I've seen a few posts regarding this, but I think it's really bad documented by Cisco. When we opened a TAC to help us through it they didn't seem to know exactly what to do them selves. There was a lot of trial and error but we got there in the end, still we didn't know exactly what is the minimum requirement to be able to register the appliance and start systemsetup and in what order.
My guess is:
Set admin password
Configure network settings, IP, default Gateway and DNS
Register the appliance
Can anyone confirm this or correct the above? I am about to set up another one in the coming days. The reason for med to find the absolute minimum is that when you get to start systemsetup you'll have to set most settings again which is very boring.
I feel quiet stupid, but that's life
Michael