Juniper NETWORK AND SECURITY MANAGER NSMXPRESS

Network and Security Manager

NSMXpress Quick Start

November 17, 2010

Revision 1

NSMXpress is an appliance version of Network and Security Manager (NSM). NSMXpress

simplifies the complexity of network administration by providing a single, integrated

management interface that controls device parameters.

This robust hardware management system installs in minutes with full high availability

(HA) support, making it easy to scale and deploy. Enterprise customers with limited

resources can benefit significantly from NSMXpress because it eliminates the need to

have dedicated resources for maintaining a network and security management solution.

NSMXpress makes it easy for administrators to control device configuration, network

settings, and security policy settings for multiple families of Juniper devices including:

•IDP Series Intrusion Detection and Prevention Appliances and Firewall and VPN devices

running ScreenOS

•Devices running Junos OS, such as J Series Services Routers, SRX Series Services

Gateways, EX Series Ethernet Switches, M Series Multiservice Edge Routers, and MX

Series Ethernet Services routers

•SA Series SSL VPN Appliances

•IC Series Unified Access Control Appliances

For a complete list of supported device families and platforms, see the Network and

Security Manager Administration Guide.

Up to 10 administrators can log into NSMXpress concurrently.

This quick start explains the following steps for installing and configuring NSMXpress

and for configuring NSM.

1. Install the NSMXpress appliance hardware.

2. Set up the NSMXpress appliance using the serial port.

3. Configure the NSMXpress software using the Web interface.

4. Configure the NSM software which is preinstalled onto the NSMXpress appliance,

with site-specific parameters.

Contents HardwareInstallation.................................................4

NSMXpressPorts................................................4

InstallingtheHardware............................................5

InitialSetupConfiguration.............................................6

BootNSMXpress.................................................7

SetUpYourAppliance............................................7

WebInterfaceConfiguration....................................8

ConfiguringtheNSMSoftware.........................................8

ConfiguringBasicSettings.........................................9

ConfiguringHighAvailability........................................11

AdvancedOptions...............................................14

Enabling and Configuring Remote Replication of the Database . . . . . . . 15

Enabling and Configuring SRS (Regional Server Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

InstallingNSMSoftware..........................................17

ManagingNSMAdministration.........................................17

ChangingtheSuperuserPassword..................................17

Downloading NSM MIBS (Regional Server Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

ExportingAuditLogs.............................................18

Exporting Device Logs (Regional Server Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Generating Reports (Regional Server Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

ModifyingNSMConfigurationFiles..................................19

BackingUptheNSMDatabase....................................20

ChangingtheNSMManagementIP.................................21

SchedulingSecurityUpdates......................................21

ManagingSystemAdministration......................................22

Rebooting or Shutting Down NSMXpress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

ChangingtheUserPassword......................................23

ConfiguringtheNetwork..........................................23

NetworkInterfaces...........................................23

RoutingandGateways........................................24

HostnameandDNSClients...................................24

HostAddresses.............................................25

ManagingRADIUSServers........................................25

AddingaRADIUSServer......................................26

Changing the Priority of RADIUS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

DeletingaRADIUSServer.....................................27

Editing RADIUS Server Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

MonitoringwithSNMP...........................................28

SNMPConfiguration.........................................28

SNMPSystemInformation....................................29

SNMPTrapConfiguration.....................................30

NSMXpress Quick Start

ForwardingSyslogMessages......................................31

ViewingSyslogReceivers......................................31

Adding and Configuring Syslog Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Editing Syslog Receiver Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

