SonicWALL SMA 500v Quick start guide

Brand: SonicWALL

Model: SMA 500v

Type: Quick start guide

SonicWALL SMA 500v is a virtual appliance that provides secure remote access to corporate networks and resources for employees and partners. It offers a range of capabilities, including:

Secure remote access: SMA 500v allows users to securely access corporate networks and resources from anywhere with an internet connection. It supports a variety of authentication methods, including two-factor authentication, to ensure that only authorized users can access the network.
Policy-based access control: SMA 500v allows administrators to create and enforce policies that control who can access the network and what resources they can access. This helps to protect sensitive data and applications from unauthorized access.

SonicWALL SMA 500v is a virtual appliance that provides secure remote access to corporate networks and resources for employees and partners. It offers a range of capabilities, including:

Secure remote access: SMA 500v allows users to securely access corporate networks and resources from anywhere with an internet connection. It supports a variety of authentication methods, including two-factor authentication, to ensure that only authorized users can access the network.
Policy-based access control: SMA 500v allows administrators to create and enforce policies that control who can access the network and what resources they can access. This helps to protect sensitive data and applications from unauthorized access.

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SMA500vVirtualAppliance8.6

GettingStartedGuide

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SMA

500vGettingStartedGuide

Updated‐April2017

SoftwareVersion‐8.6

232‐003819‐00Rev.A

Legend

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Contents

SMA500vVirtualAppliance8.6

GettingStartedGuide

Overview............... . ................ ..........................................5

BeforeYouBegin ........................

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SupportedPlatforms .....

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Requirements.............................. .......

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FilesforInstallation ...........

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CreatingaMySonicWallAccount ................... .....................

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InstallingtheSMA500vVirtualAppliance...........................

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DownloadingtheSMA500v VirtualApplianceSoftware ......... ...............

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InstallingtheSMA500v............... .................

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ConfiguringtheSMA500vVirtualAppliance.............

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PoweringtheVirtualApplianceOnorOff .... .........

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ConfiguringinterfaceIPandroutesettingsontheconsole .....

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UsingtheCommandLineInter face...............

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SetupWizard.........

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Reboot........... .................. ...........

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RestartSSLVPNServices ............

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Logout ..

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SaveTSRtoFlash.........................

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DisplayEULA........

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ConfiguringSettingsontheApplianceWebInterface................................

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RegisteringYourAppliance ........................................

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Usingthe30‐dayTrialVersion..........................

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DeploymentConsiderations ............. ......

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Registeringthe30‐dayTrialVirtualAppliance..

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UpgradingYourAppliance....

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ExportingaCopyofYourConfigurationSettings... ............................

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UploadingaNewImage........................ ..........

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SMA500vVirtualAppliance8.6GettingStartedGuide

Part1

Introduction

• Overview

• BeforeYouBegin

• InstallingtheSMA500vVirtualAppliance

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Overview

ThisGettingStartedGuidecontainsinstallationproceduresandconfigurationguidelinesfordeployingthe

SonicWallSMA500vVirtualApplianceonaserveronyournetwork.TheSMA500vincludesasoftware

appliance,whichhasbeenpre‐installedandpre‐configuredforVMwareenvironments,andallowsforthe

secureandeasydevelopmentof

SMA500vVirtualAppliancesolutionswithinavirtualenvironment.

TheSMA500vprovidesthefollowingbenefits:

• ScalabilityandRedundancy

• Multiplevirtualmachinescanbedeployedasasinglesystem,enab lingspecialization,scalability,and

redundancy.

• OperationalEase

• Userscanvirtualizetheirentireenvironmentanddeploymultiplemachineswithinasingle

serveror

acrossmultipleservers.

• ProductVersatility

• SMA500viscompatiblewithotherSonicWallplatformseitherasastand‐alone(All‐in‐One)unit,control

center,orremoteanalyzer.

• Security

• SMA500vprovidesanoptimized,non‐tamperablesoftwareandhardwarearchitecture.

FormoreSMA500vinformation,refertotheSonicWallSecure

MobileAccessAdministrator’sGuide.Thisand

otherdocumentationareavailableat:

https://support.sonicwall.com/sonicwall‐secure‐mobile‐access/sma%206200/technical‐documents

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BeforeYouBegin

Thissectioncontainsthefollowingtopics:

• SupportedPlatformsonpage6

• Requirementsonpage6

• FilesforInstallationonpage7

• CreatingaMySonicWallAccountonpage7

SupportedPlatforms

TheelementsofbasicVMwarestructuremustbeimplementedpriortodeployingtheSMA500v.Thefollowing

VMwareplatformsaresupported:

• ESXi6.0

• ESXi5.5

• ESXi5.1

Youcanusethefollowingclientapplicationstoimporttheimageandconfigurethevirtualsettings:

•VMwarevSphere—Providesinfrastructureandapplicationservicesina

graphicaluserinterfaceforESXi,

includedwithESXi.ProvidesThickProvisioningwhendeployingaSMA500v.

