Registering a Reporting Agent

Before registering a the Reporting Agent, ensure that:

• An external disk is mounted on this NSM node. For more information, refer to Configuring External Storage.
• The Web UI of the reporting agent is up and running in the console.
• Distributed Deployment is enabled on the controller. For more information, refer to Enabling Distributed Deployment for a Controller.

When you login to the Reporting Agent 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 Reporting Agent for any of the reasons, 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 Reporting Agent.

      

     • Once the role is selected and configured, you cannot change it later.
     • Reporting Agent is used only to store the reporting data but to manage the Reporting Agent must be associated with the Controller.
   • Enter MySonicWall Username and Password.
   • Enter Friendly Name of a node.

   • Enter Serial Number and Auth Code received for On-Premises bundle.

     You can use the same serial number and auth code that was used for registering the controller.

   • Click Configure

   

3. Define role configuration settings and click Configure.

   • Add the Controller IP.

     Enter IP address of the controller to which you want to link the reporting agent.

   • Add the Distributed Deployment ID of the controller. For more information, refer to Enabling Distributed Deployment for a Controller.

     

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

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 a backup.

   

8. Review the settings defined and click Finish.

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

Now, the reporting agent is registered successfully and assigned to the specified controller. You can see the registered reporting agent on the Manager View | Deployment > Nodes page. For more information, refer to Navigating to List of Registered Nodes.

Now you can add the reporting agent while Adding a Device or by Editing Device Settings.