Registering a Controller

A controller is accessible only after the Web UI is up and running in the console.

When you login to the Controller for the first time, Setup Wizard pop-up. If you cannot complete the Setup Wizard in the first time login or log out of the controller for any reason, it stores the partial information added in the Setup Wizard. You can open the Setup Wizard by clicking the icon in the top-right corner of the Manager View | System page.

To register a controller

1. Enter a Name and Domain of the controller and click Configure.

   

2. Register the node.

   • Select Role of a node as a Controller.

      

     • Once the role is selected and configured, you cannot change it later.
     • Controller can be used for a standalone and multi-node deployment. A Controller can be used for both management and storing the reporting data.
   • Enter MySonicWall Username and Password.
   • Enter Friendly Name of a node.
   • Enter Serial Number and Auth Code received for On-Premises bundle.
   • Click Configure

   

   You can skip the following steps if you do not want to define or define later till Summary.

3. Define role configuration settings and click Configure.

   • Enable Reporting and Analytics if you want to use this controller for storing the reporting data along with management capability.

      

     • Reporting and Analytics can be enabled only when an additional external disk is added, encrypted, and mounted to the On-Premises device. For more information, refer to Configuring External Storage.
     • NSM stops processing reporting and analytics data if free disk space in external disk goes below 10 GB.

   • Enable Distributed Deployment if you want use this controller for distributed setup and add reporting agents later.

     

4. Define administrator settings and click Configure.

   • Change the User Timeout (mins) if required.

     15 minutes is the default value. You can set between 1 minute to 8 hours.

   • Change the default password. If you are registering the controller when you log in for the first-time, you can change the default password here. The default password is only for one time use. If you do not change the default password now, it will ask to change the password when you login next time.

   • Set Time Zone based on the device location.

     Set time automatically using NTP is enabled by the default.

     

5. Define SMTP and TWILIO settings and click Configure.

   

6. Import and apply certificate settings.

   

7. Schedule backup.

   

8. Review the settings defined and click Finish.

   Click Previous if you want make changes in the previous screens.

   

Now, the controller is registered successfully. You can see the registered:

• Controller details and settings on the Manager View | Settings > Administration page. For more information, refer to Navigating to Controller Settings.

• List of registered controllers on the Manager View | Deployment > Nodes page. For more information, refer to Navigating to List of Registered Nodes.