Deployment of FireSIGHT Management Center on VMware ESXi

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A FireSIGHT Management Center allows you to manage one or more FirePOWER Appliances, <span>Next Generation Intrusion Prevention System</span> (NGIPS) Viirtual Appliances, and Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) with FirePOWER Services.</p> <p style="background-image: url('//www.cisco.com/en/US/i/templates/note.gif'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: 2px 4px; height: auto; width: auto; padding: 10px 5px 10px 35px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; overflow-x: hidden;"><strong>Note</strong>: This document is a supplement of the FireSIGHT System Installation Guide and User Guide. For an ESXi specific configuration and troubleshooting question, refer to the VMware knowledge base and documentation.</p> <a class="auto_toc_anchor" name="anc1"></a><h2 id="toc-hId--760642506">Prerequisites</h2> <a class="auto_toc_anchor" name="anc2"></a><h3 id="toc-hId-785654324">Components Used</h3> <p>The information on this document is based on these platforms:</p> <ul> <li>Cisco FireSIGHT Management Center</li> <li>Cisco FireSIGHT Management Center Virtual Appliance</li> <li>VMware ESXI 5.0</li> </ul> <p>In this document, a "device" refers to these platforms:</p> <ul> <li>Sourcefire FirePOWER 7000 Series Appliances and 8000 Series Appliances</li> <li>Sourcefire NGIPS Virtual Appliances for VMware ESXi</li> <li>Cisco ASA 5500-X Series with FirePOWER service</li> </ul> <p>The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.</p> <a class="auto_toc_anchor" name="anc3"></a><h2 id="toc-hId--1569989132">Configuration</h2> <a class="auto_toc_anchor" name="anc4"></a><h3 id="toc-hId--23692302">Deploy an OVF Template</h3> <ol> <li> <p>Download the <strong id="C9E559F8D77A1D59413C96C682E490573A8F1559" class="overlay_img">Cisco FireSIGHT Management Center Virtual Appliance</strong> from the <a href="//www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cisco Support & Downloads</a> site.</p> </li> <li> <p>Extract the contents of the <span style="font-family: courier new,courier;">tar.gz</span> file to a local directory.</p> </li> <li> <p>Connect to your ESXi server with a <strong>VMware vSphere Client</strong>.</p> <p><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" style="width: 417px;"><img src="/c/dam/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-center-virtual-appliance/118645-configure-firesight-00-00.png"/></span></p> </li> <li> <p>Once you log in to the vSphere Client, choose <strong>File > Deploy OVF Template</strong>.</p> <p><strong><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" style="width: 331px;"><img src="/c/dam/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-center-virtual-appliance/118645-configure-firesight-00-01.png"/></span></strong></p> </li> <li> <p>Click <strong>Browse </strong>and locate the files that you extracted in step 2. Choose the OVF file <span style="font-family: courier new,courier;">Sourcefire_Defense_Center_Virtual64_VMware-ESXi-X.X.X-xxx.ovf</span> and click <strong>Next.</strong></p> <p><strong><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" style="width: 600px;"><img src="/c/dam/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-center-virtual-appliance/118645-configure-firesight-00-02.png"/></span></strong></p> </li> <li> <p>On the <strong>OVF Template Details</strong> screen, click <strong>Next</strong> in order to accept the default settings.</p> <p><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" style="width: 600px;"><img src="/c/dam/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-center-virtual-appliance/118645-configure-firesight-00-03.png"/></span></p> </li> <li> <p>Provide a name for the Management Center and click <strong>Next</strong>.</p> <p><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" style="width: 600px;"><img src="/c/dam/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-center-virtual-appliance/118645-configure-firesight-00-04.png"/></span></p> </li> <li> <p>Choose a <strong>Datastore</strong> on which you want to create the virtual machine and click <strong>Next</strong>.</p> <p><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" style="width: 600px;"><img src="/c/dam/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-center-virtual-appliance/118645-configure-firesight-00-05.png"/></span></p> </li> <li> <p>Click the <strong>Thick provisioned format</strong> radio button for the <strong>Disk Format</strong> and click <strong>Next</strong>. Thick provisioning format allocates the necessary disk space at the time of creating a virtual disk, whereas the thin provisioning format uses space on demand.</p> <p><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" style="width: 600px;"><img src="/c/dam/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-center-virtual-appliance/118645-configure-firesight-00-06.png"/></span></p> </li> <li> <p>On the <strong>Network Mapping</strong> section, associate the management interface of the FireSIGHT Management Center to a VMware network and click <strong>Next</strong>.