User guide

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Proventia Network IPS G and GX Appliance User Guide
Preface
Overview
Purpose This guide is designed to help you create and maintain policies for your Proventia
Network IPS G and GX appliances. It also explains how to manage these appliances using
Proventia Manager software.
Scope This guide describes the features in Proventia Manager and explains how to configure the
appliance, configure policy settings, and manage the appliance.
Audience This guide is intended for network security system administrators responsible for setting
up, configuring and managing the Proventia Network IPS in a network environment. A
fundamental knowledge of network security policies and IP network configuration is
helpful.
Supported
appliance models
This Proventia Network IPS firmware update supports the following G and GX models:
● Proventia G 100/200/400/1000/1200/2000 running Firmware Update 1.2
● Proventia GX3002
● Proventia GX4002 and GX4004
● Proventia GX5008 (C and CF) and GX5108 (C and CF)
● Proventia GX6116
SiteProtector
support
This Proventia Network IPS release supports appliance management with the following
SiteProtector versions:
● SiteProtector 2.0 Service Pack 6.0
● SiteProtector 2.0 Service Pack 6.1
Important: The Proventia Network IPS GX6116 appliance supports only SiteProtector 2.0
Service Pack 6.1.