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PROTECTION A T THE SPEED OF BUSINESS ™ Email Security Virtual Appliance 7.2 Getting Started Guide[...]
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SonicWALL Email Security Virt ual Appliance 7.2 Getting St arted Guide Page 1 SonicWALL Email Security Virtual Appliance 7.2 Getting Started Guide This Getting St arted Guide contain s installation pro cedures and configuration guid elines for deploying the SonicW ALL Email Security Virtual App liance on a server on your network. The SonicW ALL Ema[...]
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Page 2 Contents This document contains the following sections: “Before Y ou Begin” on page 3 • “Supported Plat forms” on p age 3 • “Hardwar e Resource Requ irements” on page 3 • “Files for Installation” on page 4 “Installing SonicW ALL Email Security Virtual Appliance” on page 5 • “About Thick Provisioni ng” on pag e[...]
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SonicWALL Email Security Virt ual Appliance 7.2 Getting St arted Guide Page 3 Befor e Y ou Begin This section contains the following subsections: • “Supported Plat forms” on pa ge 3 • “Hardware Resource Re quirement s” on p age 3 • “Files for Inst allation” o n page 4 Supported Platf orms The element s of basic VMware structure mu[...]
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Page 4 Files f or Installa tion Y ou will use different files for a fresh installation than when updating to a newer version. New De ploy ment Files SonicW ALL Email Security Virtual Appliance is availa ble for down load from < http:// www .mysonicwall.com >. For a fresh install, the Open V irtual Appliance (OV A) file with the following file[...]
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SonicWALL Email Security Virt ual Appliance 7.2 Getting St arted Guide Page 5 Installing SonicWALL Email Se curity Virtual Appliance SonicW ALL Email Security Vi rtual Appliance is installed by deploying an OV A file to your ESX/ESXi server . Each OV A file contains all software components related to SonicW ALL Email Security . Y ou can deploy the [...]
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Page 6 About Thic k Pr ovisioning Thick provisioning occurs when an OV A file is deployed on your ESX/ESXi server . This type of provisioning pre-allocates all the hard disk sp ace for the virtual appliance . Installing with vSpher e T o perform a fresh inst all of the SonicW AL L Email Security Virtu al Appliance using the vS phere client, perform[...]
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SonicWALL Email Security Virt ual Appliance 7.2 Getting St arted Guide Page 7 3. From the Home screen, click the Inventory icon to display the virtual applia nces running on your ESX/ESXi server . Click on the SonicWALL Email Security appliance you wish to deploy . 4. T o begin the im port proc ess, click Fi le and select Deploy OVF T emplate . 5. [...]
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Page 8 6. Set the Files of type to Ova files (*.ova) . Select the OV A file to import. Th en, click Open . When the selected OV A file appears in the De ploy from file field, click Next . 7. In the OVF T emplate Det ails screen, verif y the informatio n about the selected file . T o make a change, click the Source link to return to th e Source scre[...]
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SonicWALL Email Security Virt ual Appliance 7.2 Getting St arted Guide Page 9 9. In the Ready to Complete screen, review and ver ify the displayed information. T o begin the deployment with these settings, click Finish . Otherwise, click Back to navigate back through the screens to make a change . The Deploying bo x displays the progr ess. 10. In t[...]
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Page 10 The name of the new SonicW ALL Email Security Virtu al Appliance appears in the lef t pane of the vS phere window . • T o power on the virtual appliance an d perform required host config uration, see “Performing Basic T asks and Host Configuration” on p age 1 1 . • T o register the SonicW ALL Email Security appliance, see “Registr[...]
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SonicWALL Email Securit y Virtual Appliance 7.2 Get ting Started Guide Page 11 P erforming Basic T asks and Host Configur a t ion This section describes how to power on and configure basic settings on the SonicW ALL Email Security Virtual Appliance, including virtual hardware settings and networking s ettings. The following t asks are required to c[...]
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Page 12 Vie wing Settings Summary When the SonicW ALL Email Security Vi rtual App liance is selected in the left p ane, the Summary tab of the vS phere interface displays pertinent information su ch as memory , powered on/of f state, hard disk storage usage , network subnet settings, and other settings. Note: This page might incorrectly indicate th[...]
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SonicWALL Email Securit y Virtual Appliance 7.2 Get ting Started Guide Page 13 Editing Virtual Mac hine Settings Y ou can use the vS phere client to edit sett ings for the SonicW ALL Email Security Virtual Appliance, including memory , CPUs, descriptive name, data store, and resource allocation. T o edit virtual machine settings: 1. In the vS phere[...]
