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McAfee® Network Security Platform 6.0
recognizable naming scheme prior to deployment that indicates your Sensors' locations or
purposes, and which ensures unique names. The Manager will not recognize two Sensors
with identical names.
Sensors are represented by name in several areas of McAfee
and its alert data: the Manager Configuration page, alert and configuration reports, and the
Threat Analyzer. Thus, it is a good idea to make your Sensor naming scheme clear
enough to interpret by anyone who might need to work with the system or its data.
For example, if you were deploying Sensors at a university, you might name your Sensors
according to their location on the campus:
Sensor1_StudentUnion, Sensor1_Library
Note:
Sensors; for example, do not use both Sensor1 and Sensor1.
Communication between the Sensor and the Manager
The Sensor initiates all communication with the Manager server until secure
communication is established between the two devices. Later, configuration information is
pushed from Manager to Sensor. The Manager does not poll the network to discover the
Sensor.
Note:
"KnowledgeBase KB55587" for details.
Configuring the Sensor
At any time during configuration, you can type
To see a list of all commands, type commands. These commands are described in the
Guide
Note:
Sensor.
If you are moving a Sensor to a new environment and wish to wipe the Sensor back to its
factory default settings, start by typing factorydefaults from the CLI. See the
for specific details on the usage of factorydefaults command.
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2
Sensor name is case-insensitive. Do not use case to distinguish between
All communication between the Manager and Sensor is secure. Refer to
.
The first time you configure a Sensor, you must have physical access to the
Open a hyperterminal session to configure the Sensor. (For instructions on connecting
to the Console port, see the section Cabling the Console Port, in the Product Guide
for your Sensor model.)
At the login prompt, log on to the Sensor using the default username admin and
password admin123.
McAfee strongly recommends
Note 1:
security purposes as described in
By default, the user is prompted for configuration set up, immediately
Note 2:
after login. Else, the user can choose to start the setup later from command
prompt using the setup command. For more information, see the
Sensor1_WeanHall
, and so on.
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to get help on the Sensor CLI commands.
that you change the default password later for
Step 9
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Adding a Sensor
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Network Security Platform
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Sensor2_WeanHall,
CLI Guide
CLI Guide
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CLI
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