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Initial Configuration Using the Administrative Console

If you want to perform network installation of your Access Control Server using the browser-based

Administrative Console, you must connect to the Access Control Server over the network. This requires

that you know the IP address (or valid hostname) of your Access Control Server. Since the Access Control

Server by default requests an IP address from a DHCP server, you can use the IP address assigned by the

DHCP server to connect to the Administrative Console.

Before you connect your Access Control Server to the network, you can configure the DHCP server to

provide a fixed IP address to the Access Control Server. The DHCP server can also provide the netmask,

default gateway (router) IP address, and primary and secondary DNS IP addresses. You will only need to

change the administrator user ID and password (strongly recommended) and configure the shared secret

that enables Access Controller Modules to communicate with the Access Control Server.

If you cannot or do not wish to configure your DHCP server to provide a known address, then in order to

connect to the Access Control Server you must determine the IP address supplied by DHCP. The easiest

way to do this is by looking at the LCD display on the Access Control Server. The LCD alternates the

display of the IP address with the display of the date/time and software version number.

If you do not have access to the Access Control Server itself, you can find the IP address by examining the

logs on your DHCP server to determine which address was given to the Access Control Server. An

alternate method is to connect a serial console as described in "Initial Configuration Using the CLI", and

note the IP address that is contained as part of the CLI prompt.

To perform the initial configuration using the Administrative Console, do the following:

Step 1.

Connect the Access Control Server Network Uplink port to your network (Figure 3-2).

Step 2.

Point a web browser to the Access Control Server by entering a URL of the form:

http://<ip address>

where

http://<fully-qualified hostname>

if your DNS server is set to resolve the hostname to the IP address provided by your DHCP

server.

The Administrator Logon page appears (Figure 3-5).

Figure 3-5. Administrator Logon

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is the address assigned to the Access Control Server, or

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