Command and Control Interface

Chapter 1 Introducing the Sensor

How the Sensor Functions

There are three interface roles:

•Command and control

•Sensing

•Alternate TCP reset

There are restrictions on which roles you can assign to specific interfaces and some interfaces have multiple roles. You can configure any sensing interface to any other sensing interface as its TCP reset interface. The TCP reset interface can also serve as an IDS (promiscuous) sensing interface at the same time. The following restrictions apply:

•The TCP reset interface that is assigned to a sensing interface has no effect in inline interface or inline VLAN pair mode, because TCP resets are always sent on the sensing interfaces in those modes.

•There is only one sensing interface on the ASA IPS modules (ASA 5500 AIP SSM,

ASA 5500-X IPS SSP and ASA 5585-X IPS SSP), so you cannot designate an alternate TCP reset interface.

•On the IPS 4510 and IPS 4520, no interface-related configurations are allowed when the SensorApp is down.

The command and control interface has an IP address and is used for configuring the sensor. It receives security and status events from the sensor and queries the sensor for statistics. The command and control interface is permanently enabled. It is permanently mapped to a specific physical interface, which depends on the specific model of sensor. You cannot use the command and control interface as either a sensing or alternate TCP reset interface.

Table 1-1lists the command and control interfaces for each sensor.

	Table 1-1	Command and Control Interfaces

	Sensor		Command and Control Interface

	ASA 5500 AIP SSM-10		GigabitEthernet 0/0

	ASA 5500 AIP SSM-20		GigabitEthernet 0/0

	ASA 5500 AIP SSM-40		GigabitEthernet 0/0

	ASA 5512-X IPS SSP		Management 0/0

	ASA 5515-X IPS SSP		Management 0/0

	ASA 5525-X IPS SSP		Management 0/0

	ASA 5545-X IPS SSP		Management 0/0

	ASA 5555-X IPS SSP		Management 0/0

	ASA 5585-X IPS SSP-10		Management 0/0

	ASA 5585-X IPS SSP-20		Management 0/0

	ASA 5585-X IPS SSP-40		Management 0/0

	ASA 5585-X IPS SSP-60		Management 0/0

	IPS 4240		Management 0/0

	IPS 4255		Management 0/0

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IPS4520K9 specifications

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Cisco Systems IPS4520K9 manual Sensor Command and Control Interface

Models: IPS4520K9