Alcatel-Lucent Security Management Server (SMS) Release 9.4 Technical Overview page 38

Alcatel-Lucent VPN Firewall Brick
Servers to use at any given time for log transmission. If multiple servers are available,
the Brick device can be configured to either latch at the current server, or prefer a
given server.
Debugging/Command-Line Interface
The Brick device has a console used for debugging purpose only, which is password
protected. The console can report overall status on Brick configuration as well as
existing cache information and other status information. It can also perform packet and
audit tracing capabilities. The console is also capable of performing ping and
Traceroute functions. A reboot can be initiated, and, in the case of a failover pair of
Bricks the console can report failover status as well as initiate a failover.
The Brick device console is available from a variety of different sources:
• a locally attached VGA monitor and PS/2 keyboard
• a locally attached RS-232 serial terminal
• the Alcatel-Lucent Security Management Server Remote Navigator (Graphical User
Interface)
The first two access mechanisms are local only, and the third, while remote in-band, is
strongly secured.
It is important to point out that no policy modifications may be made from the Brick
console whatsoever. The required Alcatel-Lucent Security Management System (SMS)
is the only way to affect a change in the Brick device policy. The Brick device console
can be used for debugging or troubleshooting.
SMS reports
SMS reports provide a useful tool for identifying the nature of firewall and tunnel
problems. You can use the SMS reports Memorize function to build a library of reports
to assist in diagnosis of specific kinds of transmission failures.
SMS Administrators can run reports for any group. Group Administrators can only run
reports for groups for which they have at least View privileges.
Reports can be run from any machine that is running the SMS Navigator or Remote
Navigator. While reports cannot display real time information, as logs can, they do
allow access to the same information as contained in the Historical logs from any
location.
Web browser software must be installed on your workstation in order to view SMS
reports. The following browsers are supported by the SMS:
• Microsoft
• Netscape Navigator 4.7 or later
• Firefox 2.0 or later
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