• 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

About This Guide

This guide contains installation procedures and configuration guidelines for deploying the SonicWall® Central Management Server (CMS) with Global High Availability (Global HA) for Secure Mobile Access (SMA).

CMS Configuration

• Introduction to CMS describes the Central Management Server with Global High Availability and its features.
• Installing and Configuring the Central Management Server includes procedures for setting up and installing the CMS, setting up VPN appliances to be managed, defining the collection of managed appliances, and monitoring appliances from the CMS Dashboard.
• Configuring Appliances for Central Management includes information about configuring appliances for central management.
• Using the Management Console Menus explains the choices available with the CMS menus for operating and controlling the CMS and Managed Appliances. This includes information about Alerts, Configuration, Monitoring, and Maintenance.
• Central User Licensing includes information about the Central User Licensing (Pooled Licensing).
• Global High Availability describes the Always Online VPN service that is enabled for users when GTO is enabled.
• Alerts and SNMP contains information about how the CMS provides a new SNMP MIB that queries the CMS and managed appliances to get health and metrics data associated with the CMS as well as generating SNMP traps for critical alerts.
• Capture Advanced Threat Protection includes information about using the Capture ATP service to analyzes various types of content for malicious behavior.

GTO Configuration

• Introduction to Global HA and GTO provides overview information about CMS with GTO.
• Planning GTO Deployment describes how to configure the GTO service with CMS and ensure a highly available and optimized VPN infrastructure.
• Setting up GTO describes how to make deploying GTO easier by planning and adhering to a few guidelines.
• Extending GTO Deployment describes how to deploy and configure additional SMA appliances.

Sonicwall Support

• SonicWall Support includes Information about contacting technical support.

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