2 GETTING STARTED

SonicWALL ViewPoint is a software reporting solution that may be installed on any computer on the SonicWALL's LAN. The computer used to host the reporting software will be referred to as the “ViewPoint Server.”

System Requirements

The following is a list of the minimum requirements for the ViewPoint Server:

Microsoft Windows 2000 or NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 or greater

500 MHz Processor

512 MB available disk space

256 MB memory

Internet Explorer 4.0 or later or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or greater

Note: More disk space may be required for large networks.

Network Configuration for ViewPoint

The following diagram illustrates the network configuration for SonicWALL ViewPoint:

The SonicWALL ViewPoint Server may be any computer or server located on the SonicWALL's LAN running Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0 SP 4 or greater and meeting the minimum system requirements.

SonicWALL

Syslog

LAN Network

ViewPointSegment

Server

Note: The ViewPoint Server must have a static, permanent IP address.

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