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title: "Setting up McAfee ESM"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/BloxOneCloud/35430787/Setting%20up%20McAfee%20ESM"
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To set up a McAfee ESM destination to receive data from a Data Connector device, do the following:

1. Log in to the McAfee ESM console.

> Macro (inline-media-image)

  
**Image**: The McAfee ESM <span style="color: #0d0d0d">network security management interface, showing the configuration panel for a "Device Type Display".</span>

2. Select **Configuration** from the top-left menu, and click **McAfee Event Receiver** > **Selected Event Receiver.**

3. Click the **Add Data Source** icon, > Macro (inline-media-image)

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> Macro (inline-media-image)

  
**Image**: The McAfee ESM <span style="color: #0d0d0d">network security management interface, depicting how to add </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d">a data source.</span>

4. Do the following on the **Add Data Source** screen:

- **Data Source Vendor**: Select **Infoblox**.
- **Data Source Model**: Verify that this field is set to **NIOS**, which is the value populated by default when you select **Infoblox** as the data source vendor.
- **Data Format**: Select **CEF**. For McAfee ESM, Infoblox supports the CEF log format.
- **Data Retrieval**: Select **SYSLOG (Default)**.
- **Name**: Enter a name for the data source.
- **IP Address**: Enter the same IP address as the one you specified while configuring the destination in the Data Connector.
- **Require Syslog TLS:** Select the checkbox to use the TLS encryption protocol for Syslog.
- **Port**: Choose the same port number as the one you specified while configuring the destination in Data Connector.

5. Click **OK**.

Perform a real-time check of whether the data transferred from Data Connector has reached the McAfee ESM destination:

1. Ensure that you allow Flash Player on your browser to open the configuration page in the McAfee ESM menu.

2. Log in to the McAfee ESM console.

3. In the **Actions** toolbar, click the **View Streaming Events **icon, > Macro (inline-external-image)

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4. Click **Start **to begin streaming.

The events transferred through Data Connector are displayed as they reach the McAfee ESM destination: The McAfee ESM <span style="color: #0d0d0d">network security management interface </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d">allows users to monitor live data as it is being processed by the system.</span>

  
For more information, refer to the *McAfee ESM documentation*.