Chapter 4      Managing Devices

Device Management

Setting Up PIX Firewall Devices

For PIX firewall devices, configure the following:

Task

Procedure

1. Upgrade your 

Visit the Software Center at Cisco.com for software downloads.

network device 

software to the 

supported versions.

2. Set up your network  To verify using the ping command, the PIX firewall device must be set up 

device to accept ICMP  to receive ping commands from the HSE or from the network upon which 

ping requests.

HSE resides. See your PIX configuration guide on Cisco.com for more 

details, then from Administration > Diagnostics select Connectivity. Enter 

the device name or IP address and click Ping.

3. Verify connectivity 

From the Administration tab, select Diagnostics, then Connectivity.Type 

from the Hosting 

the device name or IP address and click Ping.

Solution Engine to the 

devices you want to 

manage.

4. Enable SNMP and set  1. Use the PIX CLI to enable the SNMP server. For example, snmp server 

up community strings.

host  

2. Use the PIX CLI to set the community strings. For example, 

snmp server community  

3. Use the PIX CLI to set the inside/outside status of the host. For 

example, snmp server host outside

5. (Optional) Set the 

1. On IOS based devices, enter configuration mode and use the following 

system name, contact, 

commands.

and location variables.

a. To set the system name, use the hostname name command. For 

example, set hostname HSE PIX 1

.

b. To set the system contact, use the snmp contact contact command.

c. To set the location, use the snmp location location command.

6. (Optional) Configure  Add device names and IP addresses into the DNS server. See your DNS 

DNS server.

server documentation for instructions.

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