</p> <p><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" style="width: 599px;"><img src="/c/dam/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-center-virtual-appliance/118645-configure-firesight-00-07.png"/></span></p> </li> <li> <p>Click <strong>Finish</strong> in order to complete the OVF template deployment.</p> <p><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" style="width: 600px;"><img src="/c/dam/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-center-virtual-appliance/118645-configure-firesight-00-08.png"/></span></p> </li> </ol> <a class="auto_toc_anchor" name="anc5"></a><h3 id="toc-hId-1719118033">Power On and Complete Initialization</h3> <ol> <li> <p>Navigate to the newly created virtual machine.  Right-click the server name and choose <strong>Power > Power On</strong> in order to boot up the server for the first time.</p> <p><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" style="width: 564px;"><img src="/c/dam/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-center-virtual-appliance/118645-configure-firesight-00-09.png"/></span></p> </li> <li> <p>Navigate to the <strong>Console</strong> tab in order to monitor the server console. The LILO Boot Menu appears.</p> <p><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" style="width: 600px;"><img src="/c/dam/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-center-virtual-appliance/118645-configure-firesight-00-10.png"/></span></p> <p>Once the BIOS data check is successful, the initialization process starts. The first boot might take additional time to complete as the configuration database is initialized for the first time.  </p> <p><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" style="width: 600px;"><img src="/c/dam/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-center-virtual-appliance/118645-configure-firesight-00-11.png"/></span></p> <p>Once complete, you might see a message for <span style="font-family: courier new,courier;">No such device</span>.</p> <p><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" style="width: 600px;"><img src="/c/dam/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-center-virtual-appliance/118645-configure-firesight-00-12.png"/></span></p> </li> <li> <p>Press <strong>Enter</strong> in order to get a login prompt.</p> <p><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" style="width: 600px;"><img src="/c/dam/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-center-virtual-appliance/118645-configure-firesight-00-13.png"/></span></p> </li> </ol> <p style="background-image: url('//www.cisco.com/en/US/i/templates/note.gif'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: 2px 4px; height: auto; width: auto; padding: 10px 5px 10px 35px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; overflow-x: hidden;"><strong>Note</strong>: A message "<font face="courier new,courier">WRITE SAME failed. Manually zeroing.</font>" may appear after the system is booted up for the first time. This does not indicate a defect, it correctly indicates that the VMware storage driver does not support the <font face="courier new,courier">WRITE SAME</font> command.  The system displays this message, and proceeds with a fallback command to perform the same operation.</p> <a class="auto_toc_anchor" name="anc6"></a><h3 id="toc-hId--833038928">Configure the Network Settings</h3> <ol> <li>On the <span style="font-family: courier new,courier;">Sourcefire3D</span> login prompt, use these credentials to log in: <p>For version 5.x</p> <ul> <li>Username: <span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong>admin</strong></span></li> <li>Password: <span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong>Sourcefire</strong></span></li> </ul> <p>For version 6.x and later</p> <ul> <li>Username: <span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong>admin</strong></span></li> <li>Password: <font face="courier new, courier"><span style="line-height: normal;"><strong>Admin123</strong></span></font></li> </ul> <p style="background-image: url('//www.cisco.com/en/US/i/templates/tip.gif'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: 2px 4px; height: auto; width: auto; padding: 10px 5px 10px 35px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; overflow-x: hidden;"><strong>Tip</strong>: You will be able to change the default password in the initial setup process in the GUI.</p> </li> <li> <p>Initial configuration of the network is done with a script. You need to run the script as a <span style="font-family: courier new,courier;">root</span> user. In order to switch to the <span style="font-family: courier new,courier;">root</span> user, enter the <strong>sudo su -</strong> command along with the password <span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong>Sourcefire or Admin123 </strong>(for 6.x).