Management Center Initial Setup - Cisco 750 Getting Started Manual

Management Center Initial Setup

After you deploy and install a Firepower Management Center, you must complete a setup process that allows the
new appliance to communicate on your trusted management network. You must also change the administrator
password and accept the end user license agreement (EULA).
The setup process also allows you to perform many initial administrative-level tasks, such as setting the time,
registering and licensing devices, and scheduling updates. The options you choose during setup and registration
determine the default interfaces, inline sets, zones, and policies that the system creates and applies to managed
devices.
Before you begin the setup, make sure that you can meet the following conditions:
Access
To set up a new appliance, you must connect using either keyboard and monitor/KVM (keyboard, video, and
mouse) or a direct Ethernet connection to the appliance's management interface. After initial setup, you can
configure the appliance for serial access. For more information, see the Cisco Firepower Management Center
750, 1500, 2000, 3500, and 4000 Hardware Installation Guide.
Note: Do not use a KVM console with USB mass storage to access the appliance for the initial setup because
the appliance may attempt to use the mass storage device as a boot device.
Network and Deployment Information
You have, at minimum, the information needed to allow the appliance to communicate on your management
network: an IPv4 or IPv6 management IP address, a netmask or prefix length, and a default gateway.
If you know how the appliance is deployed, the setup process is also a good time to perform many initial
administrative-level tasks, including registration and licensing.
Note: If you are deploying multiple appliances, set up your devices first, then their managing Firepower
Management Center. The initial setup process for a device allows you to preregister it to a Management
Center; the setup process for a Management Center allows you to add and license preregistered managed
devices.
After you complete setup, you will use the Firepower Management Center's web interface to perform most
management and analysis tasks for your deployment. Note that Firepower devices have a restricted web interface
that you can use only to perform basic administration. For more information, see
Note: If you are setting up an appliance after restoring it to factory defaults (see
Management Center to Factory Defaults, page
settings, you can use a computer on your management network to browse directly to the appliance's web interface
to perform the setup. Skip to
The following diagram illustrates the choices you can make when setting up Management Centers:
Procedure
1. Mount the appliance in your rack using the mounting kit and its supplied instructions.
2. Attach the power cord to the appliance and plug into a power source.
Cisco Firepower Management Center Getting Started Guide
12) and you did not delete the appliance's license and network
Initial Setup Page: Management Centers, page
Installing the Firepower Management Center
Next Steps, page
Restoring a Firepower
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