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Release Notes for Cisco Security Manager 4.3
Supported Component Versions and Related Software
Service Pack 2 Download and Installation Instructions
Resolved Caveats—Release 4.3 Service Pack 2
Resolved Caveats—Release 4.3 Service Pack 1
Resolved Caveats—Releases Prior to 4.3
Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
Release Notes for Cisco Security Manager 4.3
First Published: June 14, 2012
Last Revised: March 7, 2013These release notes are for use with Cisco Security Manager 4.3.
Security Manager 4.3 is now available. Registered SMARTnet users can obtain release 4.3 from the Cisco support website by going to http://www.cisco.com/go/csmanager and clicking Download Software under Support.
This chapter contains the following topics:
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Supported Component Versions and Related Software
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Service Pack 2 Download and Installation Instructions
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Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
Introduction
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Use this document in conjunction with the documents identified in Product Documentation. The online versions of the user documentation are also occasionally updated after the initial release. As a result, the information contained in the Cisco Security Manager end-user guides on Cisco.com supersedes any information contained in the context-sensitive help included with the product. For more information about specific changes, please see Where to Go Next.
This document contains release note information for the following:
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Cisco Security Manager 4.3—Cisco Security Manager (Security Manager) enables you to manage security policies on Cisco security devices. Security Manager supports integrated provisioning of firewall, VPN, and IPS services across IOS routers, PIX and ASA security appliances, IPS sensors and modules, and some services modules for Catalyst 6500 switches and some routers. (You can find complete device support information under Cisco Security Manager Compatibility Information on Cisco.com.) Security Manager also supports provisioning of many platform-specific settings, for example, interfaces, routing, identity, QoS, logging, and so on.
Security Manager efficiently manages a wide range of networks, from small networks consisting of a few devices to large networks with thousands of devices. Scalability is achieved through a rich feature set of device grouping capabilities and objects and policies that can be shared.
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Auto Update Server 4.3—The Auto Update Server (AUS) is a tool for upgrading PIX security appliance software images, ASA software images, PIX Device Manager (PDM) images, Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM) images, and PIX security appliance and ASA configuration files. Security appliances with dynamic IP addresses that use the auto update feature connect to AUS periodically to upgrade device configuration files and to pass device and status information.
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Before using Cisco Security Manager 4.3, we recommend that you read this entire document. In addition, it is critical that you read the Important Notes, the Installation Notes, and the Installation Guide for Cisco Security Manager 4.3 before installing or upgrading to Cisco Security Manager 4.3.
This document lists the ID numbers and headlines for issues that may affect your operation of the product. This document also includes a list of resolved problems. If you accessed this document from Cisco.com, you can click any ID number, which takes you to the appropriate release note enclosure in the Bug Toolkit. The release note enclosure contains symptoms, conditions, and workaround information.
Supported Component Versions and Related Software
The Cisco Security Management Suite of applications includes several component applications plus a group of related applications that you can use in conjunction with them. The following table lists the components and related applications, and the versions of those applications that you can use together for this release of the suite. For a description of these applications, see the Installation Guide for Cisco Security Manager 4.3.
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For information on the supported software and hardware that you can manage with Cisco Security Manager, see the Supported Devices and Software Versions for Cisco Security Manager online document under Cisco Security Manager Compatibility Information on Cisco.com.
Beginning with Version 4.3, Cisco Security Manager no longer includes the companion application Performance Monitor or the companion application CiscoWorks Resource Manager Essentials (RME).
What's New
Cisco Security Manager 4.3 Service Pack 2
Security Manager 4.3 Service Pack 2 provides fixes for various problems. For more information, see Resolved Caveats—Release 4.3 Service Pack 2.
Cisco Security Manager 4.3 Service Pack 1
Security Manager 4.3 Service Pack 1 provides fixes for various problems. For more information, see Resolved Caveats—Release 4.3 Service Pack 1.
This service pack also provides support for the following:
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Internet Explorer 9.0, but only in Compatibility View
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To use Compatibility View, open Internet Explorer 9, go to Tools > Compatibility View Settings, and add the Security Manager server as a "website to be displayed in Compatibility View."