DeletingSyslogReceivers.....................................34

ChangingtheSystemTime.......................................34

InstallingUpdates...............................................34

ManagingUsers.................................................35

CreatingNewNSMXpressUsers................................35

DeletingaUser..............................................37

EditingUserAttributes........................................37

UnderstandingUserProfiles...................................37

ConfiguringtheWebInterface.....................................39

Maintaining NSMXpress .............................................39

ViewingSystemStatistics........................................39

CPU ......................................................40

LogRate...................................................40

CPULoad..................................................40

MemoryData...............................................40

Network Data ..............................................40

ProcessCount..............................................40

DiskData..................................................40

TileAllGraphs..............................................40

UpgradingtheRecoveryPartition...................................41

Troubleshooting ....................................................42

AuditingUserOperations.........................................42

Error Logs .....................................................43

NetworkUtilities................................................44

Ping ......................................................44

Traceroute .................................................45

Lookup....................................................46

IPSubnetCalculator.........................................46

TechSupport...................................................47

ViewingSystemInformation..........................................47

ListofTechnicalPublications.........................................48

RequestingTechnicalSupport........................................49

Self-Help Online Tools and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

OpeningaCasewithJTAC........................................50

RevisionHistory.....................................................51

Hardware Installation

We recommend that you install NSMXpress on your LAN to ensure that it can

communicate with your applicable resources, such as authentication servers, DNS servers,

internal Web servers through HTTP/HTTPS, external Web sites through HTTP/HTTPS

(optional), the Juniper update server via HTTP, Network File System (NFS) file servers

(optional), and client/server applications (optional).

NOTE: If you decide to install NSMXpress in your DMZ, ensure that it can

connect to your internal resources.

NSMXpress Ports

Table 1 on page 4 provides required port information on the NSMXpress.

Table 1: Required Ports on NSMXpress

Depends on

ConfigurationInternetLANDescriptionPortDirection

NoNoYesSSH command-line management22In

NoNoYesWeb interface for administrator

443

YesYesLANWeb interface for listening for NSM

API messages.

8443

NoYesYesConnections from managed

devices to NSMXpress

7800

NoNoYesConnections from the NSM GUI

Client to NSM

7801

YesNoYesHeartbeat between peers in an HA

cluster

7802

YesYesYesConnections from managed IDP

devices to NSM

7803

YesYesYesConnections from devices running

Junos , Secure Access devices, or

Infranet Controller devices

7804

NSMXpress Quick Start

Table 1: Required Ports on NSMXpress (continued)

Depends on

ConfigurationInternetLANDescriptionPortDirection

NoYesYesSSH connection to new managed

device

22Out

YesNoYesTelnet connection to new

managed device

NoNoYesDNS lookups53

YesYesNoSystem Security Updates from

Juniper Networks

YesNoYesShared Disk portmap lookup111

YesYesYesNetwork Time Protocol (NTP) time

synchronization

123

YesNoYesShared Disk NFS connection2049

For more information on ports, refer to the Network and Security Manager Installation

Guide.

Installing the Hardware

Follow these steps to unpack the NSMXpress appliance and connect it to your network.

To install NSMXpress:

1. Place the shipping container on a flat surface and remove the hardware components

with care.

2. Remove the NSMXpress device from the shipping container and place it on a flat

surface.

3. Mount NSMXpress in your server rack using the attached mounting brackets.

4. Plug the power cord into the AC receptacle on the rear panel.

If your NSMXpress contains two power supplies, plug a power cord into each AC

receptacle.

5. Plug the other end of the power cord into a wall socket.

If your NSMXpress contains two power supplies, plug each power cord into a separate

power circuit to ensure that the NSMXpress continues to receive power if one of the

power circuits fails.

6. Plug the Ethernet cable into the port marked ETH0 on the front panel. See Figure 1 on

page 6.

Hardware Installation

Figure 1: Front Panel of NSMXpress

7. Plug the null modem serial cable into the console port. See Figure 1 on page 6.

This cable was shipped with your NSMXpress. If you do not have this cable, use any

other null modem serial cable.

8. Push the power button in the upper left corner of the front panel.

The green LED below the power button turns on. The NSMXpress hard disk LED turns

on whenever the appliance reads data from or writes data to an NSMXpress hard disk.

The internal port uses two LEDs to indicate the LAN connection status, which is

described in Table 2 on page 6.

Hardware installation is now complete. The next step is to set up the software, as

described in “Initial Setup Configuration” on page 6.

Table 2 on page 6 provides LED information for the ETH0 and ETH1 ports.

Table 2: Ethernet Port LEDs

LED2LED 1LAN Status

OffOff10 Mbps connection

OffGreen100 Mbps connection

OffOrange1000 Mbps connection

BlinkingOrange, Green, or OffData is being transferred

OffOffNo connection

Initial Setup Configuration

When you first turn on an unconfigured NSMXpress appliance, you need to enter basic

network and machine information through the serial console to make your appliance

accessible to the network. After entering these settings, you can continue configuring

the appliance using the CLI or the Web interface. You are not prompted for the initial

setup information again.

