ESM 11 Installation

Question 1

Appliance’s Comboboxes are recommend for what type of customers implementation?

Answer 1

Small to mid size implementation

Question 2

What are the supported virtualization platforms to install ESM and its components?

Answer 2

• VMWare ESXi
• Linux KVM / Linux Kernel Base Machine
• AWS

Question 3

What are the steps needed to setup an ESM for the first time (enumerate 5)?

Answer 3

• Validate system requirements
• Loading ISO or VM Image
• Configure primary NIC (IP, Mask, Gateway, DNS1, DNS2)
• Login to the ESM UI
• Accept License Agreement
• Change default password (it can be used to ssh into the VM)
• Choose if enable FIPS or not
• Update rules
• Specify language, and timezone
• Configure ssh keys if needed
• Configure proxy server if needed
• Configure NTP server for time syncronization
• Add customer ID and password

Question 4

What it is FIPS?

Answer 4

FIPS stands for Federal Information Processing Standards, this mode is normally used by government agencies.