• Ethernet 1/2—Connect your management computer directly to Ethernet 1/2 for initial configuration, or connect Ethernet 1/2 to your inside network. Ethernet 1/2 has a default IP address (192.168.95.1) and also runs a DHCP server to provide IP addresses to clients (including the management computer), so make sure these settings do not conflict with any existing inside network settings (see Default Configuration).

• Management 1/1 (labeled MGMT)—Connect Management 1/1 to your management network, and make sure your management computer is on—or has access to—the management network. Management 1/1 obtains an IP address from a DHCP server on your management network; if you use this interface, you must determine the IP address assigned to the threat defense so that you can connect to the IP address from your management computer.

  If you need to change the Management 1/1 IP address from the default to configure a static IP address, you must also cable your management computer to the console port. See (Optional) Change Management Network Settings at the CLI.

You can later configure the device manager management access from other interfaces; see the FDM configuration guide.

By default, the IP address is obtained using IPv4 DHCP and IPv6 autoconfiguration, but you can set a static address during initial configuration.

Log in with the admin user and the default password, Admin123.

You connect to the FXOS CLI. The first time you log in, you are prompted to change the password. This password is also used for the threat defense login for SSH.

scope ssa

show app-instance

Log in with the admin user and the default password, Admin123.

You connect to the FXOS CLI. The first time you log in, you are prompted to change the password. This password is also used for the threat defense login for SSH.

connect ftd

Defaults or previously-entered values appear in brackets. To accept previously entered values, press Enter.

See the following guidelines:

• Enter the IPv4 default gateway for the management interface—If you set a manual IP address, enter either data-interfaces or the IP address of the gateway router. The data-interfaces setting sends outbound management traffic over the backplane to exit a data interface. This setting is useful if you do not have a separate Management network that can access the internet. Traffic originating on the Management interface includes license registration and database updates that require internet access. If you use data-interfaces, you can still use the device manager (or SSH) on the Management interface if you are directly-connected to the Management network, but for remote management for specific networks or hosts, you should add a static route using the configure network static-routes command. Note that the device manager management on data interfaces is not affected by this setting. If you use DHCP, the system uses the gateway provided by DHCP and uses the data-interfaces as a fallback method if DHCP doesn't provide a gateway.

• If your networking information has changed, you will need to reconnect—If you are connected with SSH to the default IP address but you change the IP address at initial setup, you will be disconnected. Reconnect with the new IP address and password. Console connections are not affected.

• Manage the device locally?—Enter yes to use the device manager. A no answer means you intend to use the on-premises or cloud-delivered management center to manage the device.

• (7.0 and later) Inside (Ethernet 1/2)—https://192.168.95.1 .

• (6.7 and earlier) Inside (Ethernet 1/2)—https://192.168.1.1 .

• (6.6 and later) Management—https://management_ip . The Management interface is a DHCP client, so the IP address depends on your DHCP server. If you changed the Management IP address at the CLI setup, then enter that address.

• (6.5 and earlier) Management—https://192.168.45.45 . If you changed the Management IP address at the CLI setup, then enter that address.

You must complete these steps to continue.

Your purchase of the threat defense device automatically includes a Base license. All additional licenses are optional.

You must have a smart license account to obtain and apply the licenses that the system requires. Initially, you can use the 90-day evaluation license and set up smart licensing later.

To register the device now, click the link to log into your Smart Software Manager account, and see Configure Licensing.

To use the evaluation license, select Start 90 day evaluation period without registration.

When you bought your device from Cisco or a reseller, your licenses should have been linked to your Smart Software License account. However, if you need to add licenses yourself, use the Find Products and Solutions search field on the Cisco Commerce Workspace. Search for the following license PIDs:

• IPS, Malware Defense, and URL license combination:

  • L-FPR2110T-TMC=

  • L-FPR2120T-TMC=

  • L-FPR2130T-TMC=

  • L-FPR2140T-TMC=

  When you add one of the above PIDs to your order, you can then choose a term-based subscription corresponding with one of the following PIDs:

  • L-FPR2110T-TMC-1Y

  • L-FPR2110T-TMC-3Y

  • L-FPR2110T-TMC-5Y

  • L-FPR2120T-TMC-1Y

  • L-FPR2120T-TMC-3Y

  • L-FPR2120T-TMC-5Y

  • L-FPR2130T-TMC-1Y

  • L-FPR2130T-TMC-3Y

  • L-FPR2130T-TMC-5Y

  • L-FPR2140T-TMC-1Y

  • L-FPR2140T-TMC-3Y

  • L-FPR2140T-TMC-5Y

• Cisco Secure Client—See the Cisco Secure Client Ordering Guide.

You see the Smart License page.

Then follow the instructions on the Smart License Registration dialog box to paste in your token:

You return to the Smart License page. While the device registers, you see the following message:

After the device successfully registers and you refresh the page, you see the following:

• Enable—Registers the license with your Cisco Smart Software Manager account and enables the controlled features. You can now configure and deploy policies controlled by the license.

