Cisco C690, C390, C190 Quick Start Manual

Cisco C690 Email Security Appliance
Quick Start Guide

1 Welcome

2 Before You Begin

3 Document Network Settings

4 Plan the Installation

5 Install the Appliance in a Rack

6 Plug In the Appliance

7 Temporarily Change Your IP Address for Remote

Access

8 Connect to the Appliance

9 Power Up the Appliance

10 Log In to the Appliance

11 Run the System Setup Wizard

12 Run the Active Directory Wizard (Optional)

13 Check for Available Upgrades

14 Configure Network Settings

15 Configuration Summary

16 Additional Configurations

17 Where to Go from Here

18 Cisco Notification Service

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1 Welcome

Thank you for choosing the Cisco C690 Email Security
Appliance (Cisco C690).

The Cisco C690 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 C690
appliance and use the System Setup Wizard to configure basic
settings.

2 Before You Begin

Before you begin the installation, make sure that you have the
items needed.The following items are included with the

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Cisco C690 Email Security Appliance:

• Slide rail kit

• Power cables (2)

• Console cable

• A card listing the location of online documentation for your

appliance.

Note Two locking keys are included with the locking

faceplate version of the Cisco C690 appliance. Keep
these keys safe because you will need the 4-digit key
code to replace missing keys.

You will need to provide the following items yourself:

• Rack cabinet enclosure (if rack-mounting the appliance)

• Phillips-head screwdriver for assembling rails

• 10/100/1000 Base-TX TCP/IP LAN

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• 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

3 Document Network Settings

Before you begin, write down the following information about
your network and administrator settings.

System Settings

Default System Hostname:
Email System Alerts To:
Deliver Scheduled Reports To:
Time Zone Information:
NTP Server:
Admin Password:
SenderBase Network Participation:

Enable/Disable

AutoSupport: Enable/Disable

Network Integration

Default Gateway (Router) IP Address:
DNS (Internet or Specify Own):

Interfaces

Data Port 1
IP Address:
Network Mask:
Fully Qualified Hostname:
Accept Incoming Mail Domain:
Accept Incoming Mail Destination:
Relay Outgoing Mail:
Data Port 2
IP Address:
Network Mask:
Fully Qualified Hostname:
Accept Incoming Mail Domain:

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4 Plan the Installation

To defend your email system against spam, viruses, phishing,
and other threats, the Cisco C690 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:

Accept Incoming Mail Destination:
Relay Outgoing Mail:

Message Security

SenderBase Reputation Filtering: Enable/Disable
Cisco Anti-Spam Scanning Engine: Enable/Disable
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

Locking Faceplate

4-digit code (for the C690-LKFP appliance)

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5 Install the Appliance in a Rack

Install the Cisco C690 Email Security Appliance using the slide
rails supplied. For information about installing the appliance in
a rack, see the Cisco 90 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 Flo

w—Be sure that there is adequate air flow around

the appliance.

• Me

chanical Loading—Be sure that the appliance is level

and stable to avoid any hazardous conditions.

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6 Plug In the Appliance

Plug the female end of each straight power cable into the
redundant power supplies on the back panel of the appliance.

Plug the male end(s) into an electrical outlet.

7 Temporarily Change Your IP

Address for Remote Access

To remotely configure the Cisco C690 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 C690, 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.

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

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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 Ethernet 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

–

Router: 192.168.42.1

Step 7 Click OK.

8 Connect to the Appliance

The Cisco C690 appliances have five gigabit network ports and
a Management port, as shown in the figure on the following
page . 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.

Or, you can connect the Data 1 network port to your public
network and connect the Data 2 network port to your private
network.

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To access and manage the appliance by Ethernet, use the
Management network port. The IPv4 address that has been
assigned to the Management port by the factory is

192.168.42.42.

For serial access to the appliance's console port, use the RJ-45
to

DB-9 Rollover cable provided in the accessory kit to connect

the computer to the console port on the appliance.

