Hardware installation and configuration - Quick Start Guide - BlueCat Integrity - 25.1.0

The following section outlines steps to install and configure your BlueCat Integrity hardware appliance.

1. Unbox the Address Manager or DNS/DHCP Server appliance.
2. Connect a keyboard to a USB port and a monitor to the VGA port.
3. If required, review the iDRAC requirements in the iDRAC section of the Address Manager Administration Guide.
4. Power up the appliance.
5. Connect the network cables. The ethernet interfaces are assigned accordingly:
   1. Eth0 – Services
   2. Eth1 - xHA Backbone
   3. Eth2 - Management
   4. Eth3 - Port bonding (supported on DNS/DHCP Server hardware only, not virtual machines)

      For more information on interface usage, refer to the Configuring Dedicated Management section of the Address Manager Administration Guide.

6. After complete boot up, login with the default admin credentials. This information can be found in the hardware installation poster provided with the appliance.
   
   
7. At the shell prompt, run the following commands:
   
   
   Note: The set license command is not shown due to the uniqueness of the client ID and license key.
   1. To configure the license:
      1. configure license
      2. update interactively
      3. Follow the prompts and enter the license data accordingly.
   2. To set the IP address of the eht0 interface:
      1. configure interfaces
      2. modify eth0
      3. set address x.x.x.x/<cidr>
      4. save
      5. exit
   3. To set the default gateway:
      1. configure network
      2. set default-gateway x.x.x.x
      3. save
   4. To set the hostname:
      1. configure system
      2. set hostname <hostname>
      3. save
      4. exit
   5. To set the time and timezone:
      1. configure system-time
      2. set time <hh:mm:ss>
      3. set date <MM/DD/YYYY>
      4. set timezone

         Follow the prompts in the console to set the appropriate timezone.

      5. save
      6. exit

         Once you have saves the time and timezone changes, you must reboot the appliance for the changes to take place.

   6. To set the DNS nameserver:
      
      
      1. configure name-server
      2. add address <x.x.x.x>
      3. add domain-name <example.com>
      4. add search-domain <example>
      5. save
      6. exit

         Repeat the previous steps as needed for additional nameservers.

8. Repeat the previous steps for additional hardware. For more information on additional administration console commands, refer to the Administration Console section of the Address Manager Administration Guide.