Hardware reference guide

52 GlobalProtect Administrator’s Guide
Deploy the GlobalProtect Client Software Set Up the GlobalProtect Infrastructure
Step 3 Download the agent. 1. Click the link that corresponds to the operating system you are
running on your computer to begin the download.
2. When prompted to run or save the software, click
Run.
3. When prompted, click
Run to launch the GlobalProtect Setup
Wizard.
Note When initially installing the GlobalProtect agent software
on the client system, the end user must be logged in to the
system using an account that has administrative privileges.
Subsequent agent software updates do not require
administrative privileges.
Step 4 Complete the GlobalProtect agent setup. 1. From the GlobalProtect Setup Wizard, click
Next.
2. Click
Next to accept the default installation folder
(
C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\GlobalProtect)
or
Browse to choose a new location and then click Next twice.
3. After the installation successfully completes, click
Close. The
GlobalProtect agent will automatically start.
Step 5 Log in to GlobalProtect. When prompted, enter your
User Name and Password and then
click
Apply. If authentication is successful, the agent will connect to
GlobalProtect. Use the agent to access resources on the corporate
network as well as external resources, as defined in the
corresponding security polices.
To deploy the agent to end users, create client configurations for the
user groups for which you want to enable access and set the
Agent
Upgrade
settings appropriately and then communicate the portal
address. See Define the GlobalProtect Client Configurations for
details on setting up client configurations.
Test the Agent Installation (Continued)