Configuring the Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Sensor Using the Command Line Interface 7.0 - Configuring NME-IPS [Cisco IPS 4200 Series Sensors]

Table Of Contents

Configuring NME-IPS

NME-IPS Configuration Sequence

Verifying Installation and Finding the Serial Number

NME-IPS Hardware Interfaces

Setting Up Interfaces on NME-IPS and the Router

NME-IPS Interface Configuration Sequence

Advantages of NAT

ARC and NAT

Configuring the IDS-Sensor Interfaces on the Router

Configuring Monitoring on the Router Interface

Establishing Sessions

Opening and Closing a Session

Displaying the Status of NME-IPS

Enabling and Disabling Heartbeat Reset

Rebooting, Resetting, and Shutting Down NME-IPS

NME-IPS Status Monitoring

Rebooting, Resetting, and Shutting Down NME-IPS

New and Modified Commands

interface ids-sensor

interface interface_name

service-module ids-sensor

service-module ids-sensor bootmode

Configuring NME-IPS

Note All IPS platforms allow ten concurrent CLI sessions.

This chapter describes how to configure NME-IPS and get it ready to receive IPS traffic. After that you are ready to configure intrusion prevention.This chapter contains the following sections:

•NME-IPS Configuration Sequence

•Verifying Installation and Finding the Serial Number

•NME-IPS Hardware Interfaces

•Setting Up Interfaces on NME-IPS and the Router

•Establishing Sessions

•Opening and Closing a Session

•Displaying the Status of NME-IPS

•Enabling and Disabling Heartbeat Reset

•Rebooting, Resetting, and Shutting Down NME-IPS

•New and Modified Commands

NME-IPS Configuration Sequence

Perform the following tasks to configure NME-IPS:

1. Set up the interfaces.

2. Log in to NME-IPS.

3. Initialize NME-IPS.

Run the setup command to initialize NME-IPS.

4. Configure NME-IPS to capture traffic for intrusion prevention.

5. Create the service account.

Caution You should carefully consider whether you want to create a service account. The service account provides shell access to the system, which makes the system vulnerable. However, you can use the service account to create a new password if the admininstrator password is lost. Analyze your situation to decide if you want a service account existing on the system.

6. Perform the other initial tasks, such as adding users, trusted hosts, and so forth.

7. Configure intrusion prevention.

8. Configure global correlation.

9. Perform administrative tasks to keep your NME-IPS running smoothly.

10. Upgrade the IPS software with new signature updates and service packs.

11. Reimage the boot helper and bootloader when needed.

For More Information

•For the procedure for setting up interfaces, see Setting Up Interfaces on NME-IPS and the Router.

•For the procedure for logging in to NME-IPS, see Logging In to NME-IPS, page 2-8.

•For the procedure for running the setup command on NME-IPS, see Advanced Setup for NME-IPS, page 3-24.

•For the procedure for creating the service account, see Creating the Service Account, page 4-15.

•For the procedures for setting up the sensor, see Chapter 4, "Setting Up the Sensor."

•For the procedures for configuring intrusion prevention, see Chapter 9, "Configuring Anomaly Detection," Chapter 7, "Configuring Event Action Rules," Chapter 8, "Defining Signatures," and Chapter 14, "Configuring Attack Response Controller for Blocking and Rate Limiting."

•For the procedures for configuring global correlation, see Chapter 10, "Configuring Global Correlation."

•For the procedures to keep your sensor running smoothly, see Chapter 17, "Administrative Tasks for the Sensor."

•For more information on obtaining Cisco IPS software, see Obtaining Cisco IPS Software, page 22-1.

•For the procedure for reimaging NME-IPS, see Installing the NME-IPS System Image, page 23-40.

Verifying Installation and Finding the Serial Number

Use the show inventory command in privileged EXEC mode to verify the installation of NME-IPS.

Note You can also use this command to find the serial number of your NME-IPS for use in troubleshooting with TAC. The serial number appears in the PID line, for example, SN: FHH1117001R.

To verify the installation of NME-IPS, follow these steps:

Step 1 Log in to the router.

