How do I restore a CS-MARS device from its Archive ?

This article provides the steps required for restoring a CS-MARS configuration (incidents, events, configuration etc) to another CS-MARS device whilst maintaining the devices original IP settings. The following steps are based on restoring the an archive from a device which is the same model and is also running the same software version. NFS Ensure that … Read more

How to create a CS-MARS Inspection Rule

Within CS-MARS there are 2 types of rules. Inspection Rules and Drop Rules. Inspection Rules allow you to trigger events based on certain triggers such as keywords, source, destination etc. Drop rule is an exception rule which MARS uses to ignore a behaviour that would otherwise trigger an event. In this example we will configure … Read more

Installing Cisco MARS 6.0.7 onto VMware

Below shows you the steps required in install Cisco MARS 6.0.7 onto VMware. !! This is purley a proof of concept and we do not endorse the use of the steps below in any environment (or situation) !! Steps : First of all download the recovery ISO from Cisco for CS MARS 6.0.7. Download the … Read more

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