Log Into The Firepower Management Center; Obtain Licenses For The Firepower Management Center - Cisco Firepower 2100 Series Getting Started Manual

Log Into the Firepower Management Center

Note
What to do next
Register your device to a FMC.
Log Into the Firepower Management Center
Use the FMC to configure and monitor the FTD.
Before you begin
For information on supported browsers, refer to the release notes for the version you are using (see
https://www.cisco.com/go/firepower-notes).
Procedure
Step 1 Using a supported browser, enter the following URL.
https://fmc_ip_address
Step 2
Enter your username and password.
Step 3 Click Log In.

Obtain Licenses for the Firepower Management Center

All licenses are supplied to the FTD by the FMC. You can optionally purchase the following feature licenses:
• Threat—Security Intelligence and Cisco Firepower Next-Generation IPS
• Malware—Advanced Malware Protection for Networks (AMP)
• URL—URL Filtering
• RA VPN—AnyConnect Plus, AnyConnect Apex, or AnyConnect VPN Only.
In addition to the above licenses, you also need to buy a matching subscription to access updates for 1, 3, or
5 years.
Before you begin
• Have a master account on the
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At least one of the security appliances, either the FMC or the Firepower Threat Defense, must have
a public IP address to establish the two-way, SSL-encrypted communication channel between the
two appliances.
If you do not yet have an account, click the link to
lets you create a master account for your organization.
Cisco Smart Software Manager.
set up a new
Firepower Threat Defense Deployment with FMC
account. The Smart Software Manager