Renaming The Firebox X Edge E-Series; Enabling Centralized Management With Wsm V9.1 - Watchguard Firebox X20E User Manual

Setting up WatchGuard System Manager Access

Renaming the Firebox X Edge e-Series

When you use WatchGuard System Manager to manage many different Edge devices, you can rename
the Firebox X Edge e-Series so that it shows a unique name in WatchGuard System Manager.
To connect to the System Status page, type https:// in the browser address bar, and the IP
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address of the Firebox X Edge trusted interface.
The default URL is: https://192.168.111.1
From the navigation bar, select Administration.
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The Administration page appears.
Type a name for your Firebox X Edge e-Series in the Device Name field.
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Click Submit.
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The Firebox X Edge e-Series will use this name in the WatchGuard System Manager.

Enabling centralized management with WSM v9.1

Use these instructions to configure remote access from WatchGuard System Manager (WSM) v9.1.
WSM v9.1 allows centralized management of Firebox X Edge e-Series devices running v8.6.
To connect to the System Status page, type https:// in the browser address bar, and the IP
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address of the Firebox X Edge trusted interface.
The default URL is: https://192.168.111.1.
From the navigation bar, select Administration > WSM Access.
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The WatchGuard System Manager Access page appears.
Select the Enable remote management check box.
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From the Management Type drop-down list, select WatchGuard Management System.
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To enable centralized Edge management through WatchGuard System Manager, select the Use
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Centralized Management check box.
When the Firebox X Edge is under centralized management, access to the Edge configuration
pages is set to read-only. The only exception is access to the WSM Access configuration page. If
you disable the remote management feature, you get read-write access to the Edge
configuration again.
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