Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 2000 Technisches Handbuch

This document describes the initial setup of a FireSIGHT Management Center (also known as
Defense Center) that runs on VMware ESXi. A FireSIGHT Management Center allows you to
manage one or more FirePOWER Appliances, Next Generation Intrusion Prevention
System (NGIPS) Viirtual Appliances, and Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) with FirePOWER
Services.

Note: This document is a supplement of the FireSIGHT System Installation Guide and User
Guide. For an ESXi specific configuration and troubleshooting question, refer to the VMware
knowledge base and documentation.

The information on this document is based on these platforms:

Cisco FireSIGHT Management Center

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Cisco FireSIGHT Management Center Virtual Appliance

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VMware ESXI 5.0

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In this document, a "device" refers to these platforms:

Sourcefire FirePOWER 7000 Series Appliances and 8000 Series Appliances

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Sourcefire NGIPS Virtual Appliances for VMware ESXi

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Cisco ASA 5500-X Series with FirePOWER service

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The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of
the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is
live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.