Initializing the appliance

How to initialize the M2004 appliance to define its initial configuration.

1. Turn on the appliance.
   The green power LED illuminates.

   • You might hear the fans start.
   • You might hear the fans change speed as the screen displays the following prompt.

     DPOS boot - press <ESC> within 7 seconds for boot options...

   Wait for the appliance to start.

2. At the Login: prompt, enter admin as the account name.
   admin is the name of a local user account. The owner of this account can complete all tasks on the appliance.
3. At the Password: prompt, enter the password for the admin account. The script prompts you later to change this password.
   admin is the default password for the admin account.
4. At the Please enter new password: prompt, enter a new password.
   • Validate that your keyboard does not have Caps Lock or Number Lock engaged.
   • Type the password from the keyboard. Do not copy and paste the password. If you copy and paste, you might copy extra spaces or characters.
5. At the Please re-enter new password to confirm: prompt, enter the new password again.
6. At the Do you want to run the Installation Wizard? prompt, enter y to start the installation wizard.
   If you inadvertently enter n, you can start the installation wizard by entering the following commands.

   configure terminal
   startup

7. Follow the prompts to complete the base configuration.
   • Initializing the RAID array for the appliance can take a while.
   • To prepare for accepting the license agreement, you must configure the web management interface when prompted, or from the CLI with the web-mgmt command.
   After you define the base configuration, the screen displays information that is similar to the following example. The screen shows information specific to your appliance.

   Version: IDG.11.0.0.0 build 000000 on March 31, 2026 9:25:22 AM
   Serial number: 123456
   
   You must read and agree to the terms of the license agreement using the GUI.
   If you did not configure the web management interface, you must do it now with 
   the following command:
    configure terminal;web-mgmt;admin-state enabled;local-address 0 9090;exit
   
   idg#

   The previous sample shows the following information.

   • The firmware version that is running on the appliance is 11.0.0.0 at the 000000 build level.
   • The date and time that build 000000 was created is 31 March 2026 at 9:25:22 AM.
   • The serial number of this appliance is 123456.
   • Instructions to access the license agreement.