• Disable—Unregisters the license with your Cisco Smart Software Manager account and disables the controlled features. You cannot configure the features in new policies, nor can you deploy policies that use the feature.

• If you enabled the Cisco Secure Client license, select the type of license you want to use: Advantage, Premier, VPN Only, or Premier and Advantage.

  

After you enable features, if you do not have the licenses in your account, you will see the following non-compliance message after you refresh the page:

Click the edit icon () for each interface to set the mode and define the IP address and other settings.

The following example configures an interface to be used as a “demilitarized zone” (DMZ), where you place publicly-accessible assets such as your web server. Click Save when you are finished.

Edit or create new zones as appropriate. Each interface must belong to a zone, because you configure policies based on security zones, not interfaces. You cannot put the interfaces in zones when configuring them, so you must always edit the zone objects after creating new interfaces or changing the purpose of existing interfaces.

The following example shows how to create a new dmz-zone for the dmz interface.

There is already a DHCP server configured for the inside interface, but you can edit the address pool or even delete it. If you configured other inside interfaces, it is very typical to set up a DHCP server on those interfaces. Click + to configure the server and address pool for each inside interface.

You can also fine-tune the WINS and DNS list supplied to clients on the Configuration tab. The following example shows how to set up a DHCP server on the inside2 interface with the address pool 192.168.4.50-192.168.4.240.

The default route normally points to the upstream or ISP router that resides off the outside interface. A default IPv4 route is for any-ipv4 (0.0.0.0/0), whereas a default IPv6 route is for any-ipv6 (::0/0). Create routes for each IP version you use. If you use DHCP to obtain an address for the outside interface, you might already have the default routes that you need.

The following example shows a default route for IPv4. In this example, isp-gateway is a network object that identifies the IP address of the ISP gateway (you must obtain the address from your ISP). You can create this object by clicking Create New Network at the bottom of the Gateway drop-down list.

The device setup wizard enables traffic flow between the inside-zone and outside-zone, and interface NAT for all interfaces when going to the outside interface. Even if you configure new interfaces, if you add them to the inside-zone object, the access control rule automatically applies to them.

However, if you have multiple inside interfaces, you need an access control rule to allow traffic flow from inside-zone to inside-zone. If you add other security zones, you need rules to allow traffic to and from those zones. These would be your minimum changes.

In addition, you can configure other policies to provide additional services, and fine-tune NAT and access rules to get the results that your organization requires. You can configure the following policies:

• SSL Decryption—If you want to inspect encrypted connections (such as HTTPS) for intrusions, malware, and so forth, you must decrypt the connections. Use the SSL decryption policy to determine which connections need to be decrypted. The system re-encrypts the connection after inspecting it.

• Identity—If you want to correlate network activity to individual users, or control network access based on user or user group membership, use the identity policy to determine the user associated with a given source IP address.

• Security Intelligence—Use the Security Intelligence policy to quickly drop connections from or to blacklisted IP addresses or URLs. By blacklisting known bad sites, you do not need to account for them in your access control policy. Cisco provides regularly updated feeds of known bad addresses and URLs so that the Security Intelligence blacklist updates dynamically. Using feeds, you do not need to edit the policy to add or remove items in the blacklist.

• NAT (Network Address Translation)—Use the NAT policy to convert internal IP addresses to externally routeable addresses.

• Access Control—Use the access control policy to determine which connections are allowed on the network. You can filter by security zone, IP address, protocol, port, application, URL, user or user group. You also apply intrusion and file (malware) policies using access control rules. Use this policy to implement URL filtering.

• Intrusion—Use the intrusion policies to inspect for known threats. Although you apply intrusion policies using access control rules, you can edit the intrusion policies to selectively enable or disable specific intrusion rules.

The following example shows how to allow traffic between the inside-zone and dmz-zone in the access control policy. In this example, no options are set on any of the other tabs except for Logging, where At End of Connection is selected.

If you are using intrusion policies, set up regular updates for the Rules and VDB databases. If you use Security Intelligence feeds, set an update schedule for them. If you use geolocation in any security policies as matching criteria, set an update schedule for that database.

Changes are not active on the device until you deploy them.

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• 8 data bits

• No parity

• 1 stop bit

You connect to the FXOS CLI. Log in to the CLI using the admin username and the password you set at initial setup (the default is Admin123).

connect ftd

After logging in, for information on the commands available in the CLI, enter help or ? . For usage information, see Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Command Reference.

This command returns you to the FXOS CLI prompt. For information on the commands available in the FXOS CLI, enter ? .

System is stopped.
It is safe to power off now.

Do you want to reboot instead? [y/N]

If you do not have a console connection, wait approximately 3 minutes to ensure the system has shut down.