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Configuration menu
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SMC Settings menu
Command
alg
maxconn/
<zone>/conn
timeout
portbypass
multicast
NN10300-091
Standard 1.00
Description
Displays the ALG menu, which you can use to enable or disable application
layer gateway support for a variety of protocols. Without ALG support,
some of these protocols cannot traverse the SMC. For menu items, see
"ALG menu" on
page
Specifies the maximum connection limits for individual zones. The total
number of concurrent connections supported in the SMC across all zones
is 700 000. Traffic flowing between zones is counted as a concurrent
connection within the intranet zone, so Nortel recommends that the zone
have the highest maxconn value. The default value is 100000.
Displays the Timeout menu, which you can use to specify inactivity timeout
values associated with network traffic. For menu items, see "Timeout
menu" on
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Displays the Port Bypass menu, which you can use to bypass the SMC's
stateful processing of packet to and from a given set of TCP ports. For
menu items, see "Port Bypass menu" on
Displays the Multicast Bypass menu, which you can use to identify a
specific Multicast Groups for which you want the SMC to bypass the
processing and bridge the packets onto another network. For menu items,
see "Multicast Bypass menu" on
Message Logging menu
Using the Message Logging menu (
the types of messages sent to /logs/firewall.log. Doing so helps to limit the file
size of the firewall log.
The firewall log contains all logging messages that relate to firewall
operation, specific attacks, and basic packet logging due to the log settings in
the firewall inbound/outbound rules.
On the SMC, the firewall log files are stored in logs/firewall.log. Firewall
logs can also be:
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/cfg/smc/settings/log), you can customize
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