Quick Reference Guide

ProSafe Wireless-N VPN Firewall SRXN3205 Reference Manual
VPN Firewall and Network Management 9-1
v1.0, January 2010
Chapter 9
VPN Firewall and Network Management
This chapter describes how to use the network management features of your ProSafe Wireless-N
VPN Firewall SRXN3205.
The VPN firewall offers many tools for managing the network traffic to optimize its performance.
You can also control administrator access, be alerted to important events requiring prompt action,
monitor the firewall status, perform diagnostics, and manage the firewall configuration file.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• “Performance Management” on this page
• “Changing Passwords and Administrator Settings” on page 9-8
• “Enabling Remote Management Access” on page 9-9
• “Using an SNMP Manager” on page 9-12
• “Managing the Configuration File” on page 9-14
• “Configuring Date and Time Service” on page 9-17
Performance Management
Performance management consists of controlling the traffic through the VPN firewall so that the
necessary traffic gets through when there is a bottleneck and either reducing unnecessary traffic or
rescheduling some traffic to low-peak times to prevent bottlenecks from occurring in the first
place. The VPN firewall has the necessary features and tools to help the network manager
accomplish these goals.
Bandwidth Capacity
The maximum bandwidth capacity of the VPN firewall in each direction is as follows:
• LAN side: 5000 Mbps (five LAN ports at 1000 Mbps each)
• WAN side: 1000 Mbps (one WAN port at 1000 Mbps)