Cisco Cisco IPS 4255 Sensor
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Release Notes for Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 6.1(1)E2
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After Upgrading to Cisco IPS 6.1(1)E2
Note
IDM is already installed on the sensor.
Note
The default IP address is 192.168.1.2/24,192.168.1.1, which you change to reflect your network
environment when you initialize the sensor. When you change the web server port, you must
specify the port in the URL address of your browser when you connect to IDM in the format
https://sensor_ip_address:port (for example, https://10.1.9.201:1040).
environment when you initialize the sensor. When you change the web server port, you must
specify the port in the URL address of your browser when you connect to IDM in the format
https://sensor_ip_address:port (for example, https://10.1.9.201:1040).
Step 2
Click Yes to accept the security certificate. The Cisco IPS Device Manager Version 6.1 window appears.
Step 3
To launch IDM, click Run IDM. The JAVA loading message box appears, and the Warning - Security
dialog box appears.
dialog box appears.
Step 4
To verify the security certificate, check the Always trust content from this publisher check box, and click
Yes. The JAVA Web Start progress dialog box appears, and the IDM on ip_address dialog box appears.
Yes. The JAVA Web Start progress dialog box appears, and the IDM on ip_address dialog box appears.
Step 5
To create a shortcut for IDM, click Yes. The Cisco IDM Launcher dialog box appears.
Note
You must have JRE 1.4.2 or JRE 1.5 (JAVA 5) installed to create shortcuts for IDM. If you have
JRE 1.6 (JAVA 6) installed, the shortcut is created automatically.
JRE 1.6 (JAVA 6) installed, the shortcut is created automatically.
Step 6
To authenticate IDM, enter your username and password, and click OK. IDM begins to load. If you
change panes from Home to Configuration or Monitoring before IDM has complete initialization, a
Status dialog box appears with the following message:
change panes from Home to Configuration or Monitoring before IDM has complete initialization, a
Status dialog box appears with the following message:
Please wait while IDM is loading the current configuration from the sensor.
The main window of IDM appears.
Note
Both the default username and password are cisco. You were prompted to change the password
during sensor initialization.
during sensor initialization.
Note
If you created a shortcut, you can launch IDM by double-clicking the IDM shortcut icon. You
can also close the The Cisco IPS Device Manager Version 6.1 window. After you launch IDM,
is it not necessary for this window to remain open.
can also close the The Cisco IPS Device Manager Version 6.1 window. After you launch IDM,
is it not necessary for this window to remain open.
Licensing the Sensor
This section describes how to obtain a license key and how to license the sensor using the CLI, IDM, or
IME. It contains the following topics:
IME. It contains the following topics:
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