Using the IDS Device Manager

If you need to get up and running fast, Cisco's Web-based Intrusion Detection Device Manager, IDM, is the way to go. IDM is by far the easiest of the three IDS Managers to implement. The Web server process runs on the IDS sensor. This is a clue that each IDS sensor is managed independently from one another. You will need to open a web browser for each IDS sensor that you are managing. There is a tool, IDS Event Viewer, you can download from your IDS sensor that allows you to look at more than one sensor's logs from a single graphical interface.

IDM is compatible with the following browsers:

• Netscape (version 4.79 or later)

• Internet Explorer (version 5.5 Service Pack 2 or later)

The browsers can run on an array of operating systems, including: