Manager Components - McAfee M3050 - Network Security Platform Installation Manual

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Manager components

The Manager is a term that represents the hardware and software resources that are used
to configure and manage the Network Security Platform. The Manager consists of the
following components:
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Manager server platform
The Manager server is a dedicated Windows Server 2003 SP2 / Windows 2008 R2 system
hosting the Manager software. You can remotely access the Network Security Platform
user interface from a Windows XP or Windows 7 system using an Internet Explorer 7.0 or
8.0.
Sensors use a built-in 10/100 Management port to communicate with the Manager server.
You can connect a segment from a Sensor Management port directly to the Manager
server; however, this means you can only receive information from one Sensor (typically,
your server has only one 10/100 network port). During the Sensor configuration, you will
establish communication between your Sensor(s) and your Manager server.
Manager software
The Manager software has a Web-based user interface for configuring and managing the
Network Security Platform. Network Security Platform users connect to the Manager
server from a Windows XP system using the Internet Explorer browser program. The
Network Security Platform user interface runs with Internet Explorer versions 7.0 and 8.0.
The Manager functions are configured and managed through a GUI application, the
Network Security Platform user interface, which includes complementary interfaces for
system status, system configuration, report generation, and fault management. All
interfaces are logically parts of the Manager program.
The Manager has five components:
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Either of the following hardware/OS server platform (on page 4)
 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 - SP2, Standard Edition, English or Japanese
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - R2, Standard Edition, English or Japanese
the Manager software (on page 4)
a back end database (on page 6) to persist data (MySQL version 5.1.47)
a connection to McAfee Update Server (on page 6)
. The Manager Home page is the first screen displayed after the user logs
Manager Home
on to the system. The Manager Home page displays Operational Status-that is,
whether all components of the system are functioning properly, the number of
unacknowledged alerts in the system, and the configuration options available to the
current user. Options available within the Manager Home page are determined by the
current user's assigned role(s). The Manager Home page is refreshed every 5
seconds by default.
Operational Status . The Operational Status page displays the status of Manager,
database, and any deployed Sensors; including all system faults.
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