Cisco 5506 Hardware Setup after Firewall has Been Configured

  1. Set the Cisco ASA 5506 firewall in a central location near the customers network port and electrical power.
  2. Connect the Firewall to a power outlet.
  3. Connect an Ethernet cable from the customers network port to Port 1 of the Cisco ASA 5506 Firewall.
  4. If installing a Dashboard Server, connect an Ethernet cable from the Server to Port 2 of the Firewall
  5. If only ONE Panther is being networked, connect Port 8 of the Cisco ASA 5506 Firewall to the Ethernet Port of the Panther PC
  6. If multiple Panthers are being networked:
    1. first connect Port 24 of the SG112-24 Cisco Switch to Port 8 of the Cisco ASA 5506 Firewall.
    2. then connect all Panthers to the switch starting at Port 1 to Port 16.
      Note—The order/port does not matter.
  7. On the FSE laptop in which the firewall was configured on, open the instructions.txt file.
  8. Setting a Panther IP Address on the Panther Workstation provided from the instructions.txt file.
    Caution—It is important to remember which IP address is assigned to each instrument.
  9. On each Panther, configure the LIS Port Number with its respective number.
    Note—LIS Port numbers are mapped to specific Instruments/Panther IP addresses.