Secure Firewall 6100 Threat Defense Getting Started: Firewall Management Center on a Local Management Network

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Cable and Register the Firewall

Updated: March 19, 2026

Overview

Connect your Secure Firewall 6100 to the network and register it to the manager.

Cable the firewall and then register the firewall to the Firewall Management Center.

    Cable the firewall

    Learn how to cable the Secure Firewall 6100 so you can complete the initial hardware setup and prepare required ports for network connectivity before configuration.

    Perform initial configuration

    How to use the CLI setup script to configure Secure Firewall 6100 management addressing and set up outside-interface manager access so you can register the device to the Firewall Management Center.

    Register the firewall with the Firewall Management Center

    How to add a device to the Firewall Management Center using the device hostname or IP address plus a registration key and NAT ID.