Unpacking and Installing Initial Configuration for A10

Carefully unpack and check for the following parts, which Thunder Series and AX Series
Quick Start Guide
should be included with your device:

This section provides initial configuration information for

• ACOS device.
your A10 Thunder Series or AX Series device. Initial
configuration instructions for Thunder HVA and aGalaxy
This document provides instructions for initial configuration • Quick Start Guide (this document).

devices are provided later in this document.

of your ACOS device after it is installed onto your

equipment rack.
• Safety Precautions document.

Follow the steps in this section after your device is

• Accessory Kit (power cable, two Cat-5E Ethernet cables, physically installed in your equipment rack.

Additional Documentation one Serial to RJ-45 console cable). Devices with a dual
IOIO (console)/LOM port will also include a splitter cable.

Connect to the Device by Console

Complete software and hardware documentation is
For rack-mount, sliding rail, or other hardware installation
available on the Support Portal or by contacting your local 1. Using the included serial or splitter cable, connect the
instructions, refer to the Support Portal.

A10 Networks representative.

ACOS device to a computer with terminal emulation
software.
To view the documentation on the Support Portal:

1. Find your device’s serial number on the product label Before you Begin 2. Power on the computer and the ACOS device. Press
the ON direction of the lower rocker switch.
on the chassis.

What you will need to get started.

3. Set the terminal emulation software for:

2. Go to https://www.a10networks.com/support/
customer-registration and create a support account. To Physically Install the Device: • Speed (bits): 9600

You will need to provide your device’s serial number.

• Number 2 Phillips screwdriver

• Data bits: 8

3. After you have created a support account, you can

view complete hardware and software documentation • Anti-static strap
• Stop bits: 1

in the Support Portal at http://a10networks.com/

support, or by scanning the QR code below: • Parity: None

To Configure your Device

• Flow Control: XON/XOFF

• Notebook or workstation PC (Windows, Linux, Mac) must

have compatible Ethernet connectivity.
When connected, the login prompt appears on the terminal.

• Supported Web browser (Internet Explorer 9 or later, and

the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, or Safari).
Log In Using the CLI
• Terminal Emulation Software (PuTTy, HyperTerminal, or 1. Log in to the ACOS device using the default user name
similar).
admin and default password a10.

• IP address for the management interface. As an out-of- 2. Access the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI by entering
band interface, the management interface should not the enable command. Press Return when prompted for
be on the same subnet as the data interfaces. the password; there is no default password to access
Privileged EXEC mode on new systems.

• IP address for the default gateway.

3. Access the Global configuration level of the CLI by
entering the configure terminal command.

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 Configure the Management Interface Change the Admin Password Initial Configuration for aGalaxy
In the factory default configuration, the management After the initial login, it is highly recommended that you
interface has the IP address 172.31.31.31/24.
secure access to your device by changing the default This section provides initial configuration information for
password.
your physical aGalaxy device. If you are installing aGalaxy
You can use either a console connection or use another PC 
 on a Hypervisor, refer to the Software Installation Guide.

with an IP address in the same subnet (for example, admin admin password newpassword
172.31.31.1/24), and connect the PC to the management After your aGalaxy device is physically installed into your
interface.
equipment rack, you must assign an IP address to the
Save the Configuration Changes management interface (eth0).

To configure the management interface:

At this point, the ACOS device is now network accessible 1. Access aGalaxy using a console telnet session.

1. Configure the management interface IP address and for configuration under the new IP address and admin
default gateway. The example below shows the CLI password.
2. Log in to the aGalaxy console using consoleadmin as
commands to set the management IP address to the user name and a10 as the password.

The following table shows the default access settings for

192.168.2.228 (none of the data interfaces should have
services and interface on the device.
3. From the aGalaxy console menu:

an address of 192.168.2.x):

A. Select <7> Setup Network.

interface management
ip address 192.168.2.228 /24 Service Management Port Data Ports B. Select <2> Network Interfaces.

ip default-gateway 192.168.2.1
C. Select <1> eth0.

Telnet Disabled Disabled

2. Use the show interfaces management command to
verify that the IP address is configured correctly.
4. Follow the prompts to continue assigning the desired
SSH Enabled Disabled IP address to the management interface (eth0).

