Steps for Configuring Router to Support SDM
It is not sufficient to simply save the SDM files on flash; you must enable and set up access to the application on the router.
Steps:
- Depending on whether you are providing confidentiality, you would need to enable the router as an HTTP or HTTPS server. It is possible to design rules that permit HTTP connections, but afterward, map the port to HTTPS and conduct an encrypted transaction, the necessary instructions are described here:
! ip http server ip http secure-server ip http authentication local !
2. User accounts must be made in the following step for SDM access. This username and password will be required when administrators connect using their browsers. The required privilege level for user accounts is 15, which is the maximum degree of privilege and has the same permissions as your privileged mode in the CLI.
3. When you type the command enable, keep in mind that you enter privileged mode. Lastly, activate privilege level 15 local login for SSH and Telnet.
How To Run SDM When There is Not Enough Flash Memory?
A web-based device management solution for Cisco IOS routers is called SDM (Security Device Manager). It has a number of features that emphasize management simplicity, common interfaces, interoperability, and security. The fact that it is integrated should be highlighted initially. Simply direct your browser to the router’s active IP address to access the HTML files and other formats that will be stored in the router’s flash memory. If SDM support is enabled, you will then be presented with a graphical user interface that is menu-driven and point-and-click in nature.
- Features: It has a number of features that emphasize management simplicity, common interfaces, interoperability, and security. The fact that it is integrated should be highlighted initially.
- Direction to the browser: Simply direct your browser to the router’s active IP address to access the HTML files and other formats that will be stored in the router’s flash memory.
- SDM support: If SDM support is enabled, you will then be presented with a graphical user interface that is menu-driven and point-and-click in nature.
- Hides Complexity: It shields administrators from the complexity of commands and command-line interfaces, enabling a quicker deployment as well as simpler troubleshooting and monitoring.
- Wizards: It is powered by wizards, which lets you construct entire configurations for particular functions by answering a few questions.
- Tools: It will include tools for power administrators who need to edit ACLs, for the old ACLs, and for administrators who still rely on configuration elements and commands for more complex monitoring and troubleshooting.
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