Add A Static Route; Delete A Static Route; Specify The Time Settings - Cisco MARS Install And Setup Manual

Configuring Basic Network Settings at the Command Line
Before you can edit the routing table, you must establish a console connection to the MARS Appliance;
for options and details, see
how to add or delete a static route from the routing table.

Add a Static Route

This command permanently changes the MARS routing table.
To add a route to the network
route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 gw 10.1.1.1 dev eth0
To add a route to the host at
route add -host 192.168.0.101 gw 10.1.1.1 dev eth0

Delete a Static Route

To delete a route to subnet
route del -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0
To delete a host at
route del -host 192.168.0.101

Specify the Time Settings

You must configure NTP on the Global Controller and on each Local Controller to ensure that rules fired
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by the Local Controller are properly propagated to the Global Controller. For more information on
configuring NTP, see
After you have the basic connection settings, you must specify the time, date, and timezone of the
appliance. To do this, you must use the console connection and do the following:
Access the command line interface of the appliance.
Step 1
Enter timezone set to specify the timezone in which the appliance is running.
Step 2
This command displays a menu system that enables you to select the appropriate timezone based on
continent/country/region or using the POSIX TZ format. When configuring a
Global Controller/Local Controller hierarchy, you should ensure that each Local Controller is set to the
same timezone as the reporting devices that it monitors. In addition, the Global Controller and all
Local Controllers must be set to the same universal time (also referred to as UTC or GMT).
Step 3 To specify the current time and date in accordance with the specified timezone, do one of the following:
a.
b.
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Establishing a Console Connection, page
192.168.x.x
192.168.0.101
192.168.0.0/16
192.168.0.101
ntp, page
– Identify the NTP servers as follows:
Enter ntp server to identify the server.
Enter ntp sync to force a synchronization with the server.
, using gateway
, using gateway
, enter:
, enter:
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Chapter 5 Initial MARS Appliance Configuration
5-4. The following examples show
via , enter:
10.1.1.1 eth0
via , enter:
10.1.1.1 eth0
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