Connect HIPswitches to the Conductor

This guidance will help you understand how to set up and manage HIPswitches. Before you begin, ensure that you already have the Conductor set up. You will be able to connect the devices that you want to protect to the HIPswitch after it is set up.

Note: Please refer to the HIPswitch Platform Guide that shipped with your model for additional information and physical port locations.

Once the HIPswitch is configured to connect to the Conductor, connect the HIPswitch to the underlay on Port 1, or the designated underlay port for your model.

After fully configuring a HIPswitch, you can view basic configuration information by navigating to the HIPservices tab and selecting a HIPswitch. The following information about the HIPswitch is available:
  • Overlay networks it belongs to
  • IP address
  • UID (unique ID)
  • serial number
  • model
  • firmware revision
  • user authentication (disabled by default)
  • encryption (AES-256 (default), AES-128, AES-256 with compression)