There are command line tools for the SMC and the Secure SD-WAN Engines.
This online help was created for Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN, version 7.1.x.
Before setting up Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN, it is useful to know what the different components do and what engine roles are available.
Before you can set up the system and start configuring elements, you must consider how the different SMC components should be positioned and deployed.
After deploying the SMC components, you are ready to start using the Management Client and carrying out some of the first configuration tasks.
You can use the SMC to monitor system components and third-party devices. You can also view and filter logs, and create Reports from them.
You can command and set options for engines through the Management Client or on the engine command line. You can also stop traffic manually.
SD-WAN Manager configuration allows you to customize how the SMC components work.
You can create and modify Engines, IPS engines, Layer 2 Engines, Master Engines and Virtual Secure SD-WAN Engines. You can configure the Secure SD-WAN Engine properties, activate optional features, and configure advanced Secure SD-WAN Engine settings.
Use the Management Client to configure static or dynamic routing, and use a Multi-Link configuration to manage and distribute inbound and outbound connections.
Policies are key elements that contain rules for allowing or blocking network traffic and inspecting the content of traffic.
User accounts are stored in internal databases or external directory servers. You can use Secure SD-WAN in the Engine/VPN role or external authentication servers to authenticate users.
Secure SD-WAN supports both policy-based and route-based VPN tunnels between VPN gateways. For full remote access, Secure SD-WAN supports both IPsec and SSL VPN tunnels for VPN clients.
Maintenance includes procedures that you do not typically need to do frequently.
Troubleshooting helps you resolve common problems in the Secure SD-WAN and SMC.
SMC commands include commands for the Management Server, Log Server, and Web Portal Server.
There are commands that can be run on the command line on Engine, Layer 2 Engine, IPS engines, or Master Engines.
You can test and monitor the Server Pool Monitoring Agents on the command line.
There are default ports used in connections between SMC components and default ports that SMC components use with external components.
Expressions are elements that allow you to create simple definitions for representing complex sets of IP addresses by using logical operands.
Predefined Aliases are used in the default policies. Some of them might be useful when you create your own rules.
There are parameters you can define for Situation Contexts.
The SMC has its own regular expression syntax. Regular expressions are used in Situations for matching network traffic. Situations are used in the Inspection rules on Secure SD-WAN Engines.
There are SMC-specific LDAP classes and attributes that you add to the schema of external LDAP servers.
For descriptions of all log fields, see Knowledge Base article 38581.
For a list of available shortcut keys in the Management Client, see Knowledge Base article 38538.
The multicasting reference describes the general principles of multicasting and how it can be used with CVIs (cluster virtual IP addresses) in Engine Clusters.