Cisco Cisco FirePOWER Appliance 7020
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FireSIGHT System User Guide
Chapter 50 Managing System Policies
Applying a System Policy
You can compare two system policies or two revisions of the same system policy, subject to the system
policies you can access. This allows you to review policy changes for compliance with your
organization’s standards, or for optimization of system performance. To quickly compare your active
system policy to another, you can select the
policies you can access. This allows you to review policy changes for compliance with your
organization’s standards, or for optimization of system performance. To quickly compare your active
system policy to another, you can select the
Running Configuration
option. Optionally, after you compare,
you can generate a PDF report to record the differences between the system policies or system policy
revisions.
revisions.
There are two tools you can use to compare system policies or system policy revisions:
•
The comparison view displays the differences between two system policies or system policy
revisions in a side-by-side format. The name of each policy or policy revision appears in the title bar
on the left and right sides of the comparison view.
revisions in a side-by-side format. The name of each policy or policy revision appears in the title bar
on the left and right sides of the comparison view.
You can use this to view and navigate both policy revisions on the web interface, with their
differences highlighted.
differences highlighted.
•
The comparison report creates a record of the differences between two system policies or system
policy revisions in a format similar to the system policy report, but in PDF format.
policy revisions in a format similar to the system policy report, but in PDF format.
You can use this to save, copy, print, and share your policy comparisons for further examination.
Using the System Policy Comparison View
License:
Any
The comparison view displays both system policies or policy revisions in a side-by-side format, with
each policy or policy revision identified by name in the title bar on the left and right sides of the
comparison view. For all revisions, the system policy comparison view displays the time of last
modification and the last user to the right of the policy name.
each policy or policy revision identified by name in the title bar on the left and right sides of the
comparison view. For all revisions, the system policy comparison view displays the time of last
modification and the last user to the right of the policy name.
Differences between the two system policies or policy revisions are highlighted:
•
Blue indicates that the highlighted setting is different in the two policies or policy revisions, and the
difference is noted in red text.
difference is noted in red text.
•
Green indicates that the highlighted setting appears in one policy or policy revision, but not the
other.
other.
You can perform any of the actions in the following table.
Table 50-1
System Policy Comparison View Actions
To...
You can...
navigate individually
through changes
through changes
select
Previous
or
Next
above the title bar.
The double-arrow icon (
) centered between the left and right sides moves, and the
Difference
number adjusts to identify which difference you are viewing.
generate a new system
policy comparison view
policy comparison view
select
New Comparison
.
The
Select Comparison
window appears. See
information.
generate a system policy
comparison report
comparison report
select
Comparison Report
.
The system policy comparison report is a PDF that contains information identical to the system
policy comparison view.
policy comparison view.