Requirements

ThefollowingaretheminimumrequirementsfortheSMA500v:

•2GBRAM

ThisistheminimumamountofRAMneededbytheSMA500voperatingsystemtomeettheproduct

performanceandcapacityspecifications.AsmalleramountofRAMcanbeconfigured,butisnot

recommended.

•1CPU

Thisisthedefault

numberofCPUsprovisionedintheSMA500v.TheminimumrequirednumberofCPUs

is1.

•2GBHardDiskspace

•Internetaccess(forcommunicationbetweentheandtheSonicWallLicensingManager)

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FilesforInstallation

SMA500visavailablefordownloadfromhttp://www.MySonicWall.com.Forafreshinstall,theOpenVirtual

Appliance(OVA)filewithafilenamesimilartothefollowingformatisavailableforimportanddeploymentto

yourESXiserver:

sw_smavm_eng_8.6.0.0_tip_5sv_966392.ova

CreatingaMySonicWallAccount

AMySonicWallaccountisrequiredforproductregistration.Ifyoualreadyhaveanaccount,loginandcontinue

totheRegistrationsection.

TocreateaMySonicWallaccount:

1Inyourbrowser,navigatetohttp://w ww.MySonicWall.com.

2Intheloginscreen,clicktheRegisterNowlink.

3Completetheregistrationform,thenclickRegister.

4Verifythattheinformationiscorrect,thenclickSubmit.

5Inthescreenconfirmingthatyouraccountwascreated,clickContinue.

NOTE:Youwillusedifferentfilesforafreshinstallationthanwhenupdatingtoanewerversion

NOTE:MySonicWallregistrationinformationisnotsoldorsharedwithanyothercompany.

SMA500vVirtualAppliance8.6GettingStartedGuide

InstallingtheSMA500vVirtualAppliance

TheSMA500vVirtualApplianceisinstalledbydeployinganOVAfiletoyourESXiserver.EachOVAfilecontains

allsoftwarecomponentsrelatedtotheSMA500v.

YoucandeploytheOVAfilesasneededforyourSMA500venvironment.TheSMA500vcanbeconfiguredfora

singleserver

orinadistributedenvironmentonmultipleservers.

Thissectioncontainsthefollowingtopics:

• DownloadingtheSMA500v VirtualApplianceSoftwareonpage8

• InstallingtheSMA500vonpage10

DownloadingtheSMA500vVirtualAppliance

Software

ThissectiondetailstheprocessfordownloadingtheSMA500vsoftwarefromMySonicWall.Ifyoudonothavea

MySonicWallaccount,youcaneasilycreateone.Ref ertoCreatingaMySonicWallAccountonpage7formore

information.

Tocompletethedownloadprocess:

1Navigatetowww.MySonicWall.com.

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2EnteryourUsername/EmailandPasswordintherequiredfields,thenclickLogin.TheMySonicWallpage

displaysthefollowingscreen:

3 ClicktheDownloadsbuttonintheleft‐panemenu.TheDownloadCenterpageisdisplayed.

4 ClicktheLanguagedrop‐downlist,andselectyourpreferredlanguage.

5 ClicktheSoftwareTypedrop‐down

list,andselectSMA500vVirtualApplianceBaseFirmware.

6IntheAvailableSoftwarelist,clickSMA500vVirtualApplianceBaseFirmware.

7SavetheSMA500vVirtualApplianceimagetoyourcomputer.

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InstallingtheSMA500v

YoucandeployanOVAfilebyusingthevSphereclient,whichcomeswithESXi.ForvSphere,pointyourbrowser

toyourESXiserver,andclickDownloadvSphereClient.

ToperformafreshinstalloftheSMA500vusingthevSphereclient:

1DownloadtheOVAfile(similartothefilenameformat:

sw_smavm_eng_8.6.0.0_tip_5sv_966392.ova)fromMySonicWalltoasystemthatisaccessibleto

yourESXiserver.

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2 LaunchvSphereanduseittologontoyourESXiserver.

3FromtheHomescreen,clicktheInventoryicontodisplaythevirtualappliancesrunningonyourESXi

server.

