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P-Series Installation and Operation Guide, version 2.3.1.2

Objectives

This document provides installation and operation instructions for the P-Series P10 appliance.

Audience

This guide is intended to be used by network engineers. The P10 is a Unix-based product that runs rule
management software based on Linux and FreeBSD. As such, understanding how to operate the appliance
requires a basic knowledge of Unix, including the vi editor.

Conventions

This document uses the following conventions to describe command syntax:

Preface

About this Guide

Convention

Description

keyword

Keywords are in bold and should be entered at the command prompt as listed.

parameter

Parameters are in italics and require a number or word to be entered at the command prompt.

{X}

Keywords and parameters within braces must be entered at the command prompt.

[X]

Keywords and parameters within brackets are optional.

x|y

Keywords and parameters separated by a bar require you to choose one.