The management interface is the port through which the Malware Analysis appliance is managed and administered. It is also the port through which an appliance is managed by the Central Management System appliance. With the single-port address type (described in Changing the address type for DTI network service requests ), the management interface is also the port through which a managed appliance requests and downloads software updates from the DTI network.
Initial settings need to be configured to set up the management interface, and to allow access to the network, change the default administrator password, and so on. The following initial configuration methods are available:
Use one of the following methods to log in to the Malware Analysis CLI and configure initial settings:
Keyboard and monitor—Connect a USB keyboard and VGA monitor directly to the USB 3.0 ports and a video port that are on the rear panel of the appliance. This is the easiest way to configure the initial settings, provided that you are physically near the appliance.
Serial port—Connect a Windows laptop, a Mac laptop, a Linux system, or a terminal server to the appliance serial port. The serial port is on the rear panel.
LCD panel—Use the navigation buttons and menus on the liquid crystal display (LCD) panel to select initial settings. The LCD panel is on the front of most appliance models.
Be sure to cable and configure the IPMI interface so that you can access the appliance should it become unresponsive to network or serial port access.
Note
You must access the appliance through the serial port if you want to monitor appliance boot activities. You can enter CLI commands through direct keyboard and monitor connection only before the boot loader begins loading the kernel, for example, to post output, and after the boot is completed.