Introduction

You can use the Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN in FIPS mode to comply with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS).

The Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN solution includes Secure SD-WAN Engines, Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN Manager (SMC) server components, and SMC user interface components. The basic SMC components are the Management Server, Log Server, and one or more Management Clients. The Management Client is the user interface for the SMC. You use the Management Client for all configuration and monitoring tasks.

There are two main ways to deploy the SMC:
  • You can use a Secure SD-WAN Manager appliance that ships with a Management Server and a Log Server pre-installed on it.

    You can also install the SMC Appliance as a virtual machine on virtualization platforms such as VMware ESX. For more information, see Installing SMC Appliance software on a virtualization platform in the Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN Installation Guide.

  • You can install the SMC components on Windows or Linux platforms.

In a FIPS environment, you must use Secure SD-WAN Engines that run on purpose-built Secure SD-WAN Engine appliances.

Product name change

This release introduces change to product and component names. For more information about the change to product and component names, refer to the About this Help section in the Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN Product Guide.
Important:
  1. Some documentations, knowledge base articles, and other support information are still using the old product name.
  2. There is no change in the Engine local user interface.
  3. The IPS role has transitioned now from L2FW mode to L3FW mode.

Deprecated feature

Web Portal User Interface is deprecated and is not available by default.

For more information on deprecated features, refer to the About this release section in the FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN Manager 7.1.0 Release Notes.