Appendix C. Configuring Your Appliances; Appliance Setup Tool Requirements; Managed; Smc Failover - Cisco Stealthwatch Hardware Deployment And Configuration Manual

Appendix C. Configuring Your Appliances

When you log in to the appliance for the first time, you will use the Appliance Setup Tool
to configure your appliance settings.

Appliance Setup Tool Requirements

Confirm your firewalls and ACLs (Access Control List) will allow access.
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Gather the host name for the appliance and IP addresses for the following:
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appliance
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subnet mask
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default and broadcast gateways
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NTP and DNS servers
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SMC IP address for Central Management
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Managed

As part of the Appliance Setup Tool, you will configure your appliance to be managed by
your primary Stealthwatch Management Console (SMC).
When your appliances are managed by your Stealthwatch Management Console (SMC),
you can use Central Management to edit appliance configurations, update software,
reboot, shut down, and more.

SMC Failover

If you have more than one Stealthwatch Management Console (SMC), you can set up an
SMC failover pair so that one of them serves as backup console to the other.
Use the Appliance Setup Tool to configure each individual SMC.
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Plan which SMC will be primary and secondary.
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After you set up each individual SMC, you will use the Central Management Trust
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Store and the Stealthwatch Desktop Client to configure the SMC failover
relationship.

Best Practices

To configure your system successfully, make sure you follow the instructions in this
guide.
We recommend the following:
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