HTTP Enabled Disabled 5. Select <6> Show Network to verify your configuration;
Optional: Configure the Management the output should show the IP address you just entered
Interface for Automated Management HTTPS Enabled Disabled and no longer show they factory-assigned default IP
Traffic address 172.31.31.31.

SNMP Enabled Disabled

Use the ip control-apps-use-mgmt-port command to 6. After verifying that the network settings are correct,
configure the ACOS device to use the management press Enter to proceed.

interface as the source interface for automated Configuration changes made to this point must be saved to 7. Using a supported browser, enter the management IP
management traffic generated by the ACOS device. For the system memory to take effect when the system address as the URL.

example:
reboots. Otherwise, a power interruption (for example)

 could cause the system to be unavailable from the Web 8. Log in to the web GUI using a10 as the default user
interface management
 interface, in which case the console configuration would name and admin as the default password.

ip address 192.168.2.228 /24
 need to be repeated.

ip default-gateway 192.168.2.1
 After logging in, you should see the Getting Started wizard.
ip control-apps-use-mgmt-port Saving the configuration changes prevents this Refer to the “Enter Basic Network Settings from the Getting
inconvenience. To write the current configuration to system Started Wizard” section in either of the following
memory, use the write memory command.
documents for further aGalaxy configuration information:

• aGalaxy Configuration Guide (ADC)

• aGalaxy Configuration Guide (TPS)

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 Initial Configuration for
Configure Basic Network Settings Using an Existing Configuration
Thunder HVA
The Thunder HVA initial setup wizard enables you to
configure basic network settings to connect your HVA
to Configure Your New Device
device to your network.
Follow the procedure below to configure a new ACOS
This section provides initial configuration information for device by loading the configuration from another ACOS
your Thunder HVA device.
1. Launch the initial setup wizard by using the
device:

thunderhva-setup command after you are logged in.

1. On the configured ACOS device, use the copy CLI

2. Provide the following information, as prompted by the
Connect to the Device by Console setup wizard:

command to save the startup-config to a remote

server. For example:

1. Using the included serial cable, connect the ACOS A. IP address for the management interface. This
device to a computer with terminal emulation address must be entered in CIDR format.

copy startup-config scp://

software. user@remote_host/filename
B. IP address for the default network gateway.

2. Power on the computer and the ACOS device. Press 2. On the new ACOS device, copy the configured ACOS
the ON direction of the lower rocker switch. C. Allocation IP pool. This is the set of IP addresses device’s startup-config from the remote server on to
that will be assigned to the vThunder instances on the new ACOS device. For example:

3. Set the terminal emulation software for:

your Thunder HVA device.

copy scp://user@remote_host/filename
• Speed (bits): 9600
Use a comma (,) to specify multiple, specific IP startup-config
• Data bits: 8
addresses. For example, “10.10.10.11,
10.10.10.13” assigns the .11 and .13 IP addresses 3. Reboot the new ACOS device.
• Stop bits: 1
only.

4. Modify parameters as needed (such as IP addresses). 


• Parity: None
Use a plus(+) to assign a consecutive range of IP
addresses. For example,
• Flow Control: XON/XOFF
“10.10.10.11+10.10.10.15” assigns all IP addresses LOM Interface Configuration
between .11 and .15, inclusive.

Once you are connected, the login prompt will display on

Most ACOS devices include a Lights Out Management
the terminal.
Note that the internal DHCP server on the device (LOM) port for managing your ACOS device by remote
will use one of the IP addresses in the pool.
control.

Log In Using the CLI D. (Optional) Host name for the device.
For example, below is the location of the LOM port on an
E. Save your changes and exit from the setup wizard.
A10 Thunder Series 3030S device:

1. Log in to the ACOS device using the default user

name root and default password A10#openpass.

To verify or edit any of these network settings, or to make

2. Access the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI by additional modifications (for example, password
entering the enable command. Press Return when management, or lights out management) use the
prompted for the password; there is no default thunderhva-setup -m command to access the console
password to access Privileged EXEC mode on new menu.

systems.

For more information about using this port to manage your

ACOS device, refer to the Lights Out Management
Reference document in the Support Portal.

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