Chapter 4: Configuring the IDP Sensor
Table 13: Information Needed for ACM Configuration (continued)
Section | Configuration Information |
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Networking | Speed and duplex settings for IDP sensor interfaces. (Normally, these can be |
| set to |
| to be set manually.) |
| The VLAN interfaces you want to configure. |
| Virtual LANs are not available for transparent or sniffer mode, though |
| security policies can apply rules based on VLAN tagging in these modes. |
| The virtual router information you want to configure. |
| More information on virtual routers can be found in the |
| Manager Administrator’s Guide. |
| The IP address and netmask for the management interface. |
| Forwarding interface information, such as, which ports will be connected to |
| which external devices. |
| Routing table. |
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System | Enable/configure DNS. |
| This is optional. Set if you want the sensor to be able to do DNS lookups. |
| Time and time zone. |
| Enable/configure NTP. |
| This is optional. Set if you want the IDP device to get its time information |
| from an NTP server. |
| Enable/configure RADIUS support. |
| This is optional. Set if you want certain users to be authenticated using |
| RADIUS. You can enable RADIUS authentication for CLI access, ACM access, |
| or both. |
| Enable/configure SSH access. |
| This is optional. Set if you want to access the sensor using a terminal |
| window, or if you want to be able to upload upgrade files to the sensor. |
| See the ACM online help for more information on system settings. |
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Management | IP address of the primary and secondary NSM GUI servers for this sensor and |
| a |
| These values need to be set only if you are using the IP unreachable method |
| of adding devices to NSM. See the |
| Administrator’s Guide. |
| Enable/configure ACM access. |
| Set if you want ACM to start automatically when the sensor boots. |
| Otherwise, you have to start ACM from the command line before you access |
| it. |
| Instant Virtual Extranet (IVE) communications. |
| Select Reset IVE OTP if you want to generate a |
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| Complete information for configuring |
| documentation. |
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Done | View the current configuration and then save and apply the configuration to the |
| IDP sensor. (The Save Only option button tells the sensor to save the |
| configuration into a working file, but not to apply the configuration to the |
| sensor. The Save & Apply option button tell the sensor to apply the changes.) |
| You need to click Confirm Configuration, and then reboot the IDP sensor for |
| the changes to take effect. |
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