Assigning Flow server to Firewall/s in GMS

Assigning Flow server to Firewall/s in GMS

Pre-requisite:

      Have an active Flow server in GMS deployment. server in GMS 8.x

      Firewall/s must have App Visualization licensed and enabled.

See below KB for deploying / Configuring Flow server in GMS deployment

http://help.sonicwall.com/help/sw/eng/7634/8/0/0/content/Configuring_Flow_Activity.31.04.htm

To Assign Flow server on a Firewall and to see Flow report data for a Firewall in GMS follow below steps:

1. Login to GMS and go to Firewall tab and select the corresponding Firewall / Group
2. Right click on the Firewall / Group (in the Tree Control) and click on ‘Re-assign Agents’ and Popup window will open

3. In the Popup window, go to section ‘Flow Server Agent IP’ and click on the arrow there and you should see your Flow Server (IP / Name) listed there.
4. Select the Flow server IP from the dropdown

5. Now check the ‘Flow configuration’ section below and select mode as needed and click ‘OK’.

There are 2 modes:

      Manual: Flow server will be assigned to the Firewall but the flow server IP will NOT be updated on the Firewall and need to set manually on the Firewall.

      Auto: This will assign / update flow server IP on the Firewall

Note: Check below KB for Flow server configuration settings on the Firewalls

https://www.sonicwall.com/en-us/support/technical-documentation/sonicos-6-5-nsv-logs-and-reporting/connecting-to-a-gmsflow-server

6. Once completed, you can go to the Firewall tab and then select the corresponding firewall and go to Flows | General | Status page to check the Flow server status for the firewall