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Configure Devices And Services Configure Cisco IOS Managing IOS Devices with Firewall Manager

Last updated: Aug 18, 2025

Managing IOS Devices with Firewall Manager

Security Cloud Control Firewall Management(formerly Cisco Defense Orchestrator) allows you to manage Cisco IOS devices. These are the features we support for those devices:

  • Onboard Integrations. You can use the username and password of a highly privileged user stored on the IOS device to onboard the device.

  • View a Device's Configuration File. You can view the device configuration file.

  • Read Changes from Firewalls. When you check for changes in the configuration file from the Cisco IOS device, it will be saved in Firewall Manager's database.

  • Out-of-Band Changes on Devices. When you enable Conflict Detection, Firewall Manager checks the device every 10 minutes for changes to the device's configuration. If there is a change, the device's status will change to Conflict Detected and you will be able to resolve the conflict.

  • Firewall Manager Command Line Interface. You can issue all IOS commands to the device through Firewall Manager's command line interface.

  • Individual CLI commands and groups of commands can be turned into editable and reusable " macros." You can use the system-defined macros provided by Firewall Manager and create your own macros for tasks you perform often.

  • Detect and manage SSH fingerprint changes. If any credentials or properties of the device change, and that causes a change to the SSH fingerprint, Firewall Manager detects that change and gives you a chance to review and accept the new fingerprint.

  • Manage Change Logs in Firewall Manager. The change log captures all the commands you issue to the IOS device.