Configuring the SMA Appliance

The next step is to configure the SMA appliance for operation after all the MySonicWall configuration is complete.

To configure the SMA appliance

1. Click the down arrow at the top of the MySonicWall page to return to the Capture Security Center portal.

2. Select the tenant and click on the Secure Mobile Access tile.

   

3. In the left pane, select Appliances > Appliances.

   All the appliances with its serial number and registration status are displayed.

   

4. Hover over the appliance from the list that you want to update and click Registration icon.

   

   The Registration pop-up screen is displayed.

5. Click on Generate Secret Key.

6. Copy the Secret Key and keep it somewhere to paste into the SMA 100 appliance later.

   

7. Log into the SMA 100 appliance.
8. Navigate to System > Administration.

9. Scroll down to CSC MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING group.

   

10. Enable the Enable CSC Reporting option.
11. Paste the authentication key into the Authentication Key field.
12. Click Accept.
13. Return to the Appliance > Registration page on the SMA Cloud.

14. Verify that the registration status for the appliance you updated changed from Registered to Online.

    Once the SMA 100 appliance is online, it is ready to send logging information to the SMA Cloud dashboard. The image below is an example of what you can see about the appliance when you navigate to Appliance > Status.

    

    You can expand the appliance entry by clicking on the arrowhead by the appliance. You can see details about the appliance like IP address, firmware version and user licenses. You can also see whether the enhanced features have been licensed or not. In addition, system metrics such as CPU, memory, and users are tracked. This data is plotted on a graph so you can see the performance over time.