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Cisco Security Device Manager (SDM) Quick
Start Guide
This document accompanies the Quick Start Guide for your Cisco router. It describes Security Device
Manager (SDM) and shows you how to use it to configure your Cisco IOS.
Cisco Security Device Manager (SDM) is an easy-to-use device management tool that allows you to
configure Cisco IOS security features through an intuitive web-based graphical user interface.
Note This document contains the latest information on how to use SDM to give your ro
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Use SDM to Configure the Router Use SDM to Configure the Router This section explains how to use the SDM Startup wizard to deploy your router with a working LAN and WAN configuration. Once the router is deployed you can use SDM to further configure LAN and WAN interfaces, dynamic routing, Network Address Translation (NAT), firewalls, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), and other features on your router. SDM runs under Internet Explorer version 5.5 or later, on a PC that is running Microsoft Windows
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Use SDM to Configure the Router Table 1 Router Port Numbers Cisco Router Model Cable Type Port Number LED 1711, 1712 Crossover, or straight through WIC 4ESW port 1x Port 1X with Ethernet switch 1710, 1721, 1751, Crossover, or straight through Ethernet 10/100 ETH ACT or 1760 with Ethernet switch 10/100 ACT (Yellow port on router) 2600 Crossover, orstraight through Ethernet 0/0 or View LED at with Ethernet switch FastEthernet 0/0 port. 3600 Crossover, or straight through FastEthernet 0/0 or View L
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Use SDM to Configure the Router Figure 2 Router Home Page If the router home page does not appear when you enter the URL https://10.10.10.1 (or http://10.10.10.1), test the connection between the PC and the router by doing the following: • Check that the Power LED on the router is on, and that the LED for the port to which you connected the PC is on, indicating an active Ethernet connection between the router and the PC. See Table 1 to determine which LED this is. If this LED is not lit, verify
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Use SDM to Configure the Router Figure 3 SDM Launch Page Step 6 A window appears that provides information about the browser and its settings. That window also informs you that SDM will open in another window. You can close this window and wait for the SDM Startup Wizard page to appear. Step 7 When the SDM Startup wizard appears, click Next to begin configuring the router. Use the wizard to give the router a name, and to configure a LAN interface, a WAN interface, and secure the router. You conf
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Use SDM to Configure the Router Step 1 Assign a new IP address to the PC’s Ethernet interface; place it on the same subnet as the router’s Ethernet port, which you assigned in Step 7 of Task 3. See Figure 4 for an example configuration. If you configured a DHCP server on the router, configure the PC to obtain an IP address automatically. Figure 4 Configure the PC with an IP Address on the New Subnet Crossover cable 172.16.30.0 subnet Example static Example configured IP address: or dynamic IP add
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Using SDM Figure 5 SDM Overview Window Using SDM Cisco SDM provides a series of easy-to-use wizards that quickly take you step-by-step through configuring your router, without requiring knowledge of the Cisco IOS software CLI. You can use SDM wizards to: • Configure WAN connections • Create firewalls • Configure VPN connections • Perform Security Audits To start a wizard, simply click the appropriate button in the left frame of the Overview window, shown in Figure 5. SDM also provides the Advanc
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You’re Done! Where to Go from Here – Click Address Pool to define a pool of dynamic NAT IP addresses. – Click Add... to create NAT rules. • To customize the router’s firewall policy or create an ACL, click Firewall Policy. • To allow the router to be securely managed, click Management Access in the System tree. SDM automatically saves changes to the router’s running configuration, and you can direct it to save the running configuration to the startup configuration. You’re Done! Where to Go from
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I Want to Use the Cisco IOS Startup Sequence Step 3 Use a terminal emulation program on your PC, with the terminal emulation settings of 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control, to connect to your router. Step 4 At the prompt, enter the enable command. The default configuration file does not configure an enable password. yourname> enable yourname# Step 5 Enter the erase startup-config command. yourname# erase startup-config Step 6 Confirm the command by pressing Enter.
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Cisco.com logging buffered 51200 warning Go to http://www.cisco.com/go/sdm to obtain SDM documents such as release notes and installation instructions that can be used to obtain the latest version of SDM. If you are configuring a Cisco 830 router, you should obtain the following document: • Switching Between Cisco Security Device Manager (SDM) and Cisco Router Web Setup Tool (CRWS) on Cisco 83x Series Routers If you accidentally delete SDM files on the router, or the router was shipped without S