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Page 14 P owering the Virtual Appliance On or Of f There are multiple ways to power the SonicW ALL Email Security Vi rtual Appliance on or off. T o power the vir tual applianc e on (or off): 1. Do one of the following : • Right-click the SonicW ALL Ema il Security Virtual Applianc e in the left p ane and navigate to Power > Power On (or Power [...]
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SonicWALL Email Securit y Virtual Appliance 7.2 Get ting Started Guide Page 15 2. When the co nsole window opens, c lick inside the window , type admi n at the Login: prompt an d press Enter , and then type p assword at the Password: prompt and press Enter . The SNWLCLI> prompt is displayed. Note: The mouse pointer disappears when you c lick in [...]
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Page 16 Configuring Settings on the Appliance W eb Interf ace After configur ing the IP address and default route settings on the SonicW ALL Email Security Virtual Appliance conso le, the next steps are to configur e host name, netw ork, and time settings in the appliance manage ment interface. Perform the following steps to complete host configura[...]
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SonicWALL Email Securit y Virtual Appliance 7.2 Get ting Started Guide Page 17 When you have finished configur ing these syst em settings, click Apply Changes to continue.[...]
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Page 18 4. A dialog box warns you that the virtual appliance will reboot. Click OK . Note: If you modified the DNS settings, the se rv ices on the appliance will restart when the changes ar e applied, causin g a mome ntary connectivity loss to the Web server. Your browser will be redirected to the appliance management interface login page. If you m[...]
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SonicWALL Email Securit y Virtual Appliance 7.2 Get ting Started Guide Page 19 R e gistr a tion Pr ocess The SonicW ALL Email Security Virtual Appliance must be re gistered before use. This section contains the following subsections: • “Creating a MySonicW ALL Account” on page 19 • “Registering Y our SonicW ALL Email Security Virtual Appl[...]
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Page 20 R egistering Y our SonicWALL Email Security Virtual Appliance Y ou must register your SonicW ALL Email Secu rity Virtual Appliance before firs t use. Registration is performed usin g the appliance man agement interface. When registration is completed, SonicW ALL Email Security will be licensed on your virtual appliance. T o register your So[...]
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SonicWALL Email Securit y Virtual Appliance 7.2 Get ting Started Guide Page 21 3. The Administration section displays. Enter the Serial Number , Au thentica tion Code , and Friendly Name for your SonicW ALL appliance. Click Submit to finish the registration process. 4. Y ou have successfully regi stered your SonicW ALL Email Security Virtual Applia[...]
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Page 22 Upda ting the SonicWALL Email Security Virtual Appliance The System > Advance d page of the appliance interface is used to up date the SonicW ALL Email Security V irtual Appliance to a newer build or version. T o update the SonicW ALL Email Security V irt ual Appliance, perfor m the following step s: 1. Download the upda ter file from My[...]
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SonicWALL Email Securit y Virtual Appliance 7.2 Get ting Started Guide Page 23 Copyright Notice © 2010 SonicW ALL, Inc. All rights re served. Under the copyright laws, this manua l or the software d escribed within, cannot be copied, in whole or p art, without the written consent of the man ufacturer , except in the normal use of the software to m[...]
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Page 24 Customer Support For answers to all your support questions, visit the SonicW ALL Support Web site at: < http://www .sonic wall.com/us/Support.html > where you’ll find fe atured support topics, tutorials, and more. If you need fu rther assista nce, SonicW ALL offers telephone, email, and Web -based support to customers with valid W a[...]
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SonicWALL Email Securit y Virtual Appliance 7.2 Get ting Started Guide Page 25 SonicWALL Live Pr oduct Demos Get the most out of your SonicW ALL Email Se curity with the comple te line of SonicW ALL products. The Sonic W ALL Live Demo Site provides free t est drives of SonicWALL security produ cts and services through intera ctive live product ins [...]
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S o n icWALL, Inc. 2001 Logic Drive T + 1 4 0 8 .745 .9 6 0 0 w w w. s o n ic w a ll . c o m San Jose CA 95124 -3452 F +1 4 0 8 . 745 .9 3 0 0 PN: 232-001855-00 Rev A 3/2010 descriptions subject to change without notic e. 0 7 /0 7 SW 1 4 5 2010 PROTECTION A T THE SPEED OF BUSINESS ™[...]