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Firefox 13.0.x, 14.0.x , 15.0.x
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ASR release 3.5, 3.6, 3.7
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The following IPS platforms:
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IPS 4240
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IPS 4255
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IPS 4260
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IPS 4270-20
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IPS 4345
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IPS 4345-DC
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IPS 4360
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IPS 4510
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IPS 4520
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ASA 5500 AIP SSM-10
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ASA 5500 AIP SSM-20
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ASA 5500 AIP SSM-40
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ASA 5512-X IPS SSP
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ASA 5515-X IPS SSP
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ASA 5525-X IPS SSP
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ASA 5545-X IPS SSP
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ASA 5555-X IPS SSP
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ASA 5585-X IPS SSP-10
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ASA 5585-X IPS SSP-20
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ASA 5585-X IPS SSP-40
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ASA 5585-X IPS SSP-60
Before you can manage IPS 7.1(6)E4 on the following platforms in Security Manager (IPS 4240, IPS 4255, IPS 4260, ASA 5500 AIP SSM-10, ASA 5500 AIP SSM-20, ASA 5500 AIP SSM-40), you must upgrade Security Manager 4.3 to Service Pack 1.
Please refer to the IPS 7.1(6)E4 release notes for more details (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps4077/prod_release_notes_list.html).
Cisco Security Manager 4.3
In addition to resolved caveats, this release includes the following new features and enhancements:
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A new Security Manager client application, Health and Performance Monitor (HPM), which lets you monitor key health and performance data for ASA devices, IPS devices, and VPN services by providing network-level visibility into device status and traffic information.
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A new Security Manager client application, Image Manager, which simplifies the distribution and management of images on internal and edge firewall devices in your network. It enables you to:
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Reliably upgrade devices, with sufficient fallback and recovery mechanisms built in to ensure minimal network downtime
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Download and maintain a repository of different types and versions of images
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Evaluate images
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Analyze impact of upgrading images to the devices in the network
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Prepare for and plan an upgrade
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A new North Bound Application Programming Interface (NB API), which is designed to be used by third party API client Programs that may wish to read network security configuration information directly from the Security Manager application. The NB API is broken into services that enable access to both global as well as device specific network configuration policies for all Cisco devices managed by Cisco Security Manager. For more information, see the Cisco Security Manager 4.3 API Specification (Version 1.0) at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6498/products_programming_reference_guides_list.html.
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You can now implement local RBAC using Common Services 4.0. Common Services 4.0 provides device-level RBAC, defining custom roles for users, and customizing existing roles for users. For more information, see Installation Guide for Cisco Security Manager.
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New Policy Bundle feature that allows you to manage a collection of shared policies as a group. You can quickly create a policy bundle using any of the shared policies available in Security Manager. You can also create a new bundle using the shared policies that are currently assigned to a specific device. Changes to any of the shared policies that are part of a bundle are automatically propagated to any devices that have that policy bundle assigned.
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New Ticket Management feature that allows you to associate a ticket ID with policy changes, easily add and update comments pertaining to those changes, and quickly navigate to an external change management system from Security Manager. Change reports can be generated for specific tickets.
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New Automatic Conflict Detection feature reports conflicts in your access rules table automatically. Operations like adding, editing, or deleting rules will continually present a report of conflicts on which you can act to correct or simplify the rules table. The conflict report is part of the rules table, so you can view the report at the same time while operating on it. Annotations on the rules indicate conflicts and different icons are used to indicate different types of conflicts.
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New Global Search feature that allows you to search for devices, policy objects, policies, and tickets that contain a particular search string. The scope of the search can be limited to just devices, policy objects, policies, or tickets. The search feature supports semantic searching for IP addresses. The search results window makes it easy to navigate to or act on the items returned in a search.
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Find Usage feature has been greatly enhanced to make finding the policies that use a particular object and to enable working with those policies much easier.
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You can now navigate to specific items in selection trees by typing in the name of the item to which you want to navigate. Security Manager will take you to the first item in the tree that matches the text you enter.
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Items in the Security Manager interface can now be selected which allows you to cut-and-paste text from various items for use in other objects, rules, devices, or for searching. You can copy rows from a table in Security Manager and paste into another application in CSV format.
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Semantic filtering based on IP/Network addresses is now supported for Network/Hosts policy objects and firewall rules tables.
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Policy Object Manager includes the following enhancements:
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Ability to dock/un-dock the Policy Object Manager to the Configuration Manager window.
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Ability to drag-and-drop policy objects onto policies.
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Favorites, Recent Objects, and All Object Types groupings to make finding and working with policy objects easier.
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Policy Object Manager table now shows additional information for policy objects: Number of Overrides, Last Modified Date, Last Ticket, and Referenced Information.
