Chapter 18 Configuring the ASA 5500-X IPS SSP

allocate-ips

Command History

Release

Modification

 

8.0(2)

This command was introduced.

 

 

 

Usage Guidelines You can assign one or more IPS virtual sensors to each context. Then, when you configure the context to send traffic to the ASA 5500-X IPS SSP using the ips command, you can specify a sensor that is assigned to the context; you cannot specify a sensor that you did not assign to the context. If you do not assign any sensors to a context, then the default sensor configured on the ASA 5500-X IPS SSP is used. You can assign the same sensor to multiple contexts.

Note You do not need to be in multiple context mode to use virtual sensors; you can be in single mode and use different sensors for different traffic flows.

Examples

The following example assigns sensor1 and sensor2 to context A, and sensor1 and sensor3 to context B.

 

Both contexts map the sensor names to “ips1” and “ips2.” In context A, sensor1 is set as the default

 

sensor, but in context B, no default is set so the default that is configured on the ASA 5500-X IPS SSP

 

is used.

 

hostname(config-ctx)# context A

 

hostname(config-ctx)#allocate-interface gigabitethernet0/0.100 int1

 

hostname(config-ctx)#allocate-interface gigabitethernet0/0.102 int2

 

hostname(config-ctx)#allocate-interface gigabitethernet0/0.110-gigabitethernet0/0.115

 

int3-int8

 

hostname(config-ctx)#allocate-ips sensor1 ips1 default

 

hostname(config-ctx)#allocate-ips sensor2 ips2

 

hostname(config-ctx)#config-url ftp://user1:passw0rd@10.1.1.1/configlets/test.cfg

 

hostname(config-ctx)# member gold

 

hostname(config-ctx)# context sample

 

hostname(config-ctx)#allocate-interface gigabitethernet0/1.200 int1

 

hostname(config-ctx)#allocate-interface gigabitethernet0/1.212 int2

 

hostname(config-ctx)#allocate-interface gigabitethernet0/1.230-gigabitethernet0/1.235

 

int3-int8

 

hostname(config-ctx)#allocate-ips sensor1 ips1

 

hostname(config-ctx)#allocate-ips sensor3 ips2

 

hostname(config-ctx)#config-url ftp://user1:passw0rd@10.1.1.1/configlets/sample.cfg

 

hostname(config-ctx)# member silver

Related Commands

Command

Description

 

context

Creates a security context in the system configuration and enters context

 

 

configuration mode.

 

 

 

 

ips

Diverts traffic to the ASA 5500-X IPS SSP for inspection.

 

 

 

 

show context

Shows a list of contexts (system execution space) or information about the

 

 

current context.

 

 

 

 

show ips

Shows the virtual sensors configured on the ASA 5500-X IPS SSP.

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Sensor CLI Configuration Guide for IPS 7.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IPS4510K9 specifications

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