Changing Agents or Management Methods

To provide increased flexibility when managing SonicWALL appliances, GMS enables you to change the Agents that manage SonicWALL appliances, as well as their management methods.

To change how a SonicWALL appliance is managed, follow these steps:

1	Right-click on the group or appliance that you want to re-assign and select Re-assign Agents from the pop-up menu.

2	If the appliances to be re-assigned are managed using existing tunnels or the LAN, a warning message is displayed. Click OK.

CAUTION: Make sure that the appliances are able to successfully connect to the reassigned GMS to avoid losing connection to the appliances.

3	The Re-assign Agents dialog box appears.

4	Select the IP address of the GMS agent server that manages the SonicWALL appliance from the Scheduler IP Address list box.

5	If GMS is configured in a multi-tier distributed environment, enter the IP address of the backup GMS server in the Standby Scheduler IP field. The backup server automatically manages the SonicWALL appliance in the event of a primary failure. Any Agent can be configured as a backup.

NOTE: If the GMS is in a single server environment, leave this field blank.

6	Select from the following management modes:

•	If the SonicWALL appliance is managed through an existing VPN tunnel or over a private network, select Using Existing Tunnel or LAN.

•	If the SonicWALL appliance is managed through a dedicated management VPN tunnel, select Using Management VPN Tunnel.

•	If the SonicWALL appliance is managed using SSL, select Using SSL (default).

NOTE: SSL management requires additional configuration on the appliance itself.

7	Enter the port used to administer the SonicWALL appliance in the Management Port field (standard: 80; HTTPS: 443).

8	When you are finished, click OK. A task is created for each selected SonicWALL appliance.