Policy Configuration : Editing Management Settings

Editing Management Settings
To edit the remote management settings for a SonicWALL security appliance, complete the following steps:
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Expand the System tree and click Management. The Management page displays.
 
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To enable HTTPS access to the appliance, select Enable HTTPS Access to the unit and enter the port number in the HTTPS Port field. For the SonicWALL Aventail appliance, use port 8443 for HTTPS access.
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The Certificate Common Name field defaults to the SonicWALL LAN Address. This allows you to continue using a certificate without downloading a new one each time you log into the appliance.
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If the GMS is behind a device doing Network Address Translation (NAT), select GMS behind NAT Device and enter the IP address in the NAT Device IP Address field.
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To minimize the amount of syslog between the GMS and the SonicWALL security appliance, select Send Heartbeat Status Messages Only. This option should be used if you do not need the data to generate reports in GMS. When you check this setting, the unit will only send heartbeat (m=96) messages that tell GMS that the unit is alive. Click Change.
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To allow users on the LAN interface to ping the appliance to verify that it is online, select Enable Ping from LAN/WorkPort to management interface. Click Change.
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If you have configured security associations on the appliance the Security Association Information section displays at the bottom of the Management page. Enter the SA keys in the Encryption Key and Authentication Key fields and click Change Only SA Keys.
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Apply one-touch configuration overrides by clicking the DPI and Stateful Firewall Security or Stateful Firewall Security links. To view the changes that will be made for each link, click the Preview applicable changes link and a list of configuration changes is displayed. If you are currently connected using HTTP, you will have to manually reconnect through HTTPS after the reboot. This feature is only available to appliances running SonicOS 6.1 and above.
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