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The Hit Count feature has been enhanced to include the Last Hit time for IPv4 access rules on ASA 8.3(1) and later.
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Security Manager can now be configured to deploy FlexConfigs only one time after creation or modification of a FlexConfig, or to deploy FlexConfigs with each deployment. By default, Security Manager deploys FlexConfigs one time.
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You can now export shared policies that have been modified since a specified date. You can also select the specific shared policies that you want to export.
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Support for Identity criteria in following tools: Combine Rules, Hit Count, Import Rules, and ACL optimization.
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Support for IPv6 Extension Header on ASA 8.4(2) and later.
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Support for IPv6 static routes.
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Support for ICMP code in IPv4 and IPv6 access rules, service objects, and object groups.
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Support for the following additional PAT Pool options:
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Flat Port Range—Enables use of the entire 1024 to 65535 port range (or 0-65535 if the include-reserve option is configured) when allocating ports.
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Extended PAT Table—Enable extended PAT, which uses 65535 ports per service, as opposed to per IP address, by including the destination address and port in the translation information.
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Support for the Cisco ASA-5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance (support for ASA version 8.6.1)
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Support for the Cisco IPS 4300 Series Sensors [IPS Version 7.1(3) onwards]
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Support for the Cisco ASA 5500 Series IPS Security Services Processor [IPS Version 7.1(3) onwards]
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Enhancements to IPS updates
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IPv6 support for IPS
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Support for IPS 7.1(3)
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IPS package bundling for simpler downloading
Installation Notes
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The "Licensing" chapter in the installation guide enables you to determine which license you need. (The license you need depends upon whether you are performing a new installation or upgrading from one of several previous versions.) It also describes the various licenses available, such as standard, professional, and evaluation. It is available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/security_management/cisco_security_manager/security_manager/4.3/installation/guide/licensing.html.
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Do not modify casuser (the default service account) or directory permissions that are established during the installation of the product. Doing so can lead to problems with your being able to do the following:
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Logging in to the web server
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Logging in to the client
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Performing successful backups of all databases
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You can install Security Manager server software directly, or you can upgrade the software on a server where Security Manager is installed. The Installation Guide for Cisco Security Manager for this release of the product explains which previous Security Manager releases are supported for upgrade and provides important information regarding server requirements, server configuration, and post-installation tasks.
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Before you can successfully upgrade to Security Manager 4.3 from a prior version of Security Manager, you must make sure that the Security Manager database does not contain any pending data, in other words, data that has not been committed to the database. If the Security Manager database contains pending data, you must commit or discard all uncommitted changes, then back up your database before you perform the upgrade. The Installation Guide for Cisco Security Manager for this release contains complete instructions on the steps required for preparing the database for upgrade.
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We do not support installation of Security Manager on a server that is running any other web server or database server (for example, IIS or MS-SQL). Doing so might cause unexpected problems that may prevent you from logging into or using Cisco Security Manager.
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Be aware of the following important points before you upgrade:
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Ensure that all applications that you are upgrading are currently functioning correctly, and that you can create valid backups (that is, the backup process completes without error). If an application is not functioning correctly before an upgrade, the upgrade process might not result in a correctly functioning application.
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It has come to Cisco's attention that some users make undocumented and unsupported modifications to the system so that the backup process does not back up all installed CiscoWorks applications. The upgrade process documented in the installation guide assumes that you have not subverted the intended functioning of the system. If you are creating backups that back up less than all of the data, you are responsible for ensuring you have all backup data that you require before performing an update. We strongly suggest that you undo these unsupported modifications. Otherwise, you should probably not attempt to do an inline upgrade, where you install the product on the same server as the older version; instead, install the updated applications on a new, clean server and restore your database backups.
Service Pack 2 Download and Installation Instructions
To download and install service pack 2, follow these steps:
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You must install the Cisco Security Manager 4.3 FCS build on your server before you can apply this service pack.
CautionBefore installing this service pack, please back up the following file:
MDC\athena\config\DCS.properties
If you have previously modified the DCS.properties file, you will need to reconfigure it after installing the service pack.
Step 1
Go to http://www.cisco.com/go/csmanager, and then click Download Software under the Support heading on the right side of the screen.
Step 2
Enter your user name and password to log in to Cisco.com.
Step 3
Click Security Manager (CSM) Software, expand the 4.3 folder under All Releases, and then click 4.3sp2.
