SonicWall GMS - 5 Node - Software License - 01-SSC-7680

The SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) provides organizations of any size, distributed enterprises & service providers with a flexible, powerful & intuitive solution to centrally manage & rapidly deploy SonicWall appliances & security policy configurations. SonicWall GMS also provides centralized real-time monitoring, & comprehensive policy & compliance reporting. SonicWall GMS intuitive Web-based user interface easily allows for complete life cycle control of thousands of SonicWall firewall, anti-spam, secure remote access, & backup & recovery appliances & services€š¬‚¬from initial configuration to complex policy changes & remote updates. For enterprises, GMS simplifies the complexity of network management by offering a single management interface, thereby reducing administration time, complexity & the overall total cost of ownership (TCO). Service providers benefit from its multi-organizational management capabilities where it consolidates, groups & classifies thousands of individual customer's managed appliances & their respective security policies. Through an integrated reporting architecture, administrators can customize & schedule reports individually tailored to meet the needs of managed customers, executives & regulatory compliance audits for corporate departments. SonicWall GMS can be flexibly deployed as a software application on a third party Windows server, as a SonicWall E-Class Universal Management Appliance, or as a SonicWall GMS Virtual Appliance in a VMware environment.

Features & Benefits

Centralized security & network management is achieved using a flexible, powerful & intuitive tool to deploy, manage & monitor a distributed network environment & set policies from a central location. Administrators can now define, distribute, enforce & deploy a full range of service & security policies for thousands of SonicWall firewall, anti-spam, secure remote access, & backup & recover appliances.

Sophisticated VPN deployment & configuration enables distributed enterprise networks to reduce the administration time, costs & complexity associated with establishing & maintaining corporate security policies, VPN connectivity & network configurations. For Service Providers, it consolidates & unifies all security polices for thousands of customers allowing for greater efficiencies in meeting service level agreements (SLAs).

Active device monitoring & alerting supplies real-time alerts with integrated monitoring capabilities allowing administrators to take preventative action & deliver immediate remediation.

Centralized logging provides a central location for consolidating security events & logs for thousands of appliances, thereby allowing for a single point to conduct network forensics.

Flexible deployment options include software (leveraging existing infrastructure), hardware (leveraging a hardened high-performance appliance), or a virtual appliance (leveraging shared computing resources to optimize utilization, ease migration & reduce capital costs).

Intelligent reporting & activity visualization presents comprehensive management & graphical reports for security devices & user activity yielding greater insight into application usage trends & security events. It also enables the customization of these reports using corporate logos & colors, thereby delivering a cohesive branding message to users & customers.

Offline management enables scheduled configurations and/or firmware updates on managed appliances to occur offline to minimize service disruption to end users & customers.

Streamlined license manager displays a unified console for storing, applying, tracking & updating security license information for managed SonicWall appliances, thereby simplifying the inventory for managing security & support license subscriptions.

SNMP support provides a powerful, real-time alerting mechanism for all TCP/IP & SNMP-enabled devices & applications, thus greatly enhancing the ability to pinpoint & respond to critical network events.

Rich integration options include a Web services application programming interface (API), CLI support for the majority of functions, & SNMP trap support. Both services providers & enterprises can use any of these options to integrate GMS with their professional services automation, management & monitoring, & other enterprise applications.