12 Add the NTBA Appliance to the Manager
Adding an NTBA Appliance to the Manager enables the Manager to accept communication from a physically
installed and network-connected Appliance. After communication has been established, the Manager allows
editing of the Appliance conguration. The alert data is available in the Attack Log and Report queries.
You can add a device by selecting Devices | <Admin Domain Name> | Global | Add and Remove Devices but it
is recommended to use the Add Device Wizard to add all devices (except Virtual HIP Sensors) and to
establish the trust between the Manager and the device.
a The Add Device Wizard window is displayed after the Manager Initialization Wizard is completed.
McAfee recommend to rst add an Appliance to the Manager.
Select Devices | <Admin Domain Name> | Global | Add Device Wizard.
The Preparation page is displayed.
b Click Next.
The Add New Device page is displayed.
c
Enter the device name.
The name must begin with a letter and can contain alphanumeric characters, hyphens, underscores and
periods. The length of the name is not
congurable.
d Select the Device Type as NTBA Appliance.
e Enter the Shared Secret (repeat at Confirm Shared Secret).
The device name and shared secret are case-sensitive. The Device Name and Shared Secret must also be
entered on the device command line interface (CLI) during physical installation and initialization. If not,
the Appliance will not be able to register itself with the Manager.
The shared secret must be a minimum of 8 characters in length: the length of the shared secret is not
congurable. The shared secret cannot start with an exclamation mark or have any spaces. The characters
that can be used while creating a shared secret are as follows:
• 26 alpha: upper and lower case (a,b,c,...z and A, B, C,...Z)
• 10 digits: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
• 32 symbols: ~ ` ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + - = [ ] { } \ | ; : " ' , . <? /
f For a NTBA Appliance, the Updating mode is set to Online.
g [Optional] Enter the Contact Information and Location.
h Click Next.
The Trust Establishment page is displayed.
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