Cisco Firepower Management Center 1600 Getting Started Manual page 13

Cisco Firepower Management Center 1600, 2600, and 4600 Getting Started Guide
• If you are not using DHCP, configure a local computer with the following network settings:
Disable any other network connections on this computer.
Procedure
Step 1 Use a web browser to navigate to the FMC's IP address: https://<FMC-IP>.
The login page appears.
Step 2
Log into the FMC using admin as the username and Admin123 as the password for the admin account. (The
password is case-sensitive.)
Step 3 At the Change Password screen:
a) (Optional) Check the Show password check box to see the password while using this screen.
b) (Optional) Click the Generate Password button to have the system create a password for you that complies
with the listed criteria. (Generated passwords are nonmnemonic; take careful note of the password if you
choose this option.)
c) To set a password of your choosing, enter a new password in the New Password and Confirm Password
text boxes.
The password must comply with the criteria listed in the dialog.
Note
Note
d) Click Next.
• An IPv4 management IP address.
The FMC management interface is preconfigured to accept an IP4 address assigned by DHCP.
Consult with your system administrator to determine what IP address your DHCP has been configured
to assign to the FMC MAC address. In scenarios where no DHCP is available, the FMC management
interface uses the IPv4 address 192.168.45.45.
• A network mask and a default gateway (if not using DHCP).
• IP address: 192.168.45.2
• Netmask: 255.255.255.0
• Default gateway: 192.168.45.1
The FMC compares your password against a password cracking dictionary that checks not only
for many English dictionary words but also other character strings that could be easily cracked
with common password hacking techniques. For example, the initial configuration script may
reject passwords such as "abcdefg" or "passw0rd".
On completion of the initial configuration process the system sets the passwords for the two
admin accounts (one for web access and the other for CLI access) to the same value. The
password must comply with the strong password requirements described in the
Management Center Configuration Guide
either admin account thereafter, they will no longer be the same, and the strong password
requirement can be removed from the web interface admin account.
Cisco Firepower Management Center 1600, 2600, and 4600 Getting Started Guide
Perform Initial Setup at the Web Interface for Versions 6.5 and Later
for your version. If you change the password for
Firepower
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