User guide
Chapter 6: Managing the Appliance through SiteProtector
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Configuring SiteProtector Management
Introduction Enabling SiteProtector management automatically does the following:
● Registers the appliance with SiteProtector
● Places the appliance in a specified SiteProtector group
● Directs the appliance to report to a specified Agent Manager
Use the Management page in Proventia Manager to set up and enable SiteProtector
management for the appliance.
After you have registered your appliance, you must add the Proventia Network IPS
license file in SiteProtector. This enables you to apply updates through SiteProtector. See
your SiteProtector documentation for more information about adding license files for
agents and appliances.
Important: To manage the appliance with SiteProtector, you must run SiteProtector
version 2.0 Service Pack 6 or later.
Before registering
the appliance
Do the following before you register the appliance with SiteProtector:
● Verify the name of the SiteProtector sensor group to which you want to assign the
appliance.
● Verify the IP address and port for each SiteProtector Agent Manager that you want to
use with the appliance.
● Ensure that the appliance has the latest firmware update installed.
You can schedule automatic downloads and installations of firmware updates to the
appliance without unregistering the appliance from SiteProtector.
Reference: See “Updating the Appliance” on page 49 for more information.
Configuring
SiteProtector
management
To configure SiteProtector management:
1. In Proventia Manager, select System
→Management.
2. Complete or change the settings as indicated in the following table.
Setting Description
Register with SiteProtector Select the check box to register the appliance with
SiteProtector.
Local Settings Override
SiteProtector Group
Settings
Select this option to have the appliance maintain any local
settings you have configured
at the first heartbeat
.
If you do not select this option, the appliance inherits the
settings of the SiteProtector group you specify
at the first
heartbeat
.
Note: At the second heartbeat and each heartbeat thereafter,
any policy settings you have changed at the group level are
sent to the appliance.