• Secure Mobile Access 12.4
• About This Guide
• CMS Configuration
  • Introduction to CMS
    • Overview
    • CMS Deployment Options
    • What’s New in This Release
      • Global Policy Settings
      • CMS Alerts Logging
    • Central Management Server
    • Central Management Console
    • Managed Appliances
    • Licensing CMS
    • Central User Licenses
    • Global Traffic Optimizer
    • FIPS and CMS
    • Getting Started in Five Steps
  • Installing and Configuring the Central Management Server
    • Overview
    • Kernel based Virtual Machine
    • Supported Platforms for CMS with Global HA
    • Hardware Resource Requirements
    • Installation Files
    • Setting Up a CMS
  • Configuring Appliances for Central Management
    • Overview
    • Firmware Compatibility with the CMS
    • Enabling Central Management on SMA Appliance
    • Registering an SMA Appliance with the CMS
    • Previously Configured Appliances
  • Using the Management Console Menus
    • Overview
    • Dashboard
      • Alerts
      • Appliances Pane
      • Appliance Load
      • Central License Usage Pane
      • About Pane
    • Management Server
      • Alerts
        • View Alerts
        • Configure Alerts
        • Notification
      • Configure
        • Central Management Settings
        • CMS Address Pool
        • Licensing
        • Administrators
          • General Settings
        • Network Settings
        • SSL Settings
        • Services
          • Manage SSH settings from CMS
      • Monitor
        • Configure the logging setting for Managed appliances
      • Maintain
    • Managed Appliances
      • Add/Remove
      • Configure
        • Overview
        • Configuring the Managed Appliances
          • Define Policy
          • Synchronize
        • Support multiple policies with CMS and shared licensing
          • Applying authentication servers to specific appliance
          • Applying SMTP configuration service to specific appliance
          • Applying SMS service to specific appliance
          • Applying realms to a subset of appliance
          • Assign rules to a subset of appliances
          • Support multiple GTO services
      • Monitor
        • User Sessions
        • Reports
        • Health
      • Maintain
  • Central User Licensing
    • Overview
    • How Central User Licenses Work
      • Central Spike User Licenses
      • Central Email Licenses
      • Perpetual Pooled Licenses
    • Enabling Central User Licensing
    • Getting Started with Central User Licensing
      • Setting Up CMS to Use Central User Licenses
      • Setting up CMS for Centralized Appliance Configuration and Management
      • Resetting a CMS License
  • Global High Availability
    • High Availability of the VPN Service
    • High Availability of the CMS
    • Disaster Recovery for the VPN Service
  • Alerts and SNMP
    • Overview
    • Pre-Configured Alerts
    • Configuring SNMP
  • Capture Advanced Threat Protection
    • Enabling Capture ATP
    • File Options
    • Web Services
    • Advanced Settings
  • Central FIPS Licensing
• Global High Availablity
  • Introduction to Global HA and GTO
  • Planning GTO Deployment
    • Choosing a Deployment Model
    • Minimizing Configuration Differences
    • GTO Service Names and DNS Delegations
    • Provisioning Certificates
      • Let's Encrypt
      • Adding Certificates to SMA Appliances
      • Generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
      • Importing SSL Certificates
  • Setting up GTO
    • Setting up the CMS and SMA appliances
    • Enabling GTO service for managed appliances with the CMS
    • Setting up a Basic GTO Service
    • Monitoring and Configuring GTO
    • Defining the Central Policy
  • Extending GTO Deployment
    • Enabling Cached Credentials
    • Additional Deployment Notes
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Overview

The Central Management Server with Global High Availability (CMS with GTO) is located inside a corporation’s intranet. CMS requires a new type of license called a CMS License that is issued by SonicWall.

The CMS runs as a virtual machine that can be hosted on VMware ESX/ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, AWS, Azure, or KVM. CMS is not designed to run on custom hardware such as VPN appliances.

CMS with GTO provides the following features:

• Central Management Console (CMC) to monitor, maintain, and configure SMA appliances
• Simplified license management with a centralized license that eliminates the need for individual appliance licenses
• Centralized alerts via the console dashboard and SNMP traps
• Global Traffic Optimizer (GTO)