Cisco Cisco IPS 4255 Sensor

You are prompted for a password. You must add the remote host to the SSH known hosts list.

http:—Source URL for the web server. The syntax for this prefix is:

http://[[username@]location][/directory]/filename

The directory specification should be an absolute path to the desired file.

https:—Source URL for the web server. The syntax for this prefix is:

https://[[username@]location][/directory]/filename

The directory specification should be an absolute path to the desired file. The remote host 
must be a TLS trusted host.

To install the license key, follow these steps:

Apply for the license key at this URL: 

In addition to a valid Cisco.com username and password, you must also have a Cisco Services 
for IPS service contract before you can apply for a license key. 

Fill in the required fields. Your Cisco IPS Signature Subscription Service license key will be sent by 
e-mail to the e-mail address you specified. 

You must have the correct IPS device serial number because the license key only functions on 
the device with that number.

Save the license key to a system that has a Web server, FTP server, or SCP server.

Log in to the CLI using an account with administrator privileges.

Copy the license key to the sensor.

sensor# copy scp://user@192.168.1.2/24://tftpboot/dev.lic license-key

Password: *******

Verify the sensor is licensed.

sensor# show version

Application Partition:

Cisco Intrusion Prevention System, Version 7.0(7)E4

Host:                                                         

    Realm Keys          key1.0                                

Signature Definition:                                         

    Signature Update    S615.0                   2012-01-03   

OS Version:             2.4.30-IDS-smp-bigphys                

Platform:               IPS-4260-K9                           

Serial Number:          AZBW5470014