Vshield Edge Management; View The Status Of A Vshield Edge - VMware VSHIELD APP 1.0.0 UPDATE 1 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"

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"Specify a Remote Syslog Server"
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"Managing the vShield Edge Firewall"
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"Manage NAT Rules"
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"Manage DHCP Service"
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"Manage VPN Service"
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"Manage Load Balancer Service"
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"Start or Stop vShield Edge Services"
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"Upgrade vShield Edge Software"
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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