Security Manager Fundamentals
Course No: EDU-JUN-SMF
Course Overview
This two-day course discusses the basic operations of Security Manager. Key topics include server and domain administration, device configuration, template creation and management, policy creation and management, logging, and report generation. Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students gain experience in configuring, testing, and troubleshooting features of Security Manager.
Objectives
After successfully completing this course, you should be able to:
- Explain Security Manager concepts and terminology.
- Set up and administer Security Manager servers.
- Configure domains and administrators.
- Add devices using modeling and importing.
- Work with objects and templates.
- Configure policies.
- Perform routine device management tasks.
- Work with logs and reports.
- Generate statistical reports using the Statistical Report Server.
- Configure VPNs with the VPN Manager tool.
Intended Audience
This course is intended for network engineers, network support personnel, reseller support personnel, and anyone else needing a working knowledge of Security Manager.
Course Level
This is an introductory-level course.
Prerequisites
This course assumes that students have basic networking knowledge and experience in the following areas:
- Ethernet;
- TCP/IP; and
- Routing.
Course Contents
Day 1
Chapter 1: Course Introduction
Chapter 2: Security Manager Concepts
- The Role of Security Manager
- Architecture and Communication
Chapter 3: Server Administration
- Security Manager Processes and Directory Structure
- High Availability
- Installation Overview—Security Manager
- Installation Overview—NSMXpress
Chapter 4: Domains and Administrators
- Domains and Subdomains
- Role-Based Administration
- Configuration
- Lab 1: Domains, Roles, and Administrators
Chapter 5: Adding Devices
- Scenarios and Methods
- Device Exists
- Device Does Not Yet Exist
- VSYS, Cluster, Extranet, Group
- Add Device Wizard
- Lab 2: Adding Devices
Chapter 6: Abstraction—Objects and Templates
- Objects
- Templates
- Lab 3: Abstraction—Objects and Templates
Day 2
Chapter 7: Abstraction—Policies
- What Is a Policy?
- Creating New Policies
- Merging Policies
- Lab 4: Creating Policies
Chapter 8: Managing Devices
- Directives
- Configuration Management
- Device Management
- Lab 5: Managing Devices
Chapter 9: Logging and Reporting
- Logging
- Reporting
- Action Manager
- Lab 6: Logging and Reporting
Chapter 10: Central Manager
Chapter 11: Virtual Private Networks
- Concepts and Terminology
- Configuring VPNs
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