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Chapter 5
Initial MARS Appliance Configuration
Manually specify the date and time for this appliance as follows:
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b.
Enter reboot to reboot the appliance and re-initialize all the processes using the changed time/date
Step 4
settings.
Completing the Cable Connections
If you are using a console connection to eth0 or eth1, you must now disconnect that console and connect
the appliance to the network using a crossover cable. However, if you are using a non-Ethernet console
connection, you can continue with
Completing the Configuration using MARS web interface
Before you can configure MARS to monitor the reporting devices, you must use the web interface to
configure the appliance with some basic information. This information includes enabling the appliance
license, updating the e-mail domain, identifying the e-mail gateway, specifying DNS addresses, and
identifying the e-mail account to be used for administrative notifications. After you complete this part,
you can update the appliance to the most recent software version. This part comprises the following:
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Licensing the Appliance
How you license your appliance depends on the model number and the software support you are running.
For the newer models running 5.x software, your appliance comes with a Software License Claim
Certificate, which you use to generate your license key using a web browser.
To license your appliance, select the correct software version and following the provided instructions:
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License the 5.x Software
Adding the license file is only performed using the web interface; there is not no CLI support. In the 5.x
releases, you are able upgrade a MARS 110R to a MARS 110 by purchasing and applying an additional
license.
The license key that you apply to a Global Controller does not propagate to the monitored
Note
Local Controllers. Each MARS Appliance has a unique license key.
OL-14672-01
Enter date to specify the date in mm/dd/yyyy format.
Enter time to specify the time in hh:mm:ss format.
Licensing the Appliance, page 5-11
Verifying and Updating Network Settings, page 5-14
Specifying the DNS Settings, page 5-15
Configure TACACS/AAA Login Prompts, page 5-17
License the 5.x Software, page 5-11
Completing the Configuration using MARS web interface, page
Install and Setup Guide for Cisco Security MARS
Completing the Cable Connections
5-11.
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