Boot Media Creation

Physical Appliances Only

If you install your sensor on a virtual machine, skip to the next section.You can write the sensor ISO file to an optical disc or USB flash drive, reboot the physical appliance with the optical disc or flash drive in the appliance, and boot from the sensor ISO file. Follow the directions below to download the sensor ISO file and create a bootable optical disc, and the directions and video to the right to create a USB flash drive.NOTE: If you deploy a sensor without using an ISO, you may need to update the local appliance's firewall settings to allow traffic. Cisco highly recommends that you deploy the sensor using the provided ISO.Download the Sensor ISO FileDownload the latest version of the sensor ISO from the web portal. Use this either to install (for a new sensor) or reinstall (to upgrade an existing sensor).

Log into the web portal UI as an administrator.

Select Help (?) > Sensor Install.

Click the .iso button to download the latest ISO version.

Create a Bootable Optical DiscBurn the ISO file to an optical disc. See

Microsoft Windows instructions

Mac OS X instructions

Ubuntu Linux instructions

Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive

Insert a blank USB flash drive into the workstation. WARNING: Creating the bootable USB flash drive deletes all information on the drive.

Go to the Rufus home page and download the latest version of the Rufus USB flash drive utility.

Open the Rufus utility.

Select the USB flash drive in the Device drop-down.

Select Disk or ISO image from the Boot selection drop-down.

Click SELECT and select the sensor ISO file that you downloaded.

Click START.

Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive