Cisco Cisco IPS 4255 Sensor
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Release Notes for Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 6.2(2)E4
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Installing or Upgrading Cisco IME and Migrating Data Into IME
sensor#
Step 7
Copy your license key from a sensor to a server to keep a backup copy of the license.
sensor# copy license-key scp://user@10.89.147.3://tftpboot/dev.lic
Password: *******
sensor#
For More Information
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For the procedure for adding remote hosts to the SSH known hosts list, for the CLI refer to
, and for IME refer
to
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For the procedure for adding trusted hosts, for the CLI refer to
, for IDM
Installing or Upgrading Cisco IME and Migrating Data Into IME
This section describes how to install and upgrade IME, and how to migrate data from IEV or a previous
version of IME.
version of IME.
Note
You can use IME 6.2 or 7.0 to monitor 6.2(1)E3 sensors.
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 IME.
before installing IME.
IME event monitoring is also supported in IOS-IPS versions that support the Cisco IPS 5.x/6.x signature
format. We recommend IOS-IPS 12.4(15)T4 if you intend to use IME to monitor an IOS IPS device.
Some of the new IME functionality including health monitoring is not supported.
format. We recommend IOS-IPS 12.4(15)T4 if you intend to use IME to monitor an IOS IPS device.
Some of the new IME functionality including health monitoring is not supported.
Caution
Do not install IME on top of existing installations of CSM. You must uninstall CSM before installing
IME. Do not install CSM on top of existing installations of IME.
IME. Do not install CSM on top of existing installations of IME.
Installation Notes and Caveats
Observe the following when installing or upgrading IME:
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You can install IME over all versions of IME but not over IEV. All alert database and user settings
are preserved.
are preserved.
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IME detects previous versions of IEV and prompts you to manually remove the older version before
installing IME or to install IME on another system. The installation program then stops.
installing IME or to install IME on another system. The installation program then stops.
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Make sure you close any open instances of IME before upgrading to a new version of IME.
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Disable any anti-virus or host-based intrusion detection software before beginning the installation,
and close any open applications. The installer spawns a command shell application that may trigger
your host-based detection software, which causes the installation to fail.
and close any open applications. The installer spawns a command shell application that may trigger
your host-based detection software, which causes the installation to fail.
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You must be administrator to install IME.