Before You Begin - Cisco C190 Quick Start Manual

Welcome

Before You Begin

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Where to Go from Here
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Cisco Notification Service
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The Cisco C190 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 C190 appliance and
use the System Setup Wizard to configure basic settings.
Before you begin the installation, make sure that you have the items needed.
The following items are included with the Cisco C190 Email Security Appliance:
Rail kit
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Power cables
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Console cable
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A card listing the location of online documentation for your appliance.
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You will need to provide the following items yourself:
Rack cabinet enclosure (if rack-mounting the appliance)
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Phillips-head screwdriver for assembling rails
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10/100 Gigabit Base-T TCP/IP LAN
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Ethernet cable for connecting the appliance to your network
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Desktop or laptop computer
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Web browser (or SSH and terminal software)
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Network and administrator information for the
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Settings" section on page 3
"Document Network
and "go live" configuration