Installing The Nm-Cids System Image; Overview - Cisco 4215 - Intrusion Detection Sys Sensor Configuration Manual

Chapter 17 Upgrading, Downgrading, and Installing System Images
Type k if you are installing from a keyboard, or type s if you are installing from a serial connection.
Step 4
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Log in to the appliance by using a serial connection or with a monitor and keyboard.
Step 5
Note
You are prompted to change the default password.
Step 6
Note
After you change the password, the
Type the setup command to initialize the appliance. For the procedure, see
Step 7
page
Install the most recent service pack and signature update. For the procedure for locating software on
Step 8
Cisco.com, see

Installing the NM-CIDS System Image

This section describes how to install the NM-CIDS system image, and contains the following topics:
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Overview

You can reimage the NM-CIDS using the system image file (IPS-NM-CIDS-K9-sys-1.1-a-5.0-1.pkg).
Before you can use the system image file, you must upgrade the bootloader in one of the following ways:
If NM-CIDS is already running version 5.0, the bootloader has been upgraded. You only need to upgrade
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the bootloader when upgrading from 4.x to 5.0.
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A blue screen is displayed for several minutes without any status messages while the files are
being copied from the CD to your appliance.
The default username and password are both cisco.
Passwords must be at least eight characters long and be strong, that is, not be a dictionary word.
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Obtaining Cisco IPS Software, page
Overview, page 17-19
Installing the NM-CIDS System Image, page 17-20
Upgrading the Bootloader, page 17-22
Instead of installing the system image, use the upgrade command to upgrade from 4.x to 5.0 using
the major upgrade file (IPS-K9-maj-5.0-1-S149.rpm.pkg).
The 5.0 upgrade also updates the bootloader with the new bootloader file
(servicesengine-boot-1.0-17-1_dev.bin), then reimages the hard-disk drive with the new image.
We recommend that you use the upgrade command.
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Sensor CLI Configuration Guide for IPS 5.0
prompt appears.
sensor#
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Installing System Images
Initializing the Sensor,
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