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Chapter 6
Administering the MARS Appliance
Open the MARS user interface in your browser.
Step 1
Select Admin > System Maintenance > Upgrade.
Step 2
Result: The list of Local Controllers that can be selected to upgrade appears.
In the Login and Password fields, enter the Internal Upgrade Server login and password that you have
Step 3
assigned to your Internal Upgrade Server.
Note
Select the check box next to the Local Controller to upgrade, and click Download.
Step 4
If you have specified proxy settings for the selected appliance, a popup window prompts you to verify
the settings. After you verify the information, click OK. If you have forgotten to enter proxy
information, click Cancel and then enter the proxy information for that Local Controller as described in
Specify the Proxy Settings in the Global Controller, page
Result: Depending on the size of the package, this download can take some time. After the download is
complete, the Install button becomes active.
Click Install.
Step 5
Result: After you click Install, the remote system needs some time to process the upgrade. After the
upgrade is complete, the remote system reboots. During the upgrade, the user interface is also restarted.
Configuring and Performing Appliance Data Backups
You can archive data from a MARS Appliance and use that data to restore the operating system (OS),
system configuration settings, dynamic data (event data), or the complete system. The appliance archives
and restores data to and from an external network-attached storage (NAS) system using the network file
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MARS requires that the Internal Upgrade Server enforces user authentication. Therefore, you
must specify a username and password pair to authenticate to the server.
Configuring and Performing Appliance Data Backups
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Install and Setup Guide for Cisco Security MARS
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