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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction .................................................................. 1
Stand-alone Appliances....................................................................................................................1
Distributed 2500 Series Appliances..................................................................................................1
CommandCenter Secure Gateway (CC-SG) ...................................................................................1
User PC Preparation.................................................................................................................................2
Remote Authentication..............................................................................................................................2
Local Authentication .................................................................................................................................2
Intended Audience............................................................................................................................2
Features Described in this Document ..............................................................................................2
Terminology/Acronyms.....................................................................................................................3
Licensing Explained..........................................................................................................................6
Infrastructure.............................................................................................................................................6
Server .......................................................................................................................................................6
Workstation...............................................................................................................................................7
Promoted Workstation ..............................................................................................................................7
Chapter 2: General and Advanced Administration ........................ 9
Power Down CC-NOC......................................................................................................................9
Appliance Shutdown/Restart ............................................................................................................9
Appliance Network Settings..............................................................................................................9
Configure Date and Time........................................................................................................................10
Configure Network Connection...............................................................................................................11
Change the ISP Gateway Address .........................................................................................................11
Outgoing Email Communication .............................................................................................................12
Change Nameserver Addresses.............................................................................................................13
Network Management Configuration..............................................................................................13
Edit Discovery Ranges............................................................................................................................13
Edit SNMP Ranges.................................................................................................................................15
Configure Scheduled Outages................................................................................................................16
Configure Pollers ....................................................................................................................................18
Manage, Unmanage, Rescan, or Delete Devices...................................................................................19
Configure Performance Thresholds ........................................................................................................21
Configure Outage Report........................................................................................................................22
SNMP Reparenting Exclusion List..........................................................................................................23
Associate CommandCenter Secure Gateway (CC-SG).................................................................23
Configure a CC-SG.................................................................................................................................23
Create a CC-SG Peer via a Secure Channel..........................................................................................25
Disconnect a CC-SG...............................................................................................................................26
Delete a CC-SG......................................................................................................................................26
Map CC-SG User Groups to Local User Roles.......................................................................................26
Multi-Site Management...................................................................................................................27
Configure Event Forwarding ...................................................................................................................28
Configure Trap Relaying.........................................................................................................................29
Discover a Single Device................................................................................................................30
Edit Performance Thresholds (Per Device)....................................................................................31
Administrator Tools.........................................................................................................................32
Export and Download Configuration Files...............................................................................................32
Download Log Files ................................................................................................................................32
Check Disk Utilization on Appliance .......................................................................................................32
Send Incident Report ..............................................................................................................................33
Generate Diagnostics File.......................................................................................................................34
Establish Support Connection.................................................................................................................34
Download Data Archives ................................................................................................................35
Advanced Administration................................................................................................................35
System Software & Signature Updates...................................................................................................35
Appliance Database Administration ........................................................................................................39
Data Backup and Restore.......................................................................................................................39
Manage Routes ......................................................................................................................................40
Prune Unused Performance Data...........................................................................................................41
Delete Management Settings and Data ..................................................................................................42
Delete Traffic Analysis Performance Information....................................................................................42
Install CC-NOC License .................................................................................................................43
Installed Appliances List.................................................................................................................44