Step 4
Download the file fcs-csm-430-sp2-win-k9.exe.
Step 5
To install the service pack, close all open applications, including the Cisco Security Manager Client.
Step 6
If Cisco Security Agent is installed on your server, manually stop the Cisco Security Agent service from Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
Step 7
Run the fcs-csm-430-sp2-win-k9.exe file that you previously downloaded.
Step 8
In the Install Cisco Security Manager 4.3 Service Pack 2 dialog box, click Next and then click Install in the next screen.
Step 9
After the updated files have been installed, click Finish to complete the installation.
Step 10
On each client machine that is used to connect to the Security Manager server, you must perform the following steps to apply the service pack before you can connect to the server using that client:
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If Cisco Security Agent is installed on the client, manually stop the Cisco Security Agent service from Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
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Launch the Security Manager client.
You will be prompted to "Download Service Pack".
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Download the service pack and then launch the downloaded file to apply the service pack.
Step 11
(Optional) Go to the client installation directory and clear the cache, for example, <Client Install Directory>/cache.
Important Notes
The following notes apply to the Security Manager 4.3 release:
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You cannot use Security Manager to manage an IOS or ASA 8.3+ device if you enable password encryption using the password encryption aes command. You must turn off password encryption before you can add the device to the Security Manager inventory.
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On any ASA managed by Security Manager, upgrading the software from a version earlier than 8.3 to version 8.3 and later will necessitate deleting the device from the Security Manager inventory, then rediscovering the device and performing some one-time manual clean-up of certain policy objects, NAT rules, and ACL entries.
Security Manager does not check for content equivalence between objects and object-groups, so it is possible duplicate policy objects will be created—you must manually correct this situation. In addition, device upgrade and subsequent deletion and rediscovery can result in significant changes to NAT rules, and may also change IP addresses in Access Control Lists. Be sure to closely examine the NAT rules and ACLs on the device, and manually update them as necessary.
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ASA 8.3 ACLs use the real IP address of a device, rather than the translated (NAT) address. During upgrade, rules are converted to use the real IP address. All other device types, and older ASA versions, used the NAT address in ACLs.
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The device memory requirements for ASA 8.3 are higher than for older ASA releases. Ensure that the device meets the minimum memory requirement, as explained in the ASA documentation, before upgrade. Security Manager blocks deployment to devices that do not meet the minimum requirement.
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If you have a device that uses commands that were unsupported in previous versions of Security Manager, these commands are not automatically populated into Security Manager as part of the upgrade to this version of Security Manager. If you deploy back to the device, these commands are removed from the device because they are not part of the target policies configured in Security Manager. We recommend that you set the correct values for the newly added attributes in Security Manager so that the next deployment will correctly provision these commands. You can also rediscover the platform settings from the device; however, you will need to take necessary steps to save and restore any shared Security Manager policies that are assigned to the device.
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Device and Credential Repository (DCR) functionality within Common Services is not supported in Security Manager 4.3.
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A Cisco Services for IPS service license is required for the installation of signature updates on IPS 5.x+ appliances, Catalyst and ASA service modules, and router network modules.
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Do not connect to the database directly, because doing so can cause performance reductions and unexpected system behavior.
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Do not run SQL queries against the database.
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If an online help page displays blank in your browser view, refresh the browser.
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Cisco Secure ACS 5.0 is supported in only non-ACS TACACS+ mode by Security Manager 4.3.
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If you do not manage IPS devices, consider taking the following performance tuning step. In $NMSROOT\MDC\ips\etc\sensorupdate.properties, change the value of packageMonitorInterval from its initial default value of 30,000 milliseconds to a less-frequent value of 600,000 milliseconds. Taking this step will improve performance somewhat. [$NMSROOT is the full pathname of the Common Services installation directory (the default is C:\Program Files\CSCOpx).]
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The IPS packages included with Security Manager do not include the package files that are required for updating IPS devices. You must download IPS packages from Cisco.com or your local update server before you can apply any updates. The downloaded versions include all required package files and replace the partial files that are included in the Security Manager initial installation.
Open Caveats
This section describes the open and resolved caveats with respect to this release.
For your convenience in locating caveats in Cisco's Bug Toolkit, the caveat titles listed in this section are drawn directly from the Bug Toolkit database. These caveat titles are not intended to be read as complete sentences because the title field length is limited. In the caveat titles, some truncation of wording or punctuation may be necessary to provide the most complete and concise description. The only modifications made to these titles are as follows:
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Commands are in boldface type.