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4Tobeginthe importprocess,clickFileandselectDeployOVFTemplate.

5IntheSourcescreenoftheDeployOVFTemplatewindow, underDeployfromafileorURLclickBrowse

andthenselecttheOVAfiletoimportortypetheURLoftheOVAfile.ClickNext.

6Inthe

OVFTemplateDetailsscreen,verifytheinformationabouttheselectedfile.Tomakeachange,

clicktheSourcelinktoreturntotheSourcescreen,andselectadifferentfi le.Tocontinue,clickNext.

7IntheEndUserLicenseAgreementscreen,readthe agreement,andclickAccept.Then,click

Next.

8IntheNameandLocationscreen,enteradescriptivenameforthevirtualapplianceintheNamefield.

9 SelectthedesiredlocationintheInventoryLocationfield.ClickNext.

10 IfusingESXi4,intheDiskFormatscreen,selecteitherThinprovisionedformatorThickprovisioned

format.Thickprovisioned

formatallocatesthemaximumstoragespaceondi skimmediately,whileThin

provisionedallocatesasmallamountimmediatelyandallocatesextrastorageasneeded,uptothe

maximum.

IfusingESXi5,intheDiskFormatscreen,select:

•ThickProvisionLazyZeroed‐ThickprovisionedLazyZeroedformatallocatesthemaximumstorage

spaceon

diskimmediately, buttheblocksaren’tactivelyzeroedout.

•ThickProvisionEagerZeroed‐ThickprovisionedEagerZeroedformatallocatesthemaximumstorage

spaceondiskimmediatelyandallallocatedblocksareimmediatelyzeroedout.Eagerzeroingisslightly

fasterthanLazyzeroingbecauseitdoesn’thavetoperiodicallyzerooutblocks

whenmorestor ageis

needed.

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•ThinProvision‐Thinprovisionedformatallocatesasmallamountimmediatelyandallocatesextra

storageasneeded,uptothemaximum.

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11 IntheNetworkMappingscreen,mapthenetworksusedintheOVFtemplatetonetworksinyour

inventory.

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12 IntheReadytoCompletesection,reviewandverifythedisplayedinformation.Tobeginthedeployment

withthesesettings,clickFinish.Otherwise,clickBacktonavigatebackthroughthescreenstomakea

change.

13 Whenthedeploymentiscompleted,clickFinishintheDeploymentCompletedSuccessfullydialogbox.

Thenameof

thenewSMA500vappearsintheleftpaneofthevSpherewindow.

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Part2

UsingtheSMA500vVirtualAppliance

• ConfiguringtheSMA500vVirtualAppliance

• RegisteringYourAppliance

• Usingthe30‐dayTrialVersion

• UpgradingYourAppliance

SMA500vVirtualAppliance8.6GettingStartedGuide

ConfiguringtheSMA500vVirtual

Appliance

ThissectiondescribeshowtopoweronandconfigurebasicsettingsontheSMA500vVirtualAppliance,

includingvi rtualhardwaresettingsandnetworkingsettings.

Thissectioncontainsthefollowingtopics:

• PoweringtheVirtualApplianceOnorOffonpage17

• ConfiguringinterfaceIPandroutesettingsontheconsoleonpage

• UsingtheCommandLineInter faceonpage19

• ConfiguringSettingsontheApplianceWebInterfaceonpage21

PoweringtheVirtualApplianceOnorOff

Therearemultip lewaystopowertheSMA500vonoroff:

• Right‐clicktheSMA500vintheleftpaneandnavigatetoPower>PowerOnorPower>PowerOffinthe

right‐clickmenu.

• SelecttheSonicWallSMA500vVirtualApplianc eintheleftpaneand

thenclickPoweronthevirtual

machineorShutdownthevirtualmachineontheGettingStartedtabintherightpane.

• SelecttheSonicWallSMA500vVirtualApplianceintheleftpaneandthenclickPowerOnorShutdown

guestontheSummarytabintherightpane.

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ConfiguringinterfaceIPandroutesettingson

theconsole

ToopentheconsoleandconfiguretheIPaddressanddefaultroutesettings:

1InvSphere,right‐clicktheSonicWallSMA500vVirtualApplianceintheleftpaneand selectOpen

Consoleintheright‐clickmenu.

2Whentheconsolewindowopens,clickinsidethewindow,typeadminattheLoginpromptandpress

Enter.Then,typepasswordatthePasswordpromptandpressEnter.

TheSNWLCLI>promptisdisