Deploy the ExtraHop Discover 3100, 6100, 8100, or 9100 Appliances
This guide explains how to install the rack-mounted EDA 3100, EDA 6100, EDA 8100, and EDA 9100 ExtraHop Discover appliances.
System requirements
Installation of the Discover appliance has the following requirements:
- EDA 3100
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- Appliance
- 1U of rack space and 495W of power
- Network Access
- Four 10/100/1000 BASE-T network ports
- Remote management through iDRAC
- One 10/100/1000 BASE-T network port
- EDA 6100
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- Appliance
- 1U of rack space and 495W of power
- Network Access
- Four 10/100/1000 BASE-T network ports and two 10G BASE-SR ports
- Remote management through iDRAC
- One 10/100/1000 BASE-T network port
- EDA 8100
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- Appliance
- 1U of rack space and 2x495W of power
- Network Access
- Four 10/100/1000 BASE-T network ports and two 10G BASE-SR ports
- Remote management through iDRAC
- One 10/100/1000 BASE-T network port
- EDA 9100
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- Appliance
- 2U of rack space and 2x750W of power
- Network Access
- Four 10/100/1000 BASE-T network ports and four 10G BASE-SR ports
- Remote management through iDRAC
- One 10/100/1000 BASE-T network port
Configure an IP address
DHCP is enabled by default on the ExtraHop appliance. When you power on the appliance, interface 1 attempts to acquire an IP address through DHCP. If successful, the IP address appears on the home screen of the LCD. If an IP address has not been configured, the LCD displays No IP.
If your network does not support DHCP, you can configure a static IP address through the LCD menu on the front panel or through the command-line interface (CLI).
Configure an IP address through the CLI
You can access the CLI by connecting a USB keyboard and SVGA monitor to the appliance or through an RS-232 serial cable and a terminal-emulator program. The terminal emulator must be set to 115200 bps with 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit (8N1), and hardware flow control should be disabled.
- Establish a connection to the ExtraHop appliance.
- At the login prompt, type shell and then press ENTER.
- At the password prompt, type the service tag number found on the pullout tab on the front of the appliance, and then press ENTER.
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To configure the static IP address, run the following commands:
Configure a static IP address through the front panel
Complete the following steps to manually configure an IP address through the front panel LCD controls.
- Make sure that the default management interface is connected to the network and the link status is active.
- Press the select button (✓) to begin.
- Press the right arrow (>) button to select Net and then press the select button.
- Press the right arrow button twice to highlight DHCP and then press the select button.
- Press the right arrow button to select Static and then press the select button.
- Press the right arrow button to select IP and then press the select button. The currently configured IP address appears.
- Press the right arrow button until the first digit you want to change is highlighted.
- Press the select button. The digit blinks when selected. While the digit is blinking, press the left arrow (<) or right arrow (>) button to change the digit value.
- After you have chosen the correct digit, press the select button.
- Repeat steps 7-9 for each remaining digit you want to change.
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Press the left arrow button to navigate to the up arrow
on the display and press the select button.
- On the Save screen, select Yes and then press the select button.
- Wait a moment to be redirected to the Net screen. Repeat the actions above to set the mask, gateway, and up to two DNS servers.
- (Optional): Configure the iDRAC DHCP, IP, mask, gateway, and DNS in the same manner as the IP address.
Configure the Discover appliance
After you configure an IP address for the Discover appliance, you can log into the Discover Admin UI through the following URL: https://<discover_ip_address>/admin and complete the following recommended procedures.
Register the ExtraHop appliance
Complete the following steps to apply a product key.
If you do not have a product key, contact your ExtraHop account team.
Tip: | To verify that your environment can resolve DNS entries for the
ExtraHop licensing server, open a terminal application on your Windows, Linux, or
Mac OS client and run the following
command:nslookup -type=NS d.extrahop.com If the name
resolution is successful, output similar to the following
appears:
Non-authoritative answer: d.extrahop.com nameserver = ns0.use.d.extrahop.com. d.extrahop.com nameserver = ns0.usw.d.extrahop.com. |
- In your browser, type the URL of the ExtraHop Admin UI, https://<extrahop_ip_address>/admin.
- Review the license agreement, select I Agree, and then click Submit.
- On the login screen, type setup for the username.
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For the password, select from the following options:
- For 1U and 2U appliances, type the service tag number found on the pullout tab on the front of the appliance.
- For the EDA 1100, type the serial number displayed in the Appliance info section of the LCD menu. The serial number is also printed on the bottom of the appliance.
- For a virtual appliance, type default.
- Click Log In.
- In the Appliance Settings section, click License.
- Click Manage License.
- Click Register.
- Enter the product key and then click Register.
- Click Done.
Configure the system time
The default time server setting is pool.ntp.org. If you want to maintain the default setting, skip this procedure and go to the next section.
The NTP Status table displays a list of NTP servers that keep the system clock in sync. To sync the current system time a remote server, click the Sync Now button.
Configure email settings
You must configure an email server and sender before the ExtraHop appliance can send notifications about system alerts by email.
Add an email notification group
Email notification groups are assigned to alerts to designate who should receive an email when that alert becomes active. Although you can specify individual email addresses to receive emails for alerts, email groups are the most effective way to manage your alert recipient list.
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