</span>  Exercise caution when logged into the Management Center command line as a root user. </p> <pre>admin@Sourcefire3D:~$ sudo su - Password:</pre> </li> <li>In order to begin the network configuration, enter the <span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong>configure-network</strong></span> script as <span style="font-family: courier new,courier;">root</span>.  <p><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" style="width: 600px;"><img src="/c/dam/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-center-virtual-appliance/118645-configure-firesight-00-14.png"/></span></p> <p>You will be asked to provide a Management IP Address, netmask, and default gateway. Once you confirm the settings, the network service restarts. As a result, the management interface goes  down and then comes back.</p> <p><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" style="width: 600px;"><img src="/c/dam/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-center-virtual-appliance/118645-configure-firesight-00-15.png"/></span></p> </li> </ol> <a class="auto_toc_anchor" name="anc7"></a><h3 id="toc-hId-909771407">Perform Initial Setup</h3> <ol> <li> <p>After the network settings are configured, open a web browser and browse to the configured IP via HTTPS (<a href="https://192.0.2.2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://192.0.2.2</a> in this example).  Authenticate the default SSL certificate if prompted. Use these credentials in order to log in:</p> <p>For version 5.x  </p> <ul> <li>Username: <span><strong>admin</strong></span></li> <li>Password: <span><strong>Sourcefire</strong></span></li> </ul> <p>For version 6.x and later</p> <ul> <li>Username: <span><strong>admin</strong></span></li> <li>Password: <font face="courier new, courier"><span><strong>Admin123</strong></span></font></li> </ul> </li> <li> <p>On the screen that follows, all of the GUI configuration sections are optional except for the password change and acceptance of the terms of service.  If the information is known, it is recommended to use the setup wizard in order to simplify the initial configuration of the Management Center. Once configured, click <strong>Apply</strong> in order to apply the configuration to the Management Center and registered devices.  A brief overview of the configuration options is as follows:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Change Password:</strong>  Allows you to change the password for the default admin account.  It is required to change the password. </li> <li><strong>Network Settings: </strong> Allows you to modify the previously configured IPv4 and IPv6 network settings for the management interface of the appliance or virtual machine.</li> <li><strong>Time Settings:</strong>  It is recommended that you sync the Management Center with a reliable NTP source. The IPS sensors can be configured through system policy to synchronize their time with the Management Center.  Optionally, the time and display time zone can be set manually.</li> <li><strong>Recurring Rule Update Imports: </strong> Enable recurring Snort rule updates and optionally install now during the initial setup.</li> <li><strong>Recurring Geolocation Updates:</strong>  Enable recurring geolocation rule updates and optionally install now during the initial setup.</li> <li><strong>Automatic Backups: </strong> Schedule automatic configuration backups.</li> <li><strong>License Settings: </strong> Add the feature license.</li> <li><strong>Device Registration:</strong>  Allows you to add, license, and apply initial access control policies to preregistered devices.  The hostname/IP address and registration key should match the IP address and registration key configured on the FirePOWER IPS module.</li> <li><strong>End User License Agreement: </strong> Acceptance of the EULA is required.</li> </ul> <p><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" style="width: 600px;"><img src="/c/dam/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-center-virtual-appliance/118645-configure-firesight-00-16.png"/></span></p> </li> </ol> <a class="auto_toc_anchor" name="anc8"></a><h2 id="toc-hId--1445872049">Related Information</h2> <ul> <li><strong><a href="//www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/60/quick_start/management_center_virtual/FMCv-quick.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Firepower Management Center Virtual Quick Start Guide for VMware, Version 6.0</a></strong></li> <li><strong><a href="//www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Technical Support & Documentation - Cisco Systems</a></strong></li> </ul> </div></div><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://www.cisco.com/etc/designs/cdc/transformation/support-responsive.css"/> <style type="text/css"> td {border:1px solid black;} table {border:1px solid black;} </style></div> <cdc:do action="com.cisco.wem.framework.service.command.eotcontent.EOTResponsiveContent@274f6a85" returnTypedAs="eotResponsiveContainerVo" id="eotResponsiveContainerVo" /> <div class="row full visitedlinks" style="padding: 0px; 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