Step 2 Enter privileged EXEC mode on the router.
router> enable
Step 3 Verify that NME-IPS is part of the router inventory.
router# show inventory
NAME: "3845 chassis", DESCR: "3845 chassis"
PID: CISCO3845         , VID: V01 , SN: FTX1002C255
NAME: "c3845 Motherboard with Gigabit Ethernet on Slot 0", DESCR: "c3845 Motherboard with 
Gigabit Ethernet"
PID: CISCO3845-MB      , VID: V03 , SN: FOC09514J4Y
NAME: "4 Port FE Switch on Slot 0 SubSlot 0", DESCR: "4 Port FE Switch"
PID: HWIC-4ESW         , VID: V01 , SN: FOC1102394U
NAME: "High Speed WAN Interface Card - 1 Port Gigabit Ethernet on Slot 0 SubSlot
 3", DESCR: "High Speed WAN Interface Card - 1 Port Gigabit Ethernet"
PID: HWIC-1GE-SFP      , VID: V01 , SN: FOC10164DAR
NAME: "1000BASE-T SFP", DESCR: "1000BASE-T SFP"
PID: SP7041            , VID: C  , SN: 00000MTC101608RB
NAME: "Cisco Intrusion Prevention System NM on Slot 2", DESCR: "Cisco Intrusion
Prevention System NM"
PID: NME-IPS-K9        , VID: V01, SN: FHH1117001R
router#
NME-IPS Hardware Interfaces

Figure 21-1 shows the router and NME-IPS interfaces used for internal and external communication. You can configure the router interfaces through the Cisco IOS CLI and the NME-IPS interfaces through the IPS CLI, IDM, IME, or CSM.

Figure 21-1 NME-IPS and Router Interfaces

1

Router interface to external link

Configure the standard router settings using the Cisco IOS CLI.

2

Router interface to NME-IPS (ids-sensor x/0)

Configure the IP address and default gateway router of NME-IPS using the Cisco IOS CLI.

3

NME-IPS interface to router (GigabitEthernet0/1)

Configure the interface as inline or promiscuous using the Cisco IOS CLI.

4

NME-IPS interface to external link (Management0/1)

Configure the command and control interface using the IPS CLI, IDM, IME, or CSM.

Setting Up Interfaces on NME-IPS and the Router

This section describes how to set up interfaces on NME-IPS and the router, contains the following topics:

•NME-IPS Interface Configuration Sequence

•Advantages of NAT

•ARC and NAT

•Configuring the IDS-Sensor Interfaces on the Router

•Configuring Monitoring on the Router Interface

NME-IPS Interface Configuration Sequence

Follow this sequence to set up interfaces on NME-IPS and the router:

1. Configure the IPS command and control interface on the router, and the NME-IPS IP address, mask, and gateway.

2. Enable the monitoring interface and specify whether it is promiscuous or inline, assign the ACL to the interface, specify how you want the router to handle traffic if the module fails, and create a monitoring ACL (optional).

3. Save the configuration.

For More Information

•For the procedure for configuring an unnumbered IP address on the IDS-Sensor interface, see Configuring the IDS-Sensor Interfaces on the Router.

•For the procedure for enabling the monitoring interface, see Configuring Monitoring on the Router Interface.

Advantages of NAT

NAT has the following advantages:

•You can use private IP addresses on your inside networks. Private IP addresses are not routable on the Internet.

•NAT hides the local IP addresses from other networks, so attackers cannot learn the real IP address of a host.

•NAT can resolve IP routing problems by supporting overlapping IP addresses.

For More Information

For information on how ARC and NAT operate together, see ARC and NAT.

ARC and NAT

If you use NAT to establish management access to NME-IPS, ARC on NME-IPS does not know the external IP address of NME-IPS. To make sure that management access to NME-IPS is not interrupted by devices that NME-IPS is managing, you must state the NAT address of NME-IPS every time you add a blocking device.

For More Information

•For more information on ARC, see Chapter 14, "Configuring Attack Response Controller for Blocking and Rate Limiting."

•For the procedures for configuring the NME-IPS NAT address every time you add a blocking device, see the following procedures:

–Configuring the Sensor to Manage Cisco Routers, page 14-23

–Configuring the Sensor to Manage Catalyst 6500 Series Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers, page 14-26

–Configuring the Sensor to Manage Cisco Firewalls, page 14-28

Configuring the IDS-Sensor Interfaces on the Router

To configure NME-IPS interfaces, follow these steps:

Step 1 Log in to the router.

