Network Security Management On-Premises Administration Guide

Service Rule

SERVICE SELECTION

Services - From the drop down list, you can use the predefined service objects. You can also create a new Service Object by choosing Create new Service object. Services and Applications Rules are to be set in the same configuration, but could be independently deployed.

  • Name - Enter a name to identify the Service Object.
  • Protocol - From the drop down list, you can use the predefined protocol. If you want to use a custom protocol, choose Custom from the drop down list. Enter the custom protocol in the text box.
  • Port Range - For some of the predefined protocols, the port range is selected by default.
  • Sub Type - Choose a Sub Type from the drop down list. This field is available only for selected protocols.

SLA Criteria

Choose the SLA from the following options by clicking the radio button.

  • Lowest Latency
  • Lowest Jitter
  • Lowest Packet Loss
  • Select Custom SLA - To create custom SLA, select Custom SLA.

SOURCE AND DESTINATION

Choose the source and destination using the drop down list.

  • Traffic Source / Network - From the drop down list, choose a source.
  • Destination - From the drop down list, choose a destination.

PATH SELECTION

These are the settings that help determine the network path that fulfills a specific network performance criteria, from a pool of available network paths.

There should be minimum 2 interfaces selected in the path selection.

WAN Interface - From the drop down list, choose WAN Interface. You can also add Physical and Virtual Interface. You can select multiple WAN Interfaces, which will be used for load-balancing as well as dynamic path selection based on the SLA criteria.

Physical Interface - Following are the fields for physical interface

  • By Name - Use "By Name" to add a specific physical interface with a label. Examples: X20, U15, W18.
  • By Range - Use "By Range" to add a range of physical interfaces with a common label. Examples: X20-X30, U15-U20, W18-W19.

After choosing the option, click Add to add the physical interface. elect Virtual Interface to view additional settings

Virtual Interface - Following are the fields for Virtual interface

INTERFACE SETTINGS - GENERAL

  • Zone - Input a zone name.
  • VLAN Tag - VLAN tag 0 or 1
  • Parent Interface - Choose an interface from the drop down list.
  • Mode / IP Assignment - From the drop down list, choose the mode as Static IP, Tap, Wire, DHCP.
  • IP Address - Enter a valid IPV4 address.
  • Subnet Mask - Enter a subnet mask address.
  • Default Gateway (Optional) - Enter Default Gateway address. This field is optional.
  • Comment - You can enter a comment and this field is optional.
  • Add rule to enable redirect from HTTP to HTTPS - Toggle to enable or disable the rule.
  • MANAGEMENT - Toggle the button to enable or disable the options from HTTPS, Ping, SNMP, SSH.
  • USER LOGIN - Toggle the button to enable or disable the user login options from HTTP and HTTPS.

INTERFACE SETTINGS - ADVANCED

  • Link Speed - Enter the link speed. You can choose the default MAC address which is 00:00:00:00:00:00 or override the default address by typing in the box below.
  • Enable Auto-Discovery of SonicWall Switches - Toggle this to enable or disable auto discovery of SonicWall Switches.
  • Enable flow reporting - Toggle this to enable or disable flow reporting on flows created for this interface
  • Enable Multicast Support - Toggle this to enable or disable multicast Reception on the Interface
  • Exclude from Route Advertisement (NSM, OSPF, BGP, RIP) - Toggle this to enable or disable. Enabling this option will exclude the interface from Route Advertisement.
  • Enable Default 802.1p CoS - Toggle this to enable or disable 802.1p. After it is enabled, choose an option from the drop down list.
  • Enable Asymmetric Route Support - Toggle this to enable or disable asymmetric Route Support on the Interface.

Backup WAN Interface - From the drop down list, choose backup WAN Interface.

WAN INTERFACE HEALTH CHECK PROBES

  • Probe Target - Choose the Probe Target from the drop down list.
  • Probe Type - Choose the type as Ping or TCP and enter the value in the text box.

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