Installing the Cisco IDS Management Center
The Cisco IDS MC is a component of the VPN/Security Management Solution (VMS) that, in turn, is part of the CiscoWorks2000 software package. The VMS software suite includes additional components such as CiscoWorks2000 Common Services, which provides for user roles and MC access privileges to be defined as well as for data storage. Additionally, it offers data storage for CiscoWorks client applications that use its services. Other components of VMS include the PIX Management Center, VPN Router Management Center, VPN Monitor, the Cisco Security Agent Management Center, and the Security Monitor. This discussion will focus primarily on the installation of the IDS MC; however, it is often helpful to understand the combined installation requirements of the required VMS bundle.
Server Hardware Requirements
CiscoWorks2000 and the VMS bundle can be installed and operated on either a Windows 2000 Server platform or a Sun Solaris platform. The hardware requirements for CiscoWorks2000 and VMS are specified in Table 10.1.
| Component | Minimum Requirement | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware | IBM PC Compatible with 1 GHz or faster Pentium CPU | Sun UltraSPARC 60 MP with 440 MHz or faster processor or Sun UltraSPARC III system (i.e., Sun Blade 2000 or Sun Fire 280R) |
| Operating System | Windows 2000 Professional, Server, and Advanced Server(Service Pack 3) | Solaris 8 with the following patches: |
| Additional Software | Microsoft ODBC Driver Manager 3.510 or later | N/A |
| File System | NTFS | UFS |
| Memory | 1GB (minimum) experience shows 1.5GB to 2GB is more practical | |
| Virtual Memory | 1GB (minimum) | |
| Hard Drive Space | 9GB (minimum); this will increase depending on what reporting and logging is enabled. Be sure to monitor the log file size. | |
| Java Version | Sun Java plug-in 1.3.1-b24 |
The VMS product suite should not be installed on a Microsoft Windows Server system that is a domain controller or a terminal server. The remainder of this chapter will focus on the installation of the IDS MC on a Windows 2000 system. For additional information regarding the installation of the IDS MC on a Solaris 8 server, please refer to Cisco's web site (www.cisco.com).