Adding sensors and hybrid appliances to a Central Management appliance

You can use the Central Management Web UI or CLI to add sensors and hybrid appliances to an on-premises Central Management appliance for management.

Prerequisites

Operator or Admin access

Adding sensors and hybrid appliances to the Central Management appliance using the Web UI

Use the Appliances > Sensors page to add appliances that will function as sensors or hybrid appliances to a Central Management appliance.

Field	Description
Display Name	The name of the appliance. (The name will be displayed in the show cmc appliances command output.)
IP Address	The IPv4 or IPv6 address of the management interface on the appliance.
Username	A user account on the appliance with the admin role.
Password	The password for the user account specified in the Username field.
Appliance Host Key	(Required if host-key authentication is enabled) The RSA v2 host key for the appliance. For details, see the Trellix System Security Guide.
Comment	(Optional) A comment that describes the appliance.

To add an appliance:

Log into the Central Management Web UI.
Select Appliances > Sensors.
Click Actions > Add Sensor. Enter values for the fields described in the preceding table.
Click Add. Information about each appliance is displayed. To see details about a specific appliance, click the appliance name.

Adding sensors and hybrid appliances to the Central Management appliance using the CLI

Use the commands in this section to add appliances that will function as sensors or hybrid appliances to a Central Management appliance.

To add an appliance:

Go to CLI configuration mode:

cm-hostname > enable
cm-hostname # configure terminal

Add the appliance:
```
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance <appl ID> address <IP address>
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance <appl lD> auth password username
<username>
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance <appl ID> auth password password
<password>
```
where:
- appl ID is the name of the appliance. (The name is displayed in the show cmc appliances command output.)
- IP address is the IPv4 or IPv6 address of the management interface on the appliance.
- username is the username of a user account on the appliance with the admin role.
- password is the password of the user specified by username.
Repeat the previous step for each additional appliance.

Check the connection status:

cm-hostname (config) # show cmc appliances

Save your changes:
```
cm-hostname (config) # write memory
```

Example

The following example adds the nx-1 and nx-2 appliances to the Central Management appliance.

cm-1 (config) # cmc appliance nx-1 address 172.17.74.50
cm-1 (config) # cmc appliance nx-1 auth password username admin
cm-1 (config) # cmc appliance nx-1 auth password password admin123
cm-1 (config) # cmc appliance nx-2 address 10.13.65.14
cm-1 (config) # cmc appliance nx-2 auth password username admin
cm-1 (config) # cmc appliance nx-2 auth password password admin123
cm-1 (config) # show cmc appliances

Appliance nx-1:
Address:             172.17.74.50
Enabled:             yes
Connected:           yes (server-initiated)
Status check OK:     yes
Version compatible:  no
Appliance nx-2:
Address:             10.13.65.14
Enabled:             yes
Connected:           yes (server-initiated)
Status check OK:     yes
Version compatible:  no