Initial Setup Page: Firepower Devices - Cisco 7010 Installation Manual

Chapter 5 Setting Up Firepower Managed Devices
configure manager add DC.example.com my_reg_key
However, if the device and the Firepower Management Center are separated by a NAT device, enter a
unique NAT ID along with the registration key, and specify
example:
configure manager add DONTRESOLVE my_reg_key my_nat_id
To register a device to a Firepower Management Center:
Step 1 Log in to the device as a user with Configuration CLI access level:
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Step 2 At the prompt, register the device to a Firepower Management Center using the
command, which has the following syntax:
configure manager add {hostname | IPv4_address | IPv6_address | DONTRESOLVE} reg_key
[nat_id]
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Log out of the device.
Step 3
The device is ready to be added to a Firepower Management Center.

Initial Setup Page: Firepower Devices

In most cases, complete the setup process by logging into the device's web interface and specifying
initial configuration options on a setup page. You can skip this step if you already used the CLI to
perform initial setup; see
You must change the administrator password, specify network settings if you have not already, and
accept the EULA. You can also preregister the device to a Firepower Management Center and specify a
detection mode; the detection mode and other options you choose during registration determine the
default interfaces, inline sets, and zones that the system creates, as well as the policies that it initially
applies to managed devices.
To complete the initial setup on a Firepower device using its web interface:
Step 1 Direct your browser to
interface.
If you are performing the initial setup from the console, you are already logged in as the
which has the required access level.
Otherwise, SSH to the device's management IP address or host name.
where:
{hostname | IPv4_address | IPv6_address | DONTRESOLVE}
host name or IP address of the Firepower Management Center. If the Firepower Management Center
is not directly addressable, use
is the unique alphanumeric registration key, up to 37 characters in length, required to
reg_key
register a device to the Firepower Management Center.
is an optional alphanumeric string used during the registration process between the
nat_id
Firepower Management Center and the device. It is required if the hostname is set to
Access: Admin
Performing Initial Setup on a Firepower Device Using the CLI, page
https://mgmt_ip/
DONTRESOLVE
DONTRESOLVE.
, where is the IP address of the device's management
mgmt_ip
Firepower 7000 and 8000 Series Installation Guide
Initial Setup Page: Firepower Devices
instead of the hostname, for
admin
configure manager add
specifies either the fully qualified
DONTRESOLVE.
user,
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