IBM Proventia Network Enterprise User Manual - Before You Begin

Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring an Agent

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IBM Internet Security Systems

Before You Begin

Introduction

This topic provides introductory information and explains considerations for installing 

your Enterprise Scanner agent.

User interfaces

The following table describes the interfaces you use for each configuration phase: 

Location of your 

agent—perspective

When you scan a group of assets, you anticipate and interpret results based on the 

location of your agent relative to the location of the assets. Scanning a group of assets from 

inside a firewall, for example, produces different results than scanning the same group of 

assets from outside the firewall. In Enterprise Scanner, you use perspective to define a 

logical network location. 

Using multiple 

agents and 

perspective

If you plan to install multiple agents now, or in the future, you should consider 

perspective before you proceed. If you do not intend to install multiple agents, you can 

use the default, Global perspective. 

Reference:

For a complete explanation of perspective, see “What is Perspective?” on 

page 124, “Defining Perspectives” on page 125, and “One Way to Use Perspective” on 

page 126.

Interface

Purpose

Proventia Setup Assistant

To configure network and administrative settings for the agent 

immediately after you turn on or reinstall the agent.

Proventia Manager

To configure agent settings to enable the agent to work with the 

SiteProtector system. 

To monitor and troubleshoot the agent. 

To change low-level settings that you chose in the Proventia Setup 

Assistant.

To perform manual maintenance functions, such as manually 

downloading and installing updates or manually backing up and 

restoring your agent.

SiteProtector Console 

To set up and manage your vulnerability management processes.

To change the agent settings.

Table 10: Configuration interfaces