The Demo Mode installation creates a simulated network environment for evaluation.
Demo Mode installation is for evaluation only. The SMC in Demo mode cannot be used for traffic inspection and cannot be upgraded.
Steps
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Log on to the operating system with administrator rights in Windows or as the root user in Linux.
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Start the Installation Wizard from a .zip file or the Installation DVD.
Decompress the .zip file.
- On Windows, the executable is \Forcepoint_SMC_Installer\Windows-x64\setup.exe
- On Linux, the executable is /Forcepoint_SMC_Installer/Linux-x64/setup.sh
If the DVD is not automatically mounted in Linux, use the following command:
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
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Select the language for the installation, then click OK.
The language that you select is also set as the default language of the Management Client.
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Read the information on the Introduction page, then click Next.
Tip: Click Previous to go back to the previous page, or click Cancel to close the wizard.
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Select I accept the terms of the License Agreement, then click Next.
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(Optional) Select where to install the SMC, then click Next.
The default installation directory in Windows is
C:\Program Files\Forcepoint\SMC. Click
Choose to browse to a different installation
folder.
Note: If you install the SMC in C:\Program Files\Forcepoint\SMC, the installation creates an extra
C:\ProgramData\Forcepoint\SMC folder, which duplicates some of the folders in the installation directory and also contains some of the program data.
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(Linux only) Read the instructions about the hosts file, make any necessary configuration changes, then click Next.
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Select where to create shortcuts, then click Next.
These shortcuts can be used to manually start components and to run some maintenance tasks.
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Select Demo Mode as the installation type, then click Next.
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Select the Standard demo backup to simulate a standard preconfigured environment, then click Next.
You can also use the Select your own backup file option to create the simulation based on your environment.
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Read the description of the Demo Mode installation, then click Next.
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Check that the information in the Pre-Installation Summary is correct, then click
Install.
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When the installation has completed, click Done.
Result
The Management Client starts automatically, and the simulated environment is now ready for testing.