I'm attempting to configure an IPS for my first time and have a few questions... I went through Cisco's quick start guide and it appears that the ASA management and IPS management can have seperate IPs on the same management interface, is that correct?
I already have an ASA in use on my network and just want to add the 5512x IPS behind my ASA firewall to check for intrusion attempts. Could someone give advice on the best way of implementin this? I do not have a seperate management network so I'm not sure if I should be using the management port at all. For the IPS to act as inline, would I configure 2 interfaces on the ASA, 1 going to my firewall ASA and the other interface going to my internal network? I only want the IPS device to act as an IPS, I don't need the firewall capabilities.
Thanks for any advice!