of connectivity. Any loss of connectivity during initial configuration results in failure.

Before you log onto the Velocity shell menu, ensure that your computer is set up to avoid the following:

• Conditions that cause the computer to go to sleep

• Conditions that cause the computer to shut down or to lose power

• Conditions that cause the computer to lose its network connection

Firewall port usage

If a firewall exists between the appliance and the remote devices that interact with the appliance (like a laptop computer), open the network ports that are listed in Table: Appliance service ports as necessary.

Table: Appliance service ports

If you have a private internal network, remember to configure the settings accordingly in your network address translation (NAT).