Page 34 Manually Configuring the System Role
Configuring the Agent Role
The Agent role can be used in a distributed deployment of
SonicWALL GMS. The primary functions of this role include the
following:
• Manages units by acquiring them, pushing configuration
tasks to the units and tracking their up/down status
• Performs monitoring based on ICMP probes, TCP probes,
and SNMP OID retrievals
• Collects and stores syslog messages
• Performs report summarization
The following SonicWALL Universal Management Suite
services run on an Agent system:
• Syslog Collector
• Reports Summarizer
• SNMP Manager
• Scheduler
• Monitoring Manager
To deploy your SonicWALLUMA EM5000 in the Agent role,
perform the following steps in the appliance management
interface:
1. Navigate to the Deployment > Role page. Under Host
Role Configuration, select the Agent radio button.
2. If this SonicWALLU MAEM5000 will connect to managed
appliances through a GMS gateway, type the gateway IP
address into the GMS Gateway IP field.
To determine if a GMS gateway is required, see the GMS
Gateway Recommendations section, on page 7.
3. If a GMS gateway will be used, type the password into both
the GMS Gateway Password and Confirm GMS
Gateway Password fields.
4. If this SonicWALLUMA EM5000 listens for syslog
messages on a non-standard port, type the port number
into the Syslog Server Port field. The default port is 514.
5. To include the MySQL database on this system, select the
Include Database (MYSQL) checkbox. To use a MySQL
or Microsoft SQL Server database on another system, do
not select this checkbox.
6. Configure the database settings as described in the
Configuring Database Settings section, on page 36.
7. Configure the Web port settings as described in the
Configuring Web Port Settings section, on page 38.
8. To apply your changes, click Update.
To change the settings on this page back to the defaults,
click Reset.