Cisco ISA500 Series Quick Start Manual
Quick Start Guide
Cisco Small Business
ISA500 Series Integrated Security Appliances
Package Contents
• ISA500 Series Integrated Security Appliance
• Two Wi-Fi Antennas (for ISA550W and ISA570W only)
• Mounting Kits
• Power Cord and Adapter
• RJ-45 Ethernet Cable
• Quick Start Guide
• Product CD
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Welcome
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Thank you for choosing the Cisco ISA500 Series Integrated Security
Appliances, a member of the Small Business Family. The ISA500 Series
are a set of Unified Threat Management (UTM) security appliances that
provide business class security gateway solutions with dual WAN, DMZ,
zone-based firewall, Site-to-Site and remote access VPN (including Cisco
IPSec VPN and SSL VPN) support, and Internet threat protection, such as
Intrusion Prevention System, Gateway Anti-Virus, Web URL Filter, Web
Reputation Filter, Email Reputation Filter, and Network Reputation.
This guide describes how to physically install the device and how to
launch the Startup Wizard to configure it.
Before You Begin
Before you begin the installation, make sure that you have the following
equipments and services:
• An active Internet account.
• Mounting kits and tools for installing the hardware. The kits packed with
the device are used for desktop placement and rack mounting. The kits
include 4 rubber feet, 2 brackets, 2 silicon rubber spacers, 8 M3
screws, 4 M5 screws, and 4 washers.
NOTE The Wall-mounting kit is not included.
• RJ-45 Ethernet cables (Category 5 or higher) for connecting computers,
WAN and LAN interfaces, or other devices.
• A computer with Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0, or Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x
(or later) for using the web-based device Configuration Utility.
Getting to Know the Cisco ISA500 Series Integrated Security Appliances
This section lists the available model numbers to help you become familiar
with your security appliance, and shows the front panel and back panel of
the unit.
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Product Models
Models Description Configuration
ISA550 Cisco ISA550 Integrated
Security Appliance
ISA550W Cisco ISA550 Integrated
Security Appliance with
WiFi
ISA570 Cisco ISA570 Integrated
Security Appliance
ISA570W Cisco ISA570 Integrated
Security Appliance with
WiFi
NOTE Any Configurable port can be configured to be a WAN, DMZ, or
1 WAN port, 2 LAN ports, 4
Configurable ports, and 1 USB 2.0 port
1 WAN port, 2 LAN ports, 4
Configurable ports, 1 USB 2.0 port, and
802.11b/g/n
1 WAN port, 4 LAN ports, 5
Configurable ports, and 1 USB 2.0 port
1 WAN port, 4 LAN ports, 5
Configurable ports, 1 USB 2.0 port, and
802.11b/g/n
LAN port. Only one Configurable port can be configured as a WAN port
at a time. Up to 4 Configurable ports can be configured as DMZ ports.
Front Panel
ISA550 Front Panel
ISA550
SPEED
LINK /ACT
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USB
VPN
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WAN LAN
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CONFIGURABLEPOWER/SYS
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ISA550W Front Panel
ISA550W
SPEED
LINK /ACT
1
USB
WLAN
VPN
234
WAN LAN
56
CONFIGURABLEPOWER/SYS
7
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ISA570 Front Panel
ISA570
SPEED
LINK /ACT
1
USB
VPN
234
WAN LAN
56
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910
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CONFIGURABLEPOWER/SYS
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ISA570W Front Panel
ISA570W
SPEED
LINK /ACT
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USB
VPN
WLAN
234
WAN LAN
56
8
910
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CONFIGURABLEPOWER/SYS
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Front Panel Lights
The following table describes the lights on the front panel of the security
appliance. These lights are used for monitoring system activity.
Lights Description
POWER/SYS Indicates the power status and system status.
• Solid green when the system is powered on and operates
normally.
• Flashes green when the system is booting.
• Solid amber when the system has a booting problem, a
device error occurs, or the system has a problem.
VPN Indicates the Site-to-Site VPN connection status.
• Solid green when the Site-to-Site VPN tunnel is
established.
• Flashes green when attempting to establish the Site-toSite VPN tunnel.
• Flashes amber when the system is experiencing problems
setting up the Site-to-Site VPN connection and there is no
VPN connection up and running.
USB Indicates the USB device status.
• Solid green when a USB device is detected and operates
normally.
• Flashes green when the USB device is transmitting and
receiving data.
WLAN
(ISA550W and
ISA570W only)
Indicates the WLAN status.
• Solid green when the WLAN is up.
• Flashes green when the WLAN is transmitting and
receiving data.
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