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Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Appliance and Module Installation Guide for IPS 7.1
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APPENDIX
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Initializing the Sensor
Contents
This chapter describes how to use the setup command to initialize the sensor, and contains the following
sections:
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Understanding Initialization, page B-1
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Simplified Setup Mode, page B-2
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System Configuration Dialog, page B-2
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Basic Sensor Setup, page B-4
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Advanced Setup, page B-7
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Verifying Initialization, page B-24
Understanding Initialization
After you install the sensor on your network, you must use the setup command to initialize it so that you
can communicate with it over the network. You cannot use the IDM or the IME to configure the sensor
until you initialize the sensor using the setup command.
With the setup command, you configure basic sensor settings, including the hostname, IP interfaces,
access control lists, global correlation servers, and time settings. You can continue using advanced setup
in the CLI to enable Telnet, configure the web server, and assign and enable virtual sensors and
interfaces, or you can use the Startup Wizard in the IDM or the IME. After you configure the sensor with
the setup command, you can change the network settings in the IDM or the IME.
Note
You must be administrator to use the setup command.