Cisco Stealthwatch User Manual

Inventory, and make sure that the Appliance Status for each is Up. Do not
continue with Data Store initialization until all of your expected appliances
are managed and their Appliance Status is Up.
If an appliance's status is Down, review your appliance configuration and the
connection between the SMCand that appliance.
If an appliance does not appear in the Inventory, add the appliance.
2.
Next, from the SMC, use SystemConfig to enable passwordless SSHon your
SMC, Data Nodes, and Flow Collectors.
Each time you configure the Data Store in SystemConfig, you must enable
passwordless SSH as the first step. The system disables passwordless
SSHacross all appliances as soon as you exit the Data Store
configuration.
Enable passwordless SSHacross your Stealthwatch
appliances:
Before You Begin
l
Log into the SMCconsole as root.
Procedure
1.
From the command prompt, enter SystemConfig and press Enter to
access the System Configuration utility.
2. Select Data Store.
3. Select Passwordless SSH. Wait several minutes for the system to enable
passwordless SSH.
Make sure that all appliances are Up in Central Management before
continuing.
3.
Last, use SystemConfig to initialize the Data Store.
When you initialize the Data Store, the wizard accomplishes several tasks:
l Verifies the Central Management inventory includes at least 1 SMC, 1 Flow
Collector, and 3 Data Nodes as a prerequisite
l Prompts you for passwords related to the Data Store
l Distributes passwords and certificates across all appliances and the Data
Nodes within the Data Store
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Data Store Installation

Cisco Stealthwatch Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	Stealthwatch
Category	Storage
Language	English