Secure Mobile Access Overview; Overview Of Sma/Sra Hardware And Components; Secure Mobile Access Software Components - Dell SMA 200 Administration Manual

Secure Mobile Access Overview

This section provides an overview of the Dell SonicWALL Secure Mobile Access (SMA) technology, concepts, basic
navigational elements and standard deployment guidelines.
Topics:
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Overview of SMA/SRA Hardware and Components

• Concepts for Secure Mobile Access
• Navigating the Management Interface
• Deployment Guidelines
Overview of SMA/SRA Hardware and
Components
The SMA and SRA appliances provide organizations with a simple, secure and clientless method of access to
applications and network resources specifically for remote and mobile employees. Organizations can use Secure
Mobile Access connections without the need to have a pre-configured, large-installation host. Users can easily
and securely access email files, intranet sites, applications, and other resources on the corporate Local Area
Network (LAN) from any location by accessing a standard Web browser.
This section contains the following subsections:
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Secure Mobile Access Software Components

• SMA Hardware Components
• SRA Hardware Components
• SMA 500v Virtual Appliance
Secure Mobile Access Software Components
SMA/SRA appliances provide clientless identity-based secure remote access to the protected internal network.
Using the Virtual Office environment, SMA/SRA appliances can provide users with secure remote access to your
entire private network, or to individual components such as File Shares, Web servers, FTP servers, remote
desktops, or even individual applications hosted on Citrix or Microsoft Terminal Servers.
Although Secure Mobile Access protocols are described as clientless, the typical Secure Mobile Access portal
combines Web, Java, and ActiveX components that are downloaded from the portal transparently, allowing
users to connect to a remote network without needing to manually install and configure a VPN client
application. In addition, Secure Mobile Access enables users to connect from a variety of devices, including
Windows, Macintosh, and Linux PCs. ActiveX components are only supported on Windows platforms.
For administrators, the Secure Mobile Access web-based management interface provides an end-to-end Secure
Mobile Access solution. This interface can configure Secure Mobile Access users, access policies, authentication
methods, user bookmarks for network resources, and system settings.
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