Specifications

Automated Security Manager Help

Welcome to the online help system for Enterasys NetSight

Automated Security Manager (ASM). All ASM

documentation is available in the online help system. Online help is available from the Help menus and Help

buttons throughout ASM. The Help viewer is divided into two panels. The left panel contains two tabs: the

Table of Contents tab and the Search tab. The right panel displays the actual help text itself.

Automated Security Manager Overview

NetSight Automated Security Manager combines the features of a comprehensive intrusion detection system,

such as Enterasys' Dragon Intrusion Defense System (IDS), with ASM's search capabilities and NetSight

Policy Manager to provide an effective defense against threats to your network's security.

In operation:

The intrusion detection system detects a security event and notifies ASM of end stations that are the

source of threats on the network. Security events containing information about the threat (category,

etc) and the end stations IP address are sent via an SNMPv3 trap (inform) with AuthPriv enabled. The

use of SNMPv3 with AuthPriv enabled provides a measure of security to minimize the chances of a

malicious user sending traps to the Automated Security Manager and disabling the network.

ASM's search capability determines the switch and port.2.

ASM then determines what action should be taken and applies the action on the port (no action,

disable port, or apply a quarantine policy

Finally ASM notifies the intrusion detection system of the actions taken via a SNMPv3 trap (inform)

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1. Requires NetSight Policy Manager to be installed.

2. Requires the intrusion detection system to support receiving SNMPv3 trap (inform).

Accessing Help

There are several ways to access the help system:

For help on any ASM feature, select the Help > Help Topics menu option.•

For help on the Activity Monitor, select the Help > About This Window menu option.•

Help on a particular window is also often available via a Help button on the window itself.•

Table of Contents Tab

Click on the Table of Contents Tab in the left panel to display a list of help topics for ASM. The Table of

Contents is "collapsed" when you first open the help. To expand any folder in the Table of Contents,

double−click it. When you click on an item in the Table of Contents, the associated help topic appears in the

right panel. If the help topic you select is located within a long file, you may need to wait a second or two for

the help window to locate your particular topic within the file.

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