Vshield Edge Management; View The Status Of A Vshield Edge - VMware VSHIELD APP 1.0 Admin Manual

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vShield Edge Management

vShield Edge provides network edge security and gateway services to isolate the virtual machines in a port
group, vDS port group, or Cisco
(uplink) networks by providing common gateway services such as DHCP, VPN, NAT, and Load Balancing.
Common deployments of vShield Edge include in the DMZ, VPN Extranets, and multi‐tenant Cloud
environments where the vShield Edge provides perimeter security for Virtual Datacenters (VDCs).
This chapter includes the following topics:
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"View the Status of a vShield Edge" on page 51
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"Specify a Remote Syslog Server" on page 52
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"Managing the vShield Edge Firewall" on page 52
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"Manage NAT Rules" on page 53
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"Manage DHCP Service" on page 54
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"Manage VPN Service" on page 56
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"Manage Load Balancer Service" on page 58
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"Start or Stop vShield Edge Services" on page 59

View the Status of a vShield Edge

The Status option presents the network configuration and status of services of a vShield Edge module. Details
include interface addressing and network ID. You can use the network ID to send REST API commands to a
vShield Edge module.
To view the status of a vShield App
1 In the vSphere Client, go to Inventory > Networking.
2 Select an internal port group that is protected by a vShield Edge.
3 Click the Edge tab.
4 Click the Status link.
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