Viewing Licensed Node Status

A node is a computer or other device connected to your LAN with an IP address. If your SonicWALL security appliance is licensed for unlimited nodes, the Licensed Nodes section displays the message: The SonicWALL is licensed for unlimited Nodes/Users. No other settings are displayed.

If your SonicWALL security appliance is not licensed for unlimited nodes, the Node License Status table lists how many nodes your security appliance is licensed to have connected at any one time, how many nodes are currently connected, and how many nodes you have in your Node License Exclusion List.

To view licensed node information, complete the following steps:

1	Expand the System tree and click on Licensed Nodes. The Licensed Nodes page displays.

2	To update the licensed node information, click on Request Licensed Node Information from the appliance. The Currently Licensed Nodes table lists details on each node connected to your security appliance. Above the table, GMS displays how many nodes the appliance is licensed for.

 

When you exclude a node, you block it from connecting to your network through the security appliance. Excluding a node creates an address object for that IP address and assigns it to the Node License Exclusion List address group.

To exclude a node that is currently licensed, complete the following steps:

1	Click the configure icon in the Exclude column of the Currently Licensed Nodes table. Then click Ok on the warning message that displays.

2	To exclude a node that is not currently licensed, click on Add New Node For Exclusion. The Add License Exclusion Node window displays.

 

3	Enter the IP address of the node in the Node IP Address field.

4	Optionally, you can enter a comment about the node in the Comment field.

5	Click Update.

In SonicOS Enhanced, you can manage the License Exclusion List group and address objects in the Network > Address Objects page of the management interface. On the Address Objects page, scroll down to the Node License Exclusion List row and click the configure icon. Refer to Configuring Address Objects for instructions on managing address objects.