Cisco Cisco IPS 4255 Sensor

If necessary, import the new SSL certificate for the upgraded sensor in to each tool being used to monitor 
the sensor.

For the procedure for configuring TLS/SSL, for the CLI refer to 

, and for IME refer to 

IDM is a web-based, Java Web Start application that enables you to configure and manage your sensor. 
The web server for IDM resides on the sensor. You can access it through Internet Explorer or Firefox 
web browsers.

To log in to IDM, follow these steps:

Open a web browser and enter the sensor IP address. A Security Alert dialog box appears.

IDM is already installed on the sensor.

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).

Click Yes to accept the security certificate. The Cisco IPS Device Manager Version 6.1 window appears.

To launch IDM, click Run IDM. The JAVA loading message box appears, and then the Warning - 
Security dialog box appears.

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.

To create a shortcut for IDM, click Yes. The Cisco IDM Launcher dialog box appears.

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.

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:

Please wait while IDM is loading the current configuration from the sensor.

The main window of IDM appears.