Network and Security Manager

Network and Security Manager (NSM) is an enterprise-level management application that configures multiple devices over a LAN or WAN environment. The Security Manager User Interface (UI) enables administrators to configure many devices from central locations.

Network and Security Manager uses two components to allow remote communication with security devices.

Information is currently available in the Concepts & Examples ScreenOS Reference Guide and the ScreenOS CLI Reference Guide.

Connection to the Management System

There are two methods by which a security device can establish a connection with Network and Security Manager (NSM). The device configuration method determines how it connects to the NSM server.

Enable Communication with Device Server: Permits the device to communicate with the device server. Disabling this setting prevents the device from receiving management from the device server and prevents transmission of reports to the server.

Connection Status: Indicates if the device ever connected with a device server.

Device Server Settings: The parameters the device uses to connect with the device server.

Enabling Reports to the Management System

Warning:  Note that this feature is CPU intensive and under certain high traffic volume conditions can cause high CPU utilization.

Report Settings: Enable or disable transmission of generated event messages to the device server.