Overview; How To Use The Sp2001 Appliance Documentation - IBM Proventia Management SiteProtector SP2001 Hardware Configuration Manual

Overview

Introduction
The SiteProtector SP2001 Hardware Configuration Guide contains the information you
need to configure the IBM Proventia Management SiteProtector SP2001 appliance
hardware.
Scope
This guide provides procedures for configuring the SiteProtector SP2001 appliance
hardware and Windows administration options. This guide is designed to be a
companion to the SiteProtector documentation suite. After you have configured the
SiteProtector SP2001 appliance hardware, use the SiteProtector Configuration Guide to
configure the SiteProtector security management software.
Audience
This guide is intended for network or security administrators or any other
individuals who are responsible for configuring the SiteProtector SP2001 appliance
and managing network security. This guide assumes that you have a working
knowledge of network devices and Microsoft administration tasks.

How to Use the SP2001 Appliance Documentation

This topic explains how the information in the SiteProtector SP2001 Hardware
Configuration Guide is organized and lists other documents in the SiteProtector
documentation suite that you may use to configure SiteProtector.
Document organization
This document is organized into logical units, as described in the following table:
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Chapter
Chapter 2, "Before You Begin," on page 7
Chapter 3, "Connecting and Configuring the
SiteProtector SP2001 Appliance," on page 11
Description
Contains background information,
prerequisites, and procedures for configuring
the SiteProtector SP2001 appliance hardware.
Contains procedures for configuring the
SiteProtector SP2001 appliance hardware and
for accessing the SiteProtector software on
the SiteProtector SP2001 appliance from the
SiteProtector Console. To support less
experienced users, this chapter provides
significantly more background information
than the SiteProtector SP2001 Getting Started
Card.
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