Appendix C Obtaining Software

Obtaining a License Key From Cisco.com

Note You must have the correct IPS device serial number and product identifier (PID) because the license key only functions on the device with that number.

Step 4 Save the license key to a system that has a Web server, FTP server, or SCP server.

Step 5 Log in to the CLI using an account with administrator privileges.

Step 6 Copy the license key to the sensor.

sensor# copy scp://user@192.168.1.2/24://tftpboot/dev.lic license-key

Password: *******

Step 7 Verify the sensor is licensed.

Note The CLI output is an example of what your configuration may look like. It will not match exactly due to the optional setup choices, sensor model, and IPS 7.1 version you have installed.

sensor# show version Application Partition:

Cisco Intrusion Prevention System, Version 7.1(3)E4

Host:

 

 

 

Realm

Keys

key1.0

 

Signature

Definition:

 

 

Signature Update

S605.0

2011-10-25

OS Version:

2.6.29.1

 

Platform:

 

ASA5585-SSP-IPS10

 

Serial Number:

123456789AB

 

No license present

 

 

Sensor up-time is 12 days.

 

Using 4395M out of 5839M bytes of available memory (75% usage)

system is

using 26.2M out of 160.0M bytes of available disk space (16% usage)

application-data is

using 69.6M

out

of

171.6M

bytes

of

available disk

space (43%

usage)

boot is using 57.3M

out of 70.5M bytes

of available

disk space (86% usage)

 

application-log is using 494.0M

out

of

513.0M

bytes

of

available disk

space (96%

usage)

MainApp

 

S-2011_NOV_16_00_20_7_1_3_46

(Release)

2011-11-16T00:23:0

6-0600

Running

 

 

 

AnalysisEngine

S-2011_NOV_16_00_20_7_1_3_46

(Release)

2011-11-16T00:23:0

6-0600

Running

 

 

 

CollaborationApp

S-2011_NOV_16_00_20_7_1_3_46

(Release)

2011-11-16T00:23:0

6-0600

Running

 

 

 

CLI

 

S-2011_NOV_16_00_20_7_1_3_46

(Release)

2011-11-16T00:23:0

6-0600

 

 

 

 

Upgrade History:

 

 

 

IPS-K9-7.1-3-E4

00:30:07 UTC Wed Nov 16 2011

 

 

Recovery Partition Version 1.1 - 7.1(3)E4

Host Certificate Valid from: 16-Nov-2011 to 16-Nov-2013 sensor#

 

 

Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Appliance and Module Installation Guide for IPS 7.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OL-24002-01

 

 

C-13

 

 

 

 

 

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IPS4520K9 specifications

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