4.2 Initial Appliance Configuration

  1. After you have downloaded the iPrint appliance, configured the virtual environment, and powered on the appliance, click the Console tab.

  2. After the appliance starts, select your preferred keyboard layout in the Keyboard Language drop-down, then accept the license agreement by clicking Accept.

    You can change the language in the agreement from the License Language drop-down.

    The Novell iPrint Appliance Passwords and Time Zone page is displayed.

  3. On the Novell iPrint Appliance Passwords and Time Zone page, specify the following network information:

    Root password and confirmation: The root password for your iPrint appliance.

    Vaadmin password and confirmation: The preferred user to use when logging in to the appliance.

    NTP Server: The IP address or DNS name of the reliable external Network Time Protocol (NTP) server your OES server uses. For example, time.example.com.

    For the best results, set up NTP in accordance with the VMware best practices guidelines.

    Region: Your local region.

    Time Zone: Your local time zone.

  4. Click Next.

  5. On the Novell iPrint Appliance Network Settings page, specify the following information:

    Hostname: The fully qualified DNS host name associated with the appliance’s IP address. For example, myiPrint.mynetwork.example.com.

    IP Address: The static IP address for the appliance. For example, 172.17.2.3.

    Network Mask: The network mask associated with the appliance’s IP address. For example, 255.255.255.0.

    Gateway: The IP address of the gateway on the subnet where your iPrint virtual appliance is located. For example, 172.17.2.254.

    DNS Servers: The IP address of a primary DNS server for your network. For example, 172.17.1.1.

    Domain Search: The domain where the iPrint Appliance is located. For example, mynetwork.example.com.

  6. Click Next.

  7. Select the Hard Drive.

    If you created a secondary VMware hard drive for this appliance, it is automatically detected and sdb is displayed as the hard drive. If you have not created a secondary VMware hard drive, sda is chosen as the default partition.

    If you have added a secondary hard drive, specify the following options:

    Hard Drive: Select the hard drive you are using.

    Create a new partition: Select this option to create a new partition.

    Filesystem type: Specify the type of file system.

  8. Click Configure.

    If you have not created a secondary hard drive, you will notice a warning message. You can change the settings by clicking Power Off Virtual Machine, or you can choose to continue the installation by clicking Continue.

    The iPrint Appliance installation process begins. A message stating, “The system is ready for appliance configuration” is displayed. After the installation is complete, a URL and an IP address to access the iPrint Appliance Management Console is displayed. Using a Web browser, navigate to the Management Console URL.

    NOTE:Ignore the WARNING message that is displayed in the command prompt.

The iPrint Appliance installation is now complete. You must configure iPrint Appliance before you can start printing. Continue with Section 5.0, Configuring Print System.