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Cisco Security Device Manager Overview 101

Preparing to Launch Cisco SDM

If you plan to run SDM on a router that does not already have SDM installed, you need to

install SDM either from a CD accompanying the router or from a download from the Cisco

IOS Software Center. The installation is wizard-based. You are prompted to install SDM

either on an administrator’s PC, in the router’s ﬂash, or both.

SDM can connect to the managed router using secure HTTP (that is, HTTPS). The

commands shown in Table 3-10 can be used to conﬁgure the router for HTTP support.

Example 3-20 illustrates the use of these commands.

To verify that the required SDM ﬁles are installed on a router, you can issue the show ﬂash

command. The output of this command should show, at a minimum, the following SDM

ﬁles:

■ sdmconﬁg-router_platform.cfg

■ sdm.tar

■ es.tar

■ common.tar

■ home.shtml

■ home.tar

Table 3-10 HTTPS Conﬁguration Commands

Command Function

Router(conﬁg)# ip http server Enables an HTTP server on a router

Router(conﬁg)# ip http secure-

server

Enables a secure HTTP (HTTPS) server on a

router

Router(conﬁg)# ip http

authentication local

Conﬁgures a local authentication method for

accessing the HTTPS server

Router(conﬁg)# username

name privilege 15 secret 0

password

Conﬁgures a username and password to be used for

authentication local to the router

Example 3-20 HTTPS Server Conﬁguration for R1

R1(config)# ii

R1(config)# uu