Cisco Cisco Prime Security Manager 9.0 Installation Guide

The Cisco Prime Security Manager UCS Server Appliance consists of the following components: 

The Cisco UCS C220 Server is pre-configured with the required hard drives, RAM, and other 
components. 

The server comes with all the parts shipped with a standard UCS server.

VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) and its license is already installed on the appliance.

You must also install the VMware vSphere Client, which you can download from the appliance to your 
workstation. Your workstation should have at least 2 GB RAM. You can determine the exact VMware 
version using the Help > About VMware command from this client.

Cisco Prime Security Manager is a network security management application used to manage multiple 
ASA and CX devices. (CX devices are also known as Cisco ASA Next-Generation Firewall Services and 
Cisco ASA CX Context-Aware Security.)

Cisco Prime Security Manager is installed as a virtual machine (VM) running under VMware. Although 
the software is already installed, you will need to configure its basic settings and install the PRSM 
license.

Your Cisco Prime Security Manager license is provided in paper format as a Cisco Software License 
Claim Certificate and is packed in your shipping carton along with the appliance.

Before you start installing the appliance, do the following:

Please read the document Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco UCS 
C-Series Servers at the following URL: 

For VMware performance best practices, refer to the following document: 

. You can search the VMware site 

for more best practices documents. 

Use the Cisco Software License Claim Certificate to obtain the .lic license file. You will upload this 
to the PRSM server.