User guide

What’s New with WatchGuard System Manager?
2 WatchGuard System Manager
Using Fireware appliance software tools
When you install WatchGuard System Manager, it automatically installs the software tools you must have
to configure and manage a Firebox X Core or Firebox X Peak with Fireware Pro appliance software. These
include:
• Fireware Firebox Manager
• Fireware Policy Manager
• Fireware HostWatch
When you add an device to the WatchGuard System Manager Devices tab, the system identifies which
appliance software the Firebox uses. If you select a Firebox and then click a management tool icon on the
toolbar, it automatically starts the correct management tool for the version of appliance software installed
on that Firebox.
For example, add a Firebox X5000 to the Devices tab using the instructions found in the
WatchGuard
System Manager User Guide
. Select the Firebox X5000. Click the Policy Manager icon on the WSM tool-
bar. Fireware Policy Manager starts and opens the configuration file.
What’s New with WatchGuard System Manager?
With this release, there are many changes to the WatchGuard® System Manager — some large and some
small. In this section we tell you the most important enhancements.
New WatchGuard System Manager features
We made the VPN Manager the primary management software for all the Firebox devices, log servers, and
management servers in your network. From WatchGuard System Manager, you can start monitoring and
configuration tools such as Policy Manager, HostWatch, and the Firebox System Manager.
WatchGuard System Manager also includes:
• Simple management of a network with more than one WatchGuard hardware platforms:
-Firebox III
-Firebox X Core
- Firebox X Edge
-Firebox X Peak
- Firebox SOHO6 and Firebox SOHO6 Wireless
- Firebox S6 and Firebox S6 Wireless
• A Management Server that operates on a Windows server instead of on a gateway Firebox. This
solution is more scalable and flexible and lets you easily set up a large network with many offices and
VPN tunnels.
• A feature that allows to use SNMP to monitor important device statistics. You can also transmit
SNMP traps to SNMP servers.
• Log messages stored in an XML format.
New features introduced with Fireware Pro
The Fireware Pro appliance software improves WatchGuard’s ability to supply new features on the same
hardware platform. Fireware Pro is available as an upgrade to the WatchGuard System Manager. Contact
your reseller or visit our Web site for more information. Features new to this release include:
• Enhancements to the Gateway AntiVirus service such as a feature to examine outgoing messages, to
lock attachments with suspicious content and better reports