Step 2 Enter privileged EXEC mode on the router.
router> enable
Step 3 Confirm the module slot number in your router.
router# show run | include ids-sensor
interface IDS-Sensor1/0
router#
Step 4 Enable the CEF switching path.
router> configuration terminal
router(config)# ip cef
router(config)#
Step 5 Create a loopback interface.
router(config)# interface loopback 0
router(config-if)#
Step 6 Assign an IP address and netmask to the loopback interface.
router(config-if)# ip address 10.99.99.99 255.255.255.255
router(config-if)# exit
router(config)#
Note You must assign an IP address to the internal interface of NME-IPS to session in to NME-IPS. Choose a network that does not overlap with any networks assigned to the other interfaces in the router.

Step 7 Assign an unnumbered loopback interface to the IDS-Sensor interface. Use slot 1 for this example.
router(config)# interface ids-sensor 1/0
router(config-if)# ip unnumbered Loopback 0
router(config-if)#
Step 8 Activate the port.
router(config-if)# no shutdown
router(config-if)#
Step 9 Exit configuration mode.
router(config-if)# end
Step 10 Write the configuration to NVRAM.
router# write memory
Building configuration
[OK]
You are now ready to initialize NME-IPS and configure intrusion prevention.

For More Information

•For more information on sessioning from the router to NME-IPS and exiting sessions, see Establishing Sessions.

•For the procedure for using the setup command to initialize NME-IPS, see Advanced Setup for NME-IPS, page 3-24.

•For the procedures for configuring intrusion prevention, refer to the following IPS guides:

–Installing and Using Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Device Manager Version 7.0

–Installing and Using Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Manager Express 7.0

–Configuring the Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Sensor Using the Command Line Interface 7.0

Configuring Monitoring on the Router Interface

To configure the router interface to be monitored, follow these steps:

Step 1 Log in to the router.

Step 2 Enter privileged EXEC mode on the router.
router> enable
Step 3 (Optional) Configure a monitoring access list on the router.
router(config)# access-list 101 permit tcp any eq www any
You can set up a standard access list and apply it to filter what type of traffic you want to inspect. A matched ACL causes traffic not to be inspected for that ACL. This example bypasses inspection of HTTP traffic only. Refer to your Cisco IOS Command Reference for more information on the options for the access-list command.

Step 4 Enable monitoring on the interface in either inline or promiscuous mode and associate the access list.
router(config)# interface monitored_interface
router(config-if)# ids-service-module monitoring [inline | promiscuous] access-list 101
router(config-if)# exit
router(config)#
Note Associating the access list with the interface further controls what traffic is sent to NME-IPS.

Step 5 (For inline mode) Confirm the module slot number in your router.
router# show run | include ids-sensor
interface IDS-Sensor1/0
router#
Step 6 (For inline mode) Specify how the router handles traffic inspection during a module failure.
router(config)# interface ids-sensor 1/0
router(config-if)# service-module [fail-close | fail-open]
router(config-if)#
The default is fail-open.

Note The fail-close option means that if NME-IPS fails, then the router does not let traffic pass. The fail-open option means if NME-IPS fails, the router lets traffic pass, but it is not inspected by the IPS.

Step 7 Exit configuration mode.
router(config-if)# exit
router(config)# exit
router#
Step 8 Write the configuration to NVRAM.
router# write memory
Building configuration
[OK]
For More Information

•For more information on promiscuous mode, see Configuring Promiscuous Mode, page 6-15.

•For more information on inline interface mode, see Configuring Inline Interface Mode, page 6-16.

Establishing Sessions

Because NME-IPS does not have an external console port, console access to NME-IPS is enabled when you issue the service-module ids-sensor slot/port session command on the router, or when you initiate a Telnet connection into the router with the slot number corresponding to the NME-IPS port number. The lack of an external console port means that the initial bootup configuration is possible only through the router.

When you issue the service-module ids-sensor slot/port session command, you create a console session with NME-IPS, in which you can issue any IPS configuration commands. After completing work in the session and exiting the IPS CLI, you are returned to the Cisco IOS CLI.

The session command starts a reverse Telnet connection using the IP address of the IDS-Sensor interface. The IDS-Sensor interface is an interface between NME-IPS and the router. You must assign an IP address to the IDS-Sensor interface before invoking the session command. Assigning a routable IP address can make the IDS-Sensor interface itself vulnerable to attacks, because NME-IPS is visible on the network through that routable IP address, meaning you can communicate with NME-IPS outside the router. To counter this vulnerability, assign an unnumbered IP address to the IDS-Sensor interface. Then the NME-IPS IP address is only used locally between the router and NME-IPS, and is isolated for the purposes of sessioning in to NME-IPS.

Note Before you install your application software or reimage the module, opening a session brings up the bootloader. After you install the software, opening a session brings up the application.

Caution If you session to the module and perform large console transfers, character traffic may be lost unless the host console interface speed is set to 115200/bps or higher. Use the show running config command to check that the speed is set to 115200/bps.

For More Information

For the procedure for configuring the IDS-Sensor interfaces, see Configuring the IDS-Sensor Interfaces on the Router.

Opening and Closing a Session

Note You must initialize NME-IPS (run the setup command) from the router. After networking is configured, SSH and Telnet are available.

Use the service-module ids-sensor slot/port session command to establish a session from NME-IPS to the module. Press Ctrl-Shift-6, then x, to return a session prompt to a router prompt, that is, to go from the NME-IPS prompt back to the router prompt. Press Enter on a blank line to go back to the session prompt, which is also the router prompt. You should only suspend a session to the router if you will be returning to the session after executing router commands. If you do not plan on returning to the NME-IPS session, you should close the session rather than suspend it.

When you close a session, you are logged completely out of the NME-IPS CLI and a new session connection requires a username and password to log in. A suspended session leaves you logged in to the CLI. When you connect with the session command, you can go back to the same CLI without having to provide your username and password.

Note Telnet clients vary. In some cases, you may have to press Ctrl-6 + x. The control character is specified as ^^, Ctrl-^, or ASCII value 30 (hex 1E).

Caution If you use the disconnect command to leave the session, the session remains running. The open session can be exploited by someone wanting to take advantage of a connection that is still in place.

To open and close sessions to NME-IPS, follow these steps:

Step 1 Log in to the router.

Step 2 Check the status of NME-IPS to make sure it is running.
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 status
Service Module is Cisco IDS-Sensor1/0
Service Module supports session via TTY line 130
Service Module is in Steady state
Service Module heartbeat-reset is disabled
Getting status from the Service Module, please wait..
Cisco Systems Intrusion Prevention System Network Module
  Software version:  6.2(1)E3
  Model:             NME-IPS
  Memory:            443508 KB
  Mgmt IP addr:      10.89.148.195
  Mgmt web ports:    443
  Mgmt TLS enabled:  true
router#
Step 3 Open a session from the router to NME-IPS.
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 session
Trying 10.89.148.195, 2322 ... Open
Step 4 Exit, or suspend and close the module session.

•sensor# exit
Note If you are in submodes of the IPS CLI, you must exit all submodes. Enter exit until the sensor login prompt appears.

Caution Failing to close a session properly makes it possible for others to exploit a connection that is still in place. Remember to enter exit at the router# prompt to close the Cisco IOS session completely.

•To suspend and close the session to NME-IPS, press Ctrl-Shift and press 6. Release all keys, and then press x.

Note When you are finished with a session, you need to return to the router to establish the association between a session (the IPS application) and the router interfaces you want to monitor.

Step 5 Disconnect from the router.
router# disconnect
Step 6 Press Enter to confirm the disconnection.
router# Closing connection to 10.89.148.196 [confirm] <Enter>
For More Information

For the procedure for initializing NME-IPS, see Advanced Setup for NME-IPS, page 3-24.

Displaying the Status of NME-IPS

Use the service-module ids-sensor slot/port status command in privileged EXEC mode to display the status and statistics of NME-IPS.

To display the status of NME-IPS, follow these steps:

Step 1 Log in to the router.

