Cisco Systems 2.5 IDS Sensor Interface IP Address

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IDS Network Module Management
IDS NM Monitoring Interface Settings
This area of the window shows which router interfaces have traffic sent to the IDS
network module for monitoring.
Configure
Click to add or remove interfaces from this list. When you click Configure, Cisco
SDM verifies that the IDS Network Module has been configured, and that the
router has all the configuration settings necessary to communicate with the IDS
Network Module. If any configurations are not in place, Cisco SDM displays a
checklist showing you what has been configured and what has not been
configured. You can click on the items that have not been configured to complete
the configuration, and then have Cisco SDM reverify that these items have been
configured so that you can then add or remove interfaces from the IDS N etwork
Module Interface Settings list.
IDS Sensor Interface IP Address
Cisco SDM must communicate with the IDS network module using the IP address
of the module’s internal Fast Ethernet interface. This window appears when Cisco
SDM cannot detect this IP address, and enables you to supply one w ithout leaving
Cisco SDM to do so. If the IDS network module has been configured with a static
IP address, or configured as IP unnumbered to another interface with an IP
address, this window will not appear.
Entering an IP address in this window may create a new loopback interface.
Loopback interfaces can be displayed in the Interfaces and Connections window.
The IP address you enter will only be seen by the router. Therefore, it can be any
address you want to use.
A check mark icon next to the interface name indicates that the IDS
network module is monitoring the traffic on that interface.
A red icon with an X next to the interface name indicates that the IDS
network module is not monitoring the traffic on that interface.