NSMXpress Quick Start

This section describes the required serial console setup and the tasks you need to perform

when connecting to your NSMXpress for the first time:

•Boot NSMXpress on page 7

•Set Up Your Appliance on page 7

Boot NSMXpress

To configure NSMXpress for the first time, you must attach your NSMXpress appliance

to a console terminal running an emulation utility such as HyperTerminal.

1. Configure a console terminal or terminal emulation utility to use the following serial

connection parameters:

•9600 bits per second

•8-bit no parity (8N1)

•1 stop bit

•No flow control

2. Connect the terminal or laptop to the null modem serial cable plugged into the

NSMXpress console port.

3. Turn on the NSMXpress appliance.

When NSMXpress is powered on, the serial console displays diagnostic information

before proceeding to the boot countdown. When complete, the serial console displays

the login prompt terminal emulator.

NSMXpress.juniper.net login:

4. Enter admin as your default login name.

5. Enter abc123 as your default password.

6. Change your default password when prompted. Enter the default password first,

followed by your new password. All passwords are case-sensitive.

Set Up Your Appliance

This section provides the minimum information necessary to make your appliance active

on the network.

To set up your appliance either as a regional server or a central manager, follow these

steps:

1. Enter the IP address for interface eth0 and press Enter.

2. Enter the subnet mask for interface eth0 and press Enter.

3. Enter the default route or default gateway address for interface eth0 and press Enter.

Applying changes...

Re-loading database

Initial Setup Configuration

Done!

Your NSMXpress is now active on the network.

To configure your system via a web browser, connect to:

https://10.150.43.205/admin

To configure your system via command line, type:

nsm_setup

For operation of NSM server, switch to user “nsm”.

Please consult NSM product documentation for details.

[admin@NSMXpress ~]$

To configure the NSM software using the CLI, see the NSMXpress User Guide. To configure

the NSM software using the Web interface, go to “Web Interface Configuration” on

page 8.

Web Interface Configuration

To configure NSM on your system from a Web interface, use the following steps.

1. Copy the URL (starting with https://) from the terminal emulator after installing

NSMXpress:

Your NSMXpress is now active on the network.

To configure your system via a web browser, connect to:

https//10.150.43.205/administration

2. Open a Web browser and paste the URL into the address text box.

3. Press Enter to open the NSMXpress login page.

4. Enter the admin user name and password and then click Login.

5. See “Configuring the NSM Software” on page 8 for details about how to install and

configure NSM on your NSMXpress appliance from the Web interface.

Configuring the NSM Software

After logging in as an ‘admin’ user, an initial setup script walks you through additional

configuration system settings before finalizing the NSM installation. This chapter describes

that setup process.

Your NSMXpress appliance comes preconfigured as a regional server or a central manager.

Most installation and configuration steps in this section are identical for both types of

server. All exceptions are noted.

NSMXpress Quick Start

After logging into the NSMXpress Web interface, NSMXpress provides you with the

following installation options:

•Configuring Basic Settings on page 9

•Configuring High Availability on page 11

•Advanced Options on page 14

•Installing NSM Software on page 17

Configuring Basic Settings

To install the regional server or central manager software using the minimum

requirements:

1. Install your NSMXpress hardware as described in “Hardware Installation” on page 4.

2. Boot and setup your NSMXpress appliance as described in “Initial Setup Configuration”

on page 6.

3. Enter the https://<ip>/administration URL for your appliance in a Web browser. See

“Web Interface Configuration” on page 8 for details.

4. Log into the Web interface. The System Info page opens.

5. Click the link Install NSM Regional Server (see Figure 2 on page 10) to go to the Install

Regional Server window or click the Install NSM Central Manager link to view the Install

NSM Central Manager window (see Figure 3 on page 10), as the case may be.

NOTE: The “admin” user default username is admin and the password is

the one you created in Step 6 of “Boot NSMXpress” on page 7.

Configuring the NSM Software

Figure 2: Regional Server Configuration Main Menu

Figure 3: Central Manager Configuration Main Menu

NSMXpress Quick Start

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