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SMC configuration
SMC Manager configuration allows you to customize how the SMC components work.
SMC Client downloads from the Management Server
When the Management Server provides the SMC Client for download, administrators can download and install the SMC Client from the SMC Downloads page.

About this Help
This online help was created for Forcepoint Network Security Platform, version 7.3.0.
Introduction to the Forcepoint Network Security Platform solution
Before setting up Forcepoint Network Security Platform, it is useful to know what the different components do and what engine roles are available.
Deployment
Before you can set up the system and start configuring elements, you must consider how the different SMC components should be positioned and deployed.
Setting up
After deploying the SMC components, you are ready to start using the SMC Client and carrying out some of the first configuration tasks.
Monitoring
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.
Controlling Security Engines
You can command and set options for engines through the SMC Client or on the engine command line. You can also stop traffic manually.
SMC configuration
SMC Manager configuration allows you to customize how the SMC components work.
- Administrator accounts
  Administrator accounts define administrator rights and permissions in the SMC.
- Alert escalation
  The SMC can escalate the alerts generated so that notifications are sent to the administrators through multiple channels.
- Domain elements
  Domain elements allow you to restrict which elements are displayed to the administrators in the SMC Client and in the optional Web Portal. They also allow you to define in which administrative Domains an administrator has permissions. Configuring Domains requires a special license.
- Getting Started with the Web Portal
  Using the Web Portal, customers of managed service providers can access information about their systems.
- Using the SMC Client in a web browser
  To avoid installing the full Java-based SMC Client on each workstation that an administrator uses, you can run the SMC Client in a web browser.
- SMC Client downloads from the Management Server
  When the Management Server provides the SMC Client for download, administrators can download and install the SMC Client from the SMC Downloads page.
  - Enable and configure SMC Client downloads on the Management Server
    To allow administrators to download and install the SMC Client from the SMC Downloads page, enable SMC Client downloads on the Management Server.
  - Download the SMC Client from the Management Server
    Download and install the SMC Client from the SMC Downloads page.
- Configuring the Log Server
  You can modify a Log Server element, configure settings for Log Servers, and recertify Log Servers.
- Configuring SMC servers for high availability
  You can install several Management Servers and Log Servers to provide high availability for the SMC.
- Reconfiguring the SMC and Security Engines
  You can modify settings for Management Servers, change hardware platforms or the IP addresses used in system communications, change the type of certificate authority, and change the role of Security Engines.
Security Engine configuration
You can create and modify Engines, IPS engines, Layer 2 Engines, Master Engines and Virtual Security Engines. You can configure the Security Engine properties, activate optional features, and configure advanced Security Engine settings.
Routing
Use the SMC Client to configure static or dynamic routing, and use a Multi-Link configuration to manage and distribute inbound and outbound connections.
Traffic inspection policies
Policies are key elements that contain rules for allowing or blocking network traffic and inspecting the content of traffic.
Users and authentication
User accounts are stored in internal databases or external directory servers. You can use Forcepoint Network Security Platform in the Engine/VPN role or external authentication servers to authenticate users.
Virtual private networks
Forcepoint Network Security Platform supports both policy-based and Route-based Tunnels between VPN gateways. For full remote access, Forcepoint Network Security Platform supports both IPsec and SSL VPN tunnels for VPN clients.
Maintenance and upgrades
Maintenance includes procedures that you do not typically need to do frequently.
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting helps you resolve common problems in the Forcepoint Network Security Platform and SMC.
Appendices

SMC Client downloads from the Management Server

When the Management Server provides the SMC Client for download, administrators can download and install the SMC Client from the SMC Downloads page.

Enable and configure SMC Client downloads on the Management Server
To allow administrators to download and install the SMC Client from the SMC Downloads page, enable SMC Client downloads on the Management Server.
Download the SMC Client from the Management Server
Download and install the SMC Client from the SMC Downloads page.

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