Setting Up Firepower Managed Devices - Cisco 7010 Installation Manual

Setting Up Firepower Managed Devices

After you deploy and install a Firepower device, you must complete a setup process that allows the new
appliance to communicate on your trusted management network. You must also change the administrator
password and accept the end user license agreement (EULA).
The setup process also allows you to perform many initial administrative-level tasks, such as setting the
time, registering and licensing devices, and scheduling updates. The options you choose during setup
and registration determine the default interfaces, inline sets, zones, and policies that the system creates
and applies.
The purpose of these initial configurations and policies is to provide an out-of-the-box experience and
to help you quickly set up your deployment, not to restrict your options. Regardless of how you initially
configure a device, you can change its configuration at any time using the Firepower Management
Center. In other words, choosing a detection mode or access control policy during setup, for example,
does not lock you into a specific device, zone, or policy configuration.
For more information on each of the steps in the initial setup process, see the following sections:
Understanding the Setup Process, page 5-2
•
If you are not already familiar with the setup process, Cisco strongly recommends you read this section
Note
first.
Performing Initial Setup on a Firepower Device Using the CLI, page 5-3
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interactive command line interface (CLI) to perform the setup process on a Firepower device.
Initial Setup Page: Firepower Devices, page 5-5
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complete its initial setup.
• Next Steps, page 5-9
up your Firepower System deployment.
The procedures in this chapter explain how to set up an appliance without powering it down. However,
Caution
if you need to power down for any reason, use the procedure in the Device Management Basics chapter
in the Firepower Management Center Configuration Guide, the
CLI on a Firepower device, or the
called expert mode).
outlines the setup process.
contains guidance on the post-setup tasks you may want to perform as you set
shutdown -h now
Firepower 7000 and 8000 Series Installation Guide
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C H A P T E R
explains how to use an
explains how to use any device's web interface to
system shutdown
command from an appliance's shell (sometimes
command from the
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