The Manager should be registered with Trellix for receiving automatic updates regarding the signature set, callback detectors, and device software from Trellix in real time.
At a higher level, the Manager registration with Trellix is a two-step procedure as follows:
Trellix recommends you to register the product immediately after installation when the Product Registration window appears after the initial login.
Upon skipping product registration, the following functionalities will be disabled:
- On-demand and scheduled download of Signature Sets in the Manager
- On-demand and scheduled download of Callback Detectors in the Manager
- On-demand download of device software
- Creating vIPS Components and vIPS Protected Groups
On registering the Manager with Trellix, general setup information will be sent to Trellix Research Labs when Telemetry is enabled. The purpose of Telemetry is to facilitate you in providing helpful information to Trellix about your usage of Trellix vIPS solution so that Trellix in turn optimizes your protection.
Note
Telemetry is enabled in the Manager by default. You can change the telemetry configurations at Manager → <Admin Domain Name> → Setup → Telemetry page in the Manager.
Listed below are the setup details sent to Trellix Research Labs when product registration is complete and Telemetry is enabled:
Manager Details
- Manager Software Version
- Active Signature Set Version
- Manager Install Type
- Manager OS Type
- Manager OS Version
- Manager VM Type
- Is Manager Disaster Recovery (MDR) in Use
- Automatic downloading of signature sets
- Automatic deployment of signature sets
- Automatic downloading of Callback Detectors
- Automatic deployment of Callback Detector
- Inline Port Count
- Dedicated Interface Count
- CIDR Interface Count
- VLAN Interface Count
- Administrative User Count
- Custom Role Count
Device Details
- Total number of virtual sensors currently in use with vIPS clusters
- Total number of virtual probes currently in use with vIPS clusters
- Maximum number of virtual probes used
- Manager version
The Default - Telemetry (Trellix) report lists the Telemetry data sent to Trellix Corporate team in detail. The Default - Telemetry (Trellix) report is available in the Manager under Analysis → <Admin Domain Name> → Event Reporting → Next Generation Reports.