The following illustration shows a model with Ethernet ports.
Fibe

r Optic ports are available with the following models of the
Cisco Web Security Appliance: C690-1G and C690-10G. Each
of these models have two Fiber Optic ports. These ports are
located above the Ethernet ports shown in the following
illustration. For the Fiber Optic models, the Ethernet ports are
not present. For details, see the Cisco x90 Series Content

Security Appliances Installation and Maintenance Guide

Item Port Description

1 Data 1 A Gigabit Ethernet customer data

interface.

2 Data 2 A Gigabit Ethernet customer data

interface.

3 Data 3 A Gigabit Ethernet customer data

interface.

4 Data 4 A Gigabit Ethernet customer data

interface.

5 Remote

Pow

er Cycle

The port that is used for Remote
Power Cycle (RPC).

6 Console Console port that directly connects a

c

omputer to the appliance.

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9 Power Up the Appliance

Power up the appliance by pressing the On/Off switch on the
front panel of the Cisco C690. 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.

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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.

7 Data 5 A Gigabit Ethernet customer data

interface.

8 Management

interface

A Gigabit Ethernet interface that is
restricted to management use only.

Item Port Description

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10 Log In to the Appliance

You can log in to the Cisco C690 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

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.

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11 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.

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 Remote Access” section on page 6,

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 C690 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.

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12 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 Directo

ry 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.

13 Check for Available Upgrades

After logging in to the appliance, look at the top of the web
browser window for an upgrade notification (or for a notice in
the command-line interface.) If an upgrade is available, evaluate
whether you should install it.

Details about each release are availa

ble in the release notes for

that Async OS version.

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14 Configure Network Settings

Depending on your network configuration, your firewall may
need to be configured to allow access using the following ports.
SMTP and DNS services must have access to the Internet.

• DNS: port 53

• SMTP: port 25

For other system functions, the following services may be
required:

• FTP: port 21, data port TCP 1024 and higher

• HTTP: port 80

• HTTPS: port 443

• LDAP: port 389 or 3268

• LDAP over SSL: port 636

• LDAP with SSL for global catalog queries: port 3269

• NTP: port 123

• SSH: port 22

• Telnet: port 23

Note If you do not open port 80 and port 443, you cannot

download feature keys.

For more information, see firewall information in the user guide
for your version of AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security
Appliances.

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15 Configuration Summary

Item Description

Management

You can manage your email security
appliance from the management port by
entering http://192.168.42.42 or by
using the hostname assigned to your
appliance during system setup.

Also, verify that you open firewall ports
80

and 443 on your management

interface.

Incoming Email

After running the System Setup Wizard,
your Data Port 2 port is configured to
accept inbound email.

Outbound Email

To configure the appliance to relay
outbound email if you did not do so in
the System Setup Wizard, see the user
guide for your version of AsyncOS for
Cisco Email Security Appliances.

16 Additional Configurations

Congratulations! You have completed installation and basic
configuration. You can now configure additional features of
your appliance. See the online help or user guide for your
AsyncOS release for complete details.

Message Tracking

You can view details about message delivery and blocking by
running queries using the Message Tracking service (in the
GUI). To access message tracking, choose Monitor > Message
Tracking.

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Reporting

You can view statistics about spam and virus blocking on your
network by viewing reports available in the Email Security
Monitor (in the GUI). To access the reporting overview page,
choose Monitor > Overview.

For details, see the online help on

your appliance or the User

Guide for your AsyncOS version.

Caution You must shut down your appliance from the

System Administration > Shutdown/Reboot page
to prevent corruption of your queue and
configuration files.

17 Where to Go from Here

Product Documentation

Cisco Email Security
Appliance
Documentation

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/
security/email-security-appliance/tsd-p
roducts-support-series-home.html

Links from this page hold release

notes, user guides, and

information about hardware and its installation, including:

• Ci

sco C690 Email Security Appliance Quick Start Guide

(This document)

• Ci

sco x90 Series Content Security Appliances Installation

and Maintenance Guide (Includes technical specifications

and information about LEDs)

• Safety and compliance information

Support

Cisco Support http://www.cisco.com/en/US/support/

tsd_cisco_worldwide_contacts.html

Cisco Email Security
Sup

port Community

https://supportforums.cisco.com/com
munity/5756/email-security

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