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Cisco Firepower Management Center 1600, 2600, and 4600 Getting Started Guide
In a NAT environment, you may not need to spedify the IP address or hostname of the device, if you already
specified the IP address or hostname of the FMC when you configured the device to be managed by the FMC.
Step 3
In the Display Name field, enter a name for the device as you want it to appear in the FMC web interface.
Step 4 In the Registration Key field, enter the same regstration key that you used when you configured the device
to be managed by the FMC. (This registration key is a one-time-use shared secret that you made up when you
originally identified this FMC on the device.)
Step 5
Choose an initial Access Control Policy. Unless you already have a customized policy you know you need
to use, choose Create new policy, and choose Block all traffic. You can change this later to allow traffic;
see the
If the device is incompatible with the policy you choose, deploying will fail. This incompatibility could occur
for multiple reasons, including licensing mismatches, model restrictions, passive vs inline issues, and other
misconfigurations. See the
information. After you resolve the issue that caused the failure, manually deploy configurations to the device.
Step 6 Choose licenses to apply to the device.
For classic devices, note that Control, Malware, and URL Filtering licenses require a Protection license.
Step 7 If you used a NAT ID during device setup, expand the Advanced section and enter the same NAT ID in the
Unique NAT ID field.
Step 8 Click Register.
It may take up to two minutes for the FMC to verify the device's heartbeat and establish communication.
Set Up Alternate FMC Access
After you have completed the initial setup process, you can establish alternate means of accessing the FMC
by doing one of the following:
• You can set up the FMC for direct access from a local computer to its serial port. Before configuring the
• You can set up the FMC for Lights-Out Management (LOM) access using a Serial over LAN (SOL)
Set Up Serial Access
Before you begin
• Complete the initial setup process appropriate to your Firepower version:
• Obtain and install terminal emulation software (such as HyperTerminal or XModem) on the local computer
Firepower Management Center Configuration Guide
Firepower Management Center Configuration Guide
FMC for serial access, redirect console output to the serial port.
connection on the CIMC interface. This allows you to perfom a limited number of maintenance tasks
without having physical access to the appliance.
• For Firepower Versions 6.5 and later see
• For Firepower Versions 6.3 - 6.4 see
to interact with the FMC.
Cisco Firepower Management Center 1600, 2600, and 4600 Getting Started Guide
for your version for more information.
Install the FMC for Versions 6.5 and Later, on page
Install the FMC for Software Versions 6.3 - 6.4, on page
Set Up Alternate FMC Access
for your version for more
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