Cisco Cisco IPS 4520 Sensor White Paper

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Intrusion Prevention

August 2012 Series

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Step 14:  

IDM applies your changes, and replies with a 

Reboot required

 

message. Click 

OK

.

Step 15:  

Repeat the steps in Option 1 for the IPS module in the resilient 

Cisco ASA firewall. There is no configuration synchronization between the 
two devices like there is between the ASA firewalls. 

Option 2.  Complete the basic configuration for IPS 4x00 Se-
ries Sensor appliance

Step 1:  

On the distribution switch to which the sensor’s monitoring ports 

are connected, in a command-line interface, enter the following:

interface 

 description 

 no switchport

 no ip address

 no shutdown

interface 

 description 

 no switchport

 no ip address

 no shutdown

monitor session 1 source interface 

monitor session 1 destination interface 

Step 2:  

HTTPS to the management IP address on the Cisco IPS appliance 

(Example: https://10.4.32.171) to launch IDM.

Step 3:  

Navigate to

Configuration > Sensor Setup > Startup Wizard

, and 

then click 

Launch Startup Wizard

.

Step 4:  

Review the Startup Wizard Introduction, and then click 

Next

.

Step 5:  

In 

Sensor Setup

, configure the DNS Primary server address, time 

zone, and NTP server address. If necessary for your time zone, select 

Enable Summertime

.

Step 6:  

Verify that the 

Authenticated NTP

 check box is clear, and then click 

Next

.

Step 7:  

On the 

Interface Summary

 page, click 

Next.