NGFW Manager and VPN Broker 6.11 Online Help

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Local management of a single NGFW Engine
You can use the Forcepoint NGFW Manager to locally manage a single NGFW Engine.
Monitoring the NGFW Engine
Log and alert entries provide information about what is going on in your network environment.
Using the NGFW Engine tester
The NGFW Engine tester runs various checks on the NGFW Engine and initiates responses based on the success or failure of these tests.

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About this Help
This online Help was created for Forcepoint NGFW Manager and VPN Broker, version 6.11.0.
Getting started
You can use the Forcepoint NGFW Manager to configure the VPN Broker or to manage a single Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall (Forcepoint NGFW) Engine.
Configuring a single VPN Broker
The VPN Broker creates highly-scalable, full-mesh VPN environments. VPN tunnels are automatically created between NGFW Engines when they communicate with each other. The VPN tunnels are automatically removed when they are no longer needed.
Configuring VPN Broker high availability
When you configure high availability for the VPN Broker, there are multiple VPN Broker gateways in the same VPN Broker domain. All VPN Broker members can connect to any VPN Broker gateway in the VPN Broker domain.
Local management of a single NGFW Engine
You can use the Forcepoint NGFW Manager to locally manage a single NGFW Engine.
- Setting up the NGFW Engine for local management
  To use the NGFW Manager for local management of a single NGFW Engine, configure the necessary settings for the NGFW Engine.
- Monitoring the NGFW Engine
  Log and alert entries provide information about what is going on in your network environment.
  - Browse log data
    Copies of the most recent log and alert entries are stored on the NGFW Engine.
  - Using the NGFW Engine tester
    The NGFW Engine tester runs various checks on the NGFW Engine and initiates responses based on the success or failure of these tests.
    - Enable the NGFW Engine tester and specify global settings
      The global settings of the tester have default values that you can override to meet your needs.
    - Add NGFW Engine tests
      Add NGFW Engine tests and configure the settings for each test.
- Configuring other NGFW Engine properties
  You can optionally configure other NGFW Engine properties if necessary.
Maintenance
Most maintenance tasks can be done for both the VPN Broker and for single NGFW Engines.

Using the NGFW Engine tester

The NGFW Engine tester runs various checks on the NGFW Engine and initiates responses based on the success or failure of these tests.

Enable the NGFW Engine tester and specify global settings
The global settings of the tester have default values that you can override to meet your needs.
Add NGFW Engine tests
Add NGFW Engine tests and configure the settings for each test.

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Published 28 February 2022