Guide to User Documentation for Cisco Security Manager

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Guide to User Documentation for Cisco Security Manager

Documentation Set

How to Get Started with SecurityManager

Guide to User Documentation for Cisco Security
Manager

First Published: January 23, 2018

Last Updated: March, 2018

Cisco Security Manager is part of the Cisco Security Management Suite, which delivers comprehensive policy administration and enforcement for the Cisco Self-Defending Network.

This document identifies and links to the various documents available for Cisco Security Manager (Security Manager) and Auto Update Server (AUS) and contains the following sections:

Documentation Set

You can access the Cisco Security Manager documentation set at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/security/security-manager/tsd-products-support-series-home.html

 

Table 1 Supported Documents for Cisco Security Manager

Documentation Name
Description
Documentation Links

Release Notes

The release notes contain a product overview and list important notes and known problems.

Release Notes for Cisco Security Manager

Installation and Upgrade Guides

These documents guide you to plan your requirements and deployment of the Security Manager. It also has procedures for installing Security Manager on a Windows server or in a high availability or disaster recovery configuration.

The installation guide provides installation, upgrade, and uninstallation instructions for Security Manager and AUS and includes pre- and post-installation guidelines and troubleshooting information.

Note Refer to Release Notes for Cisco Security Manager for important installation notes.

User Guides and Online Help

Individual user guides and online help for Security Manager and AUS provide conceptual and procedural information on the SM and AUS.

Note Context-sensitive online help that contains the content of this user guide accessible from the Help menu or by clicking Help on any page or dialog box.

Configuration Examples

These documents contain information about specific configuration scenarios and how they are implemented using Cisco Security Manager. Although specific to a particular Security Manager release, configuration examples can be used with other releases that support a feature of interest.

Supported Device Tables

This document contains complete lists of devices and software supported by Security Manager and AUS.

Videos

The Introduction to the Cisco Security Manager Event Viewer video provides a short introduction to the Event Viewer feature introduced in Cisco Security Manager 4.0.

How to Get Started with Security Manager

To set up and get started with Security Manager, we recommend the following:

  • Plan your installation.

To learn which applications are available for installation and to plan your installation, see the “Overview” chapter in the Installation Guide for Cisco Security Manager.

  • Get an overview of Cisco Security Manager.

For a general product overview, see the “Product Overview” chapter in the User Guide for Cisco Security Manager.

Note: For an interactive overview of Security Manager features, see the interactive JumpStart tutorial that opens when you start Security Manager for the first time. You can also access the JumpStart tutorial by choosing Help > JumpStart.

  • Review Getting Started checklist.

To get up and running most efficiently, see the “Getting Started with Security Manager” chapter in the User Guide for Cisco Security Manager.

  • Define essential settings.

Use Security Manager to define many application-wide settings that customize your working environment, such as deployment method. See “Completing the Initial Security Manager Configuration” in the User Guide for Cisco Security Manager.

  • Manage user authentication and authorization.

–To define user roles and permissions, see the “Managing User Accounts” chapter in the Installation Guide for Cisco Security Manager.

–To integrate Security Manager with Cisco Secure ACS, see the “Managing User Accounts” chapter in the Installation Guide for Cisco Security Manager.

  • Bootstrap your devices.

To enable communication between Security Manager and devices, you must configure transport settings on the devices before you add them to the inventory. See the “Preparing Devices for Management” chapter in the User Guide for Cisco Security Manager.

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