Step 2 Enter privileged EXEC mode on the router.
router> enable
Step 3 Display the status of NME-IPS.
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 status
Service Module is Cisco IDS-Sensor1/0
Service Module supports session via TTY line 130
Service Module is in Steady state
Service Module heartbeat-reset is disabled
Getting status from the Service Module, please wait..
Cisco Systems Intrusion Prevention System Network Module
  Software version:  7.0(1)E3
  Model:             NME-IPS
  Memory:            443508 KB
  Mgmt IP addr:      10.89.148.195
  Mgmt web ports:    443
  Mgmt TLS enabled:  true
router#
Enabling and Disabling Heartbeat Reset

Use the service-module ids-sensor slot/port heartbeat reset [enable | disable] command in privileged EXEC mode to reset the heartbeat of NME-IPS.

When NME-IPS is booted in failsafe mode or is undergoing an upgrade, you can use the service-module ids heartbeat-reset command to prevent a reboot during the process. If you leave the heartbeat reset enabled during an upgrade, you may lose the NME-IPS heartbeat.

When the NME-IPS heartbeat is lost, the router applies a fail-open or fail-close configuration option to NME-IPS and stops sending traffic to NME-IPS, and sets NME-IPS to error state. The router performs a hardware reset on NME-IPS and monitors NME-IPS until the heartbeat is reestablished.

Note Disabling the heartbeat reset prevents the router from resetting the module during system image installation if the process takes too long.

To reset the heartbeat of NME-IPS, follow these steps:

Step 1 Log in to the router.

Step 2 Enter privileged EXEC mode on the router:
router> enable
Step 3 Verify the status of heartbeat reset:
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 status
Service Module is Cisco IDS-Sensor 1/0
Service Module supports session via TTY line 194
Service Module heartbeat-reset is enabled
Step 4 To disable the heartbeat on NME-IPS:
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 heartbeat-reset disable
Step 5 To reenable the heartbeat on NME-IPS:
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 heartbeat-reset enable
For More Information

•For the procedure for upgrading NME-IPS, see Upgrading the Sensor, page 23-2.

•For the procedure for installing the NME-IPS system image, see Installing the NME-IPS System Image, page 23-40.

Rebooting, Resetting, and Shutting Down NME-IPS

This section describes when and how NME-IPS shuts down. It contains the following topics:

•NME-IPS Status Monitoring

•Rebooting, Resetting, and Shutting Down NME-IPS

NME-IPS Status Monitoring

NME-IPS uses RBCP to monitor its status. RBCP is monitored by the main application on NME-IPS, not by SensorApp. If the main application on NME-IPS fails, the RBCP heartbeat responses do not return from NME-IPS. When the router determines that NME-IPS has failed, a reload command is issued through RBCP to reboot the Linux kernel on NME-IPS. In the period during the attempt to bring NME-IPS back up, the router works in the mode determined by the failover operation configured.

In some cases, SensorApp may stop processing, but the main application on NME-IPS continues to process RBCP packets. In this case, packets are processed according to the bypass settings set for NME-IPS by the IPS CLI, IDM, or IME.

There are two situations in which NME-IPS shuts down:

•A hardware or software error forces it to fail. The router can detect this through the loss of the RBCP heartbeat.

•Reload or shutdown command.

For More Information

•For more information on SensorApp, see SensorApp, page A-22.

•For more information on software bypass, see Configuring Inline Bypass Mode, page 6-34.

Rebooting, Resetting, and Shutting Down NME-IPS

Use the service-module ids-sensor slot/port [reload | reset | shutdown] command in privileged EXEC mode to reboot, reset, and shut down NME-IPS.

To reboot, reset, and shut down NME-IPS, follow these steps:

Step 1 Log in to the router.

Step 2 Enter privileged EXEC mode on the router.
router> enable
Step 3 To gracefully halt and reboot the operating system on NME-IPS.
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 reload
Do you want to proceed with the reload? [confirm]
Step 4 To reset the hardware on NME-IPS.
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 reset
Use reset only to recover from shutdown or failed state
Warning: May lose data on the hard disc!
Do you want to reset?[confirm]
Note NME-IPS has a compact flash device that functions as a permanent storage device rather than a hard-disk drive.

Caution Data loss occurs only if you issue the reset command without first shutting down NME-IPS. You can use the reset command safely in other situations.

Step 5 To shut down applications running on NME-IPS.
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 shutdown
Trying 10.10.10.1, 2129 . . . Open
%SERVICEMODULE-5-SHUTDOWN2:Service module IDS-Sensor1/0 shutdown complete
New and Modified Commands

Note All other Cisco IOS software commands are documented in the Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)T Command Reference at Cisco.com, http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6441/index.html.

