Chapter 11 Configuring External Product Interfaces

Adding External Product Interfaces and Posture ACLs

sensor(config)# service external-product-interface

Step 3 Add the CSA MC interface.

sensor(config-ext)#cisco-security-agents-mc-settings 209.165.200.225

sensor(config-ext-cis)#

Step 4 Enable receipt of information from the CSA MC.

sensor(config-ext-cis)# enabled yes

Step 5 Change the default port setting.

sensor(config-ext-cis)# port 80

Step 6 Configure the login settings:

a.Enter the username.

sensor(config-ext-cis)# username jsmith

b.Enter and confirm the password.

sensor(config-ext-cis)# password

Enter password[]: *******

Re-enter password: *******

sensor(config-ext-cis)#

Note Steps 7 through 10 are optional. If you do not perform Steps 7 though 10, the default values are used to receive all the CSA MC information with no filters applied.

Step 7 (Optional) Configure the watch list settings:

a.Allow the watch list information to be passed from the external product to the sensor.

sensor(config-ext-cis-wat)# enabled yes

Note If you do not enable the watch list, the watch list information received from a CSA MC is deleted.

b.Change the percentage of the manual watch list RR from the default of 25.

sensor(config-ext-cis-wat)# manual-rr-increase 30

c.Change the percentage of the session-based watch list RR from the default of 25.

sensor(config-ext-cis-wat)# session-rr-increase 30

d.Change the percentage of the packet-based watch list RR from the default of 10.

sensor(config-ext-cis-wat)# packet-rr-increase 20

Step 8 (Optional) Allow the host posture information to be passed from the external product to the sensor.

sensor(config-ext-cis)# host-posture-settingssensor(config-ext-cis-hos)# enabled yes

Note If you do not enable the host posture information, the host posture information received from a CSA MC is deleted.

 

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IPS4510K9 specifications

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