Firewall device list, Adding firewall devices

Firewall device list

From the navigation tree of the firewall management component, select Device Management under Device Management. The firewall device list is at the lower part of the page. See Figure 87. Table 97 describes the fields of the list.

Table 96 Query options on the firewall device management page

Option	Description
Device IP	Query a firewall device by its IP address.

Query a firewall device by its label.

Device Label	IMPORTANT:

The label you input here must not include the parentheses and IP address.

For example, if the device label is wxsh (10.154.78.120), input only wxsh.

Table 97 Fields of the firewall device list

Field	Description
	Device name and IP address. You can click the link to view the detailed
Device Label	information of the device and modify the device settings. For more
	information, see “Device information.”

Device IP	IP address of the device

Device Group	Device group where the device resides

	•	Click the	icon of a device to log in to open the web console of the
Operation		device.
	•	Click the	icon of a device to telnet to the device.

Return to Firewall management functions.

Adding firewall devices

This function is used to add firewall devices to the firewall management component. You can add only firewall devices that are under your management.

From the navigation tree of the firewall management component, select Device Management under Device Management to enter the device management page. Then, click Add to enter the page for adding firewall devices, as shown in Figure 88.

Figure 88 Add firewall devices

Select the check boxes before the devices that you want to add to the firewall management component, and then click Add. The firewall device management page appears, indicating that the devices are successfully added.

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