Configure network connections and contact addresses for the SMC

Make sure that your Management Server and Log Server are reachable from your Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN instance in Azure.

You must always configure network connections and contact addresses for the SMC, regardless of whether you use automatic deployment or manual deployment.

Note: For FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN 6.4, the default contact addresses must be the external IP addresses of the Management Server and the Log Server. Make sure that the external IP addresses of the Management Server and the Log Server are reachable from the Internet.

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Steps

  1. Create a Location element for elements that contact the SMC servers using a different IP address than the default contact address.
    1. Select Configuration, then browse to Administration.
    2. Browse to Other Elements > Locations.
    3. Right-click Locations, then select New Location.
    4. Add the elements to the Content pane.
      • For FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN 6.4, add elements that contact the SMC servers using the internal IP addresses of the SMC servers.
      • For FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN 6.5 and higher, add Secure SD-WAN Engine elements that contact the SMC servers using the external IP addresses of the SMC servers.
    5. Click OK.
    6. In the properties of the Secure SD-WAN Engine elements or other elements that you added, select this Location.
  2. Select Dashboard > Servers / Devices, then browse to Management Server.
  3. Right-click the Management Server, then select Properties.
  4. In the Default field in the Contact Addresses section, enter the default contact address for the Management Server.
    • For FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN 6.4, enter the external IP address of the Management Server.
    • For FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN 6.5 and higher, enter the internal IP address of the Management Server.
  5. To configure contact address exceptions for the Management Server, click Exceptions.
  6. Click Add, select the Location element that you created, then click Select.
  7. In the Contact Addresses cell, enter the IP address, then click OK.
    • For FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN 6.4, enter the internal IP address of the Management Server.
    • For FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN 6.5 and higher, enter the external IP address of the Management Server.
  8. Click OK to close the Management Server Properties dialog box.
  9. Browse to Log Server, right-click the Log Server, then select Properties.
  10. In the Default field in the Contact Addresses section, enter the default contact address for the Log Server.
    • For FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN 6.4, enter the external IP address of the Log Server.
    • For FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN 6.5 and higher, enter the internal IP address of the Log Server.
  11. To configure contact address exceptions for the Log Server, click Exceptions.
  12. Click Add, select the Location element that you created, then click Select.
  13. In the Contact Addresses cell, enter the IP address, then click OK.
    • For FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN 6.4, enter the internal IP address of the Log Server.
    • For FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN 6.5 and higher, enter the external IP address of the Log Server.
  14. Click OK to close the Log Server Properties dialog box.