| 15.3 |  | Preparation for PDM |
| 15.3.2 |  | Configure a new PIX Security Appliance to use PDM |

| As stated in the previous section, a new PIX Security Appliance can be configured to work with PDM by using either the CLI or the startup dialog on the PIX. The previous section discussed configuring with the CLI. This section will examine the startup method.

An unconfigured PIX Security Appliance starts in an interactive setup dialog to enable administrators to perform the initial configuration required to use PDM. Administrators can also access the setup dialog by entering setup at the configuration mode prompt. The dialog will ask for the following information:

- Inside IP address
- Network mask
- Hostname
- Domain name
- PDM host

The hostname and domain name are used to generate the default certificate for the SSL connection.

The example in Figure shows how to respond to the setup command prompts. Pressing the Enter key instead of entering a value at the prompt accepts the default value within the brackets. Any fields that show no default values must be filled in. After the configuration is written to flash memory, the PIX Security Appliance is ready to start PDM.

The clock must be set for PDM to generate a valid certification. Set the PIX Security Appliance clock to UTC. The items listed in Figure 2 will explain each prompt in the setup dialog. Notice that the information requested at each prompt is very similar to the information that is entered when configuring the PIX using the CLI.