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Sensor Initial Configuration Tasks
Sensor Initial Configuration Tasks
Initializing the Sensor
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Cisco Intrusion Detection System Appliance and Module Installation and Configuration Guide Version 4.1
10-2
This section describes the configuration tasks you need to perform before
configuring intrusion detection on your sensor.
This section contains the following topics:
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Initializing the Sensor, page 10-2
Assigning and Enabling the Sensing Interface, page 10-9
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Sensing Interfaces, page 10-11
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Creating the Service Account, page 10-12
Logging in to the Sensor, page 10-14
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Changing a Password, page 10-15
Adding a User, page 10-16
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Removing a User, page 10-17
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Adding Trusted Hosts, page 10-18
Adding Known Hosts to the SSH Known Hosts List, page 10-19
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Configuring the Sensor to Use an NTP Server as its Time Source, page 10-21
Configuring a Cisco Router to be an NTP Server, page 10-22
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After you have installed the sensors on your network, you must initialize them
using the setup command.
If you have an IDS-4235 or IDS-4250, check to see what version BIOS you have.
If it is earlier than A04, you must apply the BIOS upgrade before installing
version 4.1 software. See
For support reasons, you should set up the service account after initializing the
sensor. See
Creating the Service Account, page
Chapter 10
Upgrading the BIOS, page
Configuring the Sensor Using the CLI
5-7, for the procedure.
10-12, for the procedure.
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