This section describes the following new and modified Cisco IOS commands, and specific commands that are used to configure NME-IPS. It contains the following topics:

•interface ids-sensor

•interface interface_name

•service-module ids-sensor

•service-module ids-sensor bootmode

interface ids-sensor

To configure the IPS sensor interface and enter config-if mode, use the interface ids-sensor command in config mode.

To specify how the router handles traffic inspection during a module failure, use the service-module command in config-if mode. The default is fail open.

interface ids-sensor slot/port
ip {address | unnumbered}
service-module {fail-close | fail-open}
Syntax Description

slot

Number of the router chassis slot for the module.

/port

Port number of the module.

Note The slash mark is required between the slot argument and the unit argument.

ids-sensor

The IPS interface for the sensor.

ip address

Sets the IP address of an interface.

ip unnumbered

Enables IP address processing without an explicit IP address.

service-module fail-close

The module drops all the traffic.

service-module fail-open

The module passes all the traffic through, but does not perform traffic inspection (default)

Caution Although there are 57 subcommands associated with the ip command, the only two supported for the modules are ip address and ip unnumbered. Enabling any of the other subcommands can result in unpredictable behavior.

Command Defaults

Command Modes

Config

Config-if

Command History

Release

Modification

12.4(20)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

The interface ids-sensor slot/port command lets you enter config-if mode and configure the IPS sensor slot and port. On NME-IPS, the slot value is specified by identifying the physical location where the module is installed on the router and the port number is 0.

Examples

This example uses the interface IDS-Sensor command to enter config-if mode on an NME-IPS in slot 1, port 0.
router(config)# interface ids-sensor 1/0
router(config-if)#
This example uses the interface ids-sensor command with the ip unnumbered subcommand to specify the router command and control interface.
router(config)# interface ids-sensor 1/0
router(config-if)# ip unnumbered router_command_and_control_interface
router(config-if)# 
This example uses the service-module fail-open command to configure the module to pass all traffic through the module when the hardware fails, but not to perform traffic inspection.
router(config)# interface ids-sensor 1/0
router(config-if)# service-module fail-open 
router(config-if)#
Related Commands

Command

Description

interface interface_name

Lets you specify which interface should be monitored.

interface interface_name

To enter config-if mode, configure the interface for monitoring in promiscuous or inline mode, and apply a standard or extended ACL to inline monitoring, use the interface interface_name command in config mode.

interface interface_name
ids-service-module monitoring [promiscuous | inline] access-list number
Syntax Description

interface_name

The name of the router interface to be monitored.

ids-service-module

Configures IPS on the interface.

monitoring

Specifies how the module inspects traffic

promiscuous

Specifies whether the module inspects traffic in promiscuous mode.

inline

Specifies whether the module inspects traffic in inline mode

access-list

Specifies that you are applying a numbered or extended ACL to the inspected interface.

number

Number of the ACL,

Command Defaults

Command Modes

Config

Config-if

Command History

Release

Modification

12.4(20)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

The interface interface_name command lets you enter config-if mode and configure the router to operate in inline or promiscuous mode for that interface.

Examples

This example uses the interface command to enter config-if mode and configure monitoring for GigabitEthernet0/0 using ACL 101.
router(config)# interface GigabitEthernet0/0
router(config-if)# ids-service-module monitoring inline access-list 101
router(config-if)# 
Related Commands

Command

Description

interface ids-sensor

Configures the IPS interface.

service-module ids-sensor

Caution When you reload the router, NME-IPS also reloads. To ensure that there is no loss of data on NME-IPS, make sure you shut down the module using the shutdown command before you use the reload command to reboot the router.

To prevent the Cisco IOS software from rebooting NME-IPS when the heartbeat is lost, to reboot, reset, enable console access to, shut down, see the statistics, and monitor the status of a module, use the service-module ids-sensor command in privileged EXEC mode.

service-module ids-sensor slot/port {heartbeat-reset [enable | disable] reload | reset | session | shutdown | status}
Syntax Description

slot

Number of the router chassis slot for the module.

/port

Port number of the module.

Note The slash mark is required between the slot argument and the unit argument.

heartbeat-reset

Enables or disables the heartbeat reset. The default is enabled.

