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User Guide for Cisco Security Manager 4.4
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Chapter1 Getting Started with Security Manager
Logging In to and Exiting Security Manager
•Event Viewer—Events that include IPv6 addresses are supported, and the addresses are displayed
in the same columns as IPv4 addresses: Source, Destination, and IPLog Address (for IPS alerts).
However, you must configure the device to use IPv4 for sending events to the Security Manager
server. All event communications use IPv4 transport. For more information on Event Viewer, see
Chapter 66, “Viewing Events”.
•Report Manager—Reports include statistics for IPv6 events collected by Event Management. For
more information on Report Manager, see Chapter 67, “Managing Reports”.

Policy Object Changes in Security Manager 4.4

Certain changes were made to a few policies and policy objects in Security Manager 4.4, in order to unify
previously separate IPv4 and IPv6 elements. The most important of these changes are to the
Networks/Hosts object (which itself represents a unification of the Networks/Hosts and the
Networks/Hosts-IPv6 objects):
•The new Networks/Hosts object “All-IPv4-Addresses” replaces the IPv4 “any” network policy
object. If you upgrade to Security Manager 4.4 from a previous version, all references to the IPv4
“any” network policy object will be changed to “All-IPv4-Addresses.”
•The new Networks/Hosts object “All-IPv6-Addresses” replaces the IPv6 “any” network policy
object. If you upgrade to Security Manager 4.4 from a previous version, all references to the IPv6
“any” network policy object will be changed to “All-IPv6-Addresses.”
•The new Networks/Hosts object “All-Addresses” does not have a corresponding policy object in
earlier versions of Security Manager. It is a new global “any” policy object, and it encompasses all
IPv4 and IPv6 address ranges.
Other related changes include unification of IPv4 and IPv6 versions of device-specific policies such as
Access Rules, Inspection Rules, and so on.
Further, when editing policies and objects, IPv4, IPv6, or mixed-mode (both IPv4 and IPv6) entries are
automatically filtered in elements, such as dialog boxes, in which one or more of those entries is not
appropriate to that element.
Related Topics
•Policy Object Manager, page 6-4
•Understanding Networks/Hosts Objects, page 6-74
Logging In to and Exiting Security Manager
Security Manager has two main interfaces:
•Cisco Security Management Suite home page—Use this interface to install the Security Manager
client and to manage the server. You can also access other CiscoWorks applications you installed,
such as Resource Manager Essentials (RME).
•Security Manager clients—Use these interfaces to perform most Security Manager tasks. You can
log directly into any of five client applications: Configuration Manager, Event Viewer, Report
Manager, Health & Performance Monitor, and Image Manager.
These topics describe how to log in to and exit these interfaces:
•Understanding User Permissions, page 1-10
•Logging In to the Cisco Security Management Suite Server, page1-10