Cisco Cisco IPS 4345 Sensor
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Release Notes for Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 7.1(3)E4
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Installing or Upgrading the IME
To log in to the IDM, follow these steps:
Step 1
Open a web browser and enter the sensor IP address. A Security Alert dialog box appears.
https://
sensor_ip_address
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 the IDM in the format
https://sensor_ip_address:port (for example, https://192.0.2.1:1040).
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 the IDM in the format
https://sensor_ip_address:port (for example, https://192.0.2.1:1040).
Step 2
Click Yes to accept the security certificate. The Cisco IPS Device Manager Version window appears.
Step 3
To launch the IDM, click Run IDM. The JAVA loading message box appears, and then the Warning -
Security dialog box appears.
Security 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 then the IDM on ip_address dialog box
appears.
Yes. The JAVA Web Start progress dialog box appears, and then the IDM on ip_address dialog box
appears.
Step 5
To create a shortcut for the IDM, click Yes. The Cisco IDM Launcher dialog box appears.
Note
You must have JRE 1.5 (JAVA 5) installed to create shortcuts for the IDM. If you have JRE 1.6
(JAVA 6) installed, the shortcut is created automatically.
(JAVA 6) installed, the shortcut is created automatically.
Step 6
To authenticate the IDM, enter your username and password, and click OK. Both the default username
and password are cisco. You were prompted to change the password during sensor initialization. The
IDM begins to load. If you change panes from Home to Configuration or Monitoring before the IDM has
completed initialization, a Status dialog box appears with the following message:
and password are cisco. You were prompted to change the password during sensor initialization. The
IDM begins to load. If you change panes from Home to Configuration or Monitoring before the IDM has
completed 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 the IDM appears.
Note
If you created a shortcut, you can launch the IDM by double-clicking the IDM shortcut icon. You
can also close the The Cisco IPS Device Manager Version window. After you launch the IDM,
it is not necessary for this window to remain open.
can also close the The Cisco IPS Device Manager Version window. After you launch the IDM,
it is not necessary for this window to remain open.
Installing or Upgrading the IME
This section describes how to install and upgrade the IME, and how to migrate data from IEV or a
previous version of IME.
previous version of IME.
Cisco IEV, Cisco IOS IPS, and CSM
If you have a version of Cisco IPS Event Viewer installed, the Install wizard prompts you to remove it
before installing the IME.
before installing the IME.