Data Store Installation
If you plan on purchasing a Stealthwatch Data Store, contact Cisco Professional
Services for assistance with placement, deployment, and configuration within
and as part of your overall Stealthwatch deployment. Contact Cisco Support for
more information.
Stealthwatch Hardware Deployment and Considerations
Deploy and configure your SMC, Data Node, and Flow Collector Stealthwatch appliances
based on the following directions, and install switches for the Data Store, on your
network. When deploying your Data Nodes and connecting them to your network,
review
Data Store Deployment Requirements and Considerations
.
Ensure that your SMC, Data Nodes, and Flow Collectors are at the same version (v7.3.2)
and the most recent rollup patches.
See the
Stealthwatch x2xx Series Hardware (with Data Store) Appliance Installation
or
Appendix A. Installation Preparation
and
for more information on individual appliance installation and
configuration. See the
Stealthwatch System Configuration Guide
for assistance with
running Appliance Setup Tool on individual appliances.
Use the Stealthwatch Web App to monitor and configure your Stealthwatch
installation if you deploy a Data Store. The Stealthwatch Desktop Client is
incompatible with a Data Store.
SMC Configuration for Use with a Data Store
Deploy and configure your SMC for use with a Data Store, and to manage your Data
Nodes and Flow Collectors.
See
Failover Stealthwatch Management Console (Optional) Deployment
for more context on deploying and configure a secondary SMC to work with a
Data Store.
Perform the following:
1.
First, deploy your SMC to your network. Then, connect to your appliance with
CIMC, a keyboard and monitor, or laptop and log into the console as
root
. Run
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