Configuring the Event Role

The Event, or Event Management, role of a GMS Server is used to dedicate a server for performing only event based alerting of appliances and applications in a multi-server SonicWALL GMS deployment.

The following services run on an Event Management system:

•	SonicWALL Universal Management Suite - Event Manager

•	SonicWALL Universal Management Suite - Web Service Server

To deploy your SonicWALL GMS in the Event role, complete the following steps in the appliance management interface:

1	Navigate to the Deployment > Role page. Under Host Role Configuration, select Event.

 

2	To include the MySQL database on this system, select Include Database (MYSQL). To use a MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server database on another system, do not select this check box.

3	Configure the database settings as described in the Configuring Database Settings section, on page 730.

4	Configure the Web port settings as described in the Configuring Server Settings section, on page 732.

5	To apply your changes, click Update. To change the settings on this page back to the defaults, click Reset.