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Product names and acronyms may be standardized.
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Spelling errors and typos may be corrected.
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If you are a registered cisco.com user, view Bug Toolkit on cisco.com at the following website:
http://www.cisco.com/support/bugtools
To become a registered cisco.com user, go to the following website:
http://tools.cisco.com/RPF/register/register.do
The following caveats affect this release and are part of Security Manager 4.3:
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ASA, PIX, and FWSM Firewall Devices Caveats
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Cisco IOS Router Devices Caveats
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Cisco IPS and IOS IPS Devices Caveats
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Client and Server Install Caveats
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Device Management, Discovery, and Deployment Caveats
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Health and Performance Monitor Caveats
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VPN Device and Configuration Support Caveats
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In some instances, a known problem might apply to more than one area, for example, a PIX device might encounter a problem during deployment. If you are unable to locate a particular problem within a table, expand your search to include other tables. In the foregoing example, the known problem might be listed in either the Deployment table or the PIX/ASA/FWSM Configuration table.
Table 1-2 ASA, PIX, and FWSM Firewall Devices Caveats
Reference Number DescriptionCSM managing A/A FWSM will not use configured management ip of context
Table 1-9 FlexConfig Caveats
Reference Number DescriptionModify Flex Config results-com-cisco-nm-vms-template-TemplateActyHandler
Resolved Caveats
This section describes the resolved caveats with respect to this release.
For your convenience in locating caveats in Cisco's Bug Toolkit, the caveat titles listed in this section are drawn directly from the Bug Toolkit database. These caveat titles are not intended to be read as complete sentences because the title field length is limited. In the caveat titles, some truncation of wording or punctuation may be necessary to provide the most complete and concise description. The only modifications made to these titles are as follows:
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Commands are in boldface type.
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Product names and acronyms may be standardized.
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Spelling errors and typos may be corrected.
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If you are a registered cisco.com user, view Bug Toolkit on cisco.com at the following website:
http://www.cisco.com/support/bugtools
To become a registered cisco.com user, go to the following website:
http://tools.cisco.com/RPF/register/register.do
This section contains the following topics:
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Resolved Caveats—Release 4.3 Service Pack 2
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Resolved Caveats—Release 4.3 Service Pack 1
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Resolved Caveats—Releases Prior to 4.3
Resolved Caveats—Release 4.3 Service Pack 2
The following customer found or previously release-noted caveats have been resolved in Cisco Security Manager 4.3 Service Pack 2.
Resolved Caveats—Release 4.3 Service Pack 1
The following customer found or previously release-noted caveats have been resolved in Cisco Security Manager 4.3 Service Pack 1.
Resolved Caveats—Release 4.3
The following customer found or previously release noted caveats have been resolved in this release.
Resolved Caveats—Releases Prior to 4.3
For the list of caveats resolved in releases prior to this one, see the following documents:
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6498/prod_release_notes_list.html
Where to Go Next
If you want to: Do this:Install Security Manager server or client software.
Understand the basics.
See the interactive JumpStart guide that opens automatically when you start Security Manager.
Get up and running with the product quickly.
See "Getting Started with Security Manager" in the online help, or see Chapter 1 of User Guide for Cisco Security Manager 4.3.
Complete the product configuration.
See "Completing the Initial Security Manager Configuration" in the online help, or see Chapter 1 of User Guide for Cisco Security Manager 4.3.
Manage user authentication and authorization.
See the following topics in the online help, or see Chapter 7 of Installation Guide for Cisco Security Manager 4.3.
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Setting Up User Permissions
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Integrating Security Manager with Cisco Secure ACS
Bootstrap your devices.
See "Preparing Devices for Management" in the online help, or see Chapter 2 of User Guide for Cisco Security Manager 4.3.
Install entitlement applications.
Your Security Manager license grants you the right to install certain other applications that are not installed when you install Security Manager. You can install these applications at any time. See the Introduction to Component Applications section in Chapter 1 of Installation Guide for Cisco Security Manager 4.3.
Product Documentation
For the complete list of documents supporting this release, see the release-specific document roadmap:
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Guide to User Documentation for Cisco Security Manager
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6498/products_documentation_roadmaps_list.html
Lists document set that supports the Security Manager release and summarizes contents of each document.
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For general product information, see:
http://www.cisco.com/go/csmanager
Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support, providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:
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