Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System

Identify and Mitigate Security Threats
As network attacks increase, so does the volume of security log data generated by the network infrastructure. This overwhelming amount of network security data can make it challenging to troubleshoot and identify an attack or vulnerability.
Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System (MARS) facilitates this process by:
  • Identifying threats on the Cisco network by "learning" the topology, configuration, and behavior of your environment
  • Making precise recommendations for threat mitigation, including the ability to visualize the attack path and identify the source of the threat
  • Simplifying incident management and response through integration with Cisco Security Manager security management software

Monday, September 17, 2012

How to Determine the Serial Number of Supervisor Engine installed in a Cisco Catalyst 6500 Switch


Imagine you have a Cisco Catalyst 6500 Switch, you were asked to figure out the Serial number for theSupervisor Engine Installed in your Cisco Catalyst 6500 Switch , it can done by using issuing the following command  “show idprom module” as shown in the below example.

ITKE-DAC-6500-BB01#show idprom module 7
IDPROM for module #7
  (FRU is ‘Supervisor Engine 720′)
  OEM String = ‘Cisco Systems’
  Product Number = ‘WS-SUP720-3B’
  Serial Number = ‘SAD08460XXX’
  Manufacturing Assembly Number = ’73-9740-01′
  Manufacturing Assembly Revision = ‘A0′
  Hardware Revision = 4.0
  Current supplied (+) or consumed (-) = -4.50A
ITKE-DAC-6500-BB01#

Thursday, September 6, 2012