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Chapter 3 Installing IDS-4215
Installing IDS-4215
Step 5
Attach the network cables.
Warning
Port numbering for onboard interfaces was reversed from IDS 4.x to IPS 5.0 and later. The port naming
convention changed within the IPS application only; the physical chassis label remains unchanged.
To correlate chassis port labels to software port names, refer to the figure above.
IDS-4215 has the following interfaces:
•
FastEthernet0/0 is the command and control port.
•
FastEthernet0/1 is the sensing port.
•
FastEthernet1/0, FastEthernet1/1, FastEthernet1/2, and FastEthernet1/3 are the optional sensing
ports available if you have the 4FE card installed.
Step 6
Power on IDS-4215.
Make sure the BIOS version is 5.1.7 and the ROMMON version is 1.4 before upgrading IDS-4215 to
5.0. For the procedure, see
Upgrading the BIOS and ROMMON, page 3-9
.
Note
The BIOS/ROMMON upgrade is necessary to install the 4.1(4) system image, but not the 5.0(2)
system image. The 5.0(2) system image is smaller than the size limitation that applied to earlier
versions of ROMMON, while the 4.1(4) system image was larger.
Step 7
Initialize IDS-4215.
For the procedure, see
Initializing the Sensor, page 9-2
.
Step 8
Upgrade IDS-4215 to the most recent Cisco IPS software.
For the procedure, see
Obtaining Cisco IPS Software, page 10-1
.
You are now ready to configure intrusion prevention on IDS-4215.
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USB
CONSOLE
10/100 ETHERNET 0
10/100 ETHERNET 1
Empty PCI
slot
FastEthernet0/1 (sensing)
FastEthernet0/0 (command and control)
Off/on
Power
connector
FastEthernet1/3
FastEthernet1/0
FastEthernet1/1
FastEthernet1/2
Console
USB
(unused)