Setup Guide

1) Generate password recovery key
2) Generate a support key
3) Generate password recovery and support keys
Enter the option or press any key to quit.
5. To generate the support key, select option 2. Select 3, if you want to generate a password recovery key as well.
6. After the password recovery key is generated, email the key to Dell technical support. A unique password can now
be generated by Dell technical support to log into the support shell.
A Subset of Useful CLI Commands
The CLI provides a way to manage and configure Policy Manager information. Refer to Appendix A: Command Line
Interface in the User Guide for more detailed information on the CLI.
The CLI can be accessed from the console using a serial port interface or remotely using SSH:
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* Dell W-ClearPass Policy Manager *
* Software Version : 6.3.0.62080 *
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Logged in as group Local Administrator
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The following subset of CLI commands may be useful at this point:
l To view the Policy Manager data and management port IP address, and DNS configuration:
[appadmin]# show ip
l To reconfigure DNS or add a new DNS:
[appadmin]# configure dns <primary> [secondary] [tertiary]
l To reconfigure or add management and data ports:
[appadmin]# configure ip <mgmt | data > <ipadd> netmask <netmask address> gateway <gateway address>
where:
Flag/Parameter Description
ip <mgmt|data> <ip
address>
l Network interface type: mgmt or data
l Server ip address.
netmask <netmask
address>
Netmask address.
gateway <gateway
address>
Gateway address.
l To configure the date (time and time zone optional):
[appadmin]# configure date –d <date> [-t <time>] [-z <timezone>]
l To configure the hostname to the node:
configure hostname <hostname>
l If you are using Active Directory to authenticate users, be sure to join the Policy Manager appliance to that domain
as well.
ad netjoin <domain-controller.domain-name> [domain NETBIOS name]
where:
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