Managing the Global VPN Client System Tray Icon

When you launch the Global VPN Client window, the program icon appears in the system tray on the taskbar.

This icon provides program and VPN connection status indicators as well as a menu for common SonicWall Global VPN Client commands. Right‐clicking on the Global VPN Client icon in the system tray displays a menu of options for managing the program.

• Open Global VPN Client ‐ Opens the program window.
• Enable ‐ Displays a menu of VPN connections that can be enabled.
• Disable ‐ Displays a menu of VPN connections that can be disabled.
• Open Log Viewer ‐ Opens the Log Viewer to view informational and error messages. For more information on the Log Viewer, refer to Understanding the Global VPN Client Log.
• Open Certificate Manager ‐ Opens the Certificate Manager. For more information on the certificate manager, refer to Managing Certificates .
• Exit ‐ Exits the Global VPN Client window and disables any active VPN connections.

Moving the mouse pointer over the Global VPN Client icon in the system tray displays the number of enabled VPN connections.

The Global VPN Client icon in the system tray also acts as a visual indicator of data passing between the Global VPN Client and the SonicWall gateway.