Note Disabling the heartbeat reset prevents the router from resetting the module during system image installation if the process takes too long.

reload

Performs a graceful halt and reboot of the operating system on the module.

reset

Resets the hardware on the module. This command is usually used to recover from a shutdown.

session

Enables console access to the module from the router.

shutdown

Shuts down the IPS application running on the module.

statistics

Provides module statistics.

status

Provides information about the status of the IPS software.

Defaults

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Command History

Release

Modification

12.4(20)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

When NME-IPS is booted in failsafe mode or is undergoing an upgrade, you can use the service-module ids heartbeat-reset command to prevent a reboot during the process. If you leave the heartbeat reset enabled during an upgrade, you may lose the AIM-IPS heartbeat.

When the NME-IPS heartbeat is lost, the router applies a fail-open or fail-close configuration option to NME-IPS and stops sending traffic to NME-IPS, and sets NME-IPS to error state. The router performs a hardware reset on NME-IPS and monitors NME-IPS until the heartbeat is reestablished.

If a confirmation prompt is displayed, press Enter to confirm the action or n to cancel.

Examples

This example disables or enables the reset action when the heartbeat is lost on an NME-IPS in slot 1, port 0.
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 heartbeat-reset disable
This example enables the IDS heartbeat on NME-IPS.
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 heartbeat-reset enable
The status of the heartbeat-reset is displayed by using the service-module ids slot/port status command.
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 status
Service Module is Cisco IDS-Sensor 1/0
Service Module supports session via TTY line 194
Service Module heartbeat-reset is enabled
This example gracefully halts and reboots the operating system on NME-IPS.
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 reload
Do you want to proceed with reload?[confirm]
This example resets the hardware on an NME-IPS. A warning is displayed.
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 reset
Use reset only to recover from shutdown or failed state
Warning: May lose data on the NVRAM, nonvolatile file system or unsaved configuration! 
Do you want to reset?[confirm]
The following example enables console access to NME-IPS operating system:
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 session
This example shuts down IPS applications running on the NME-IPS.
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 shutdown
Trying 10.10.10.1, 2129 ... Open
%SERVICEMODULE-5-SHUTDOWN2:Service module IDS-Sensor 1/0 shutdown complete
This example shows IPS software statistics.
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 statistics
Module Reset Statistics:
  CLI reset count = 1
  CLI reload count = 0
  Registration request timeout reset count = 1
  Error recovery timeout reset count = 1
  Module registration count = 7
The last IOS initiated event was a cli reset at 20:18:36.038 UTC Tue Jan 16 2007
This example shows the status of the IPS software on NME-IPS.
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 status
Service Module is Cisco IDS-Sensor1/0 
Service Module supports session via TTY line 33 
Service Module is in Steady state 
Getting status from the Service Module, please wait... 
Service Module Version information received, Major ver = 1, Minor ver= 1 
Cisco Systems Intrusion Prevention System Network Module
  Software version:  7.0(1)E3
  Model:             NME-IPS
  Memory:            890996 KB
  Mgmt IP addr:      10.1.9.201
  Mgmt web ports:    443
Mgmt TLS enabled: true

Related Commands

Command

Description

ids-service-module monitoring

Enables IPS monitoring on a specified interface.

service-module ids-sensor bootmode

To enter failsafe or normal boot mode for NME-IPS, use the service-module ids-sensor bootmode command in privileged EXEC mode.

service-module ids-sensor slot/port bootmode {failsafe | normal}
Syntax Description

slot/

Number of the router chassis slot for NME-IPS. The slash mark (/) is required between the slot argument and the port argument.

port

Port number of NME-IPS.

failsafe

Enters failsafe boot mode on NME-IPS

normal

Enters normal boot mode on NME-IPS.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC (#)

Command History

Release

Modification

12.4(20)T

This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)T.

Usage Guidelines

If a confirmation prompt is displayed, press Enter to confirm the action, or press n to cancel.

Examples

This example enters failsafe boot mode on an NME-IPS in slot 1, port 0.
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 bootmode failsafe
This example enters failsafe boot mode on NME-IPS.
router# service-module ids-sensor 1/0 bootmode normal
Related Commands

Command

Description

ids-service-module monitoring

Enables IDS monitoring on a specified interface.