8 System

The System menu provides options to update and manage TOS and Digital Vaccine packages, configure timekeeping options, access for remote management applications (SMS & NMS), enable high availability to provide system failover, configure email and syslog servers, and access the setup wizard to change device and network configuration settings for the X family device.

Overview

The System menu in the LSM allows you to manage TOS and Digital Vaccine packages, change device configuration options, and configure access to external resources such as syslog and email servers and remote management applications. The System menu provides the following options:

•Update — View current software versions, update software, configure automatic Digital Vaccine (DV) updates, and manage system snapshots

•Time Options — Specify the timekeeping mechanism (internal clock or NTP) and time zone for the X family device.

•SMS/NMS — Enable remote management of the X family device.

•High Availability — Configure the X family device for high availability to provide a failover mechanism to minimize network downtime due to device failure.

•Thresholds —Specify the disk and memory usage settings that trigger major and critical usage level alarms on the Health Monitor and System Summary pages.

•Email Server — Configure the email server for the X family device to send event notifications.

•Syslog Servers — Configure remote syslog servers to maintain and backup data from the System, Audit, VPN, and Firewall Session logs.

•Setup Wizard — Configure critical device configuration settings to quickly install a new X family device on the network with internet access. The setup wizard can be reused to change system-wide configuration settings after the initial configuration is complete.

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