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Welcome to the Cisco Security Manager Tutorial. This tutorial introduces you to the essential concepts and task flow required to configure and administer Cisco Security Manager. The first chapter presents high-level concepts that help you map between our terminology and terminology with which you may be familiar. It also describes essential concepts to help you complete the installation process and configure your system so that you can deploy network security policies across the Policy Enforcement Points (PEPs) that reside on your network. The remaining chapters present the task flow required to complete the initial configuration of Cisco Security Manager, from the perspective of logging on to a fresh install through pushing the device-specific command sets out to a single PIX Firewall.
Cisco Security Manager requires a working knowledge of network administration and an understanding of the network(s) on which Cisco Security Manager is about to be deployed. We recommend that you also be familiar with the PIX Firewall(s) that you intend to manage and have an idea about the types of network security policies that you want to implement. This guide is intended for the person who is familiar with these issues and who is ready to configure an installed Cisco Security Manager system.
This guide is organized into the following chapters:
The following items should have been included with Cisco Security Manager. Please check the box and contact Cisco Systems or your reseller if you are missing one or more of these items.
This guide uses the following typographical conventions.
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 | Tips Identifies information that can accelerate your comprehension of a concept or how to perform a particular step or task. |
 | Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage, loss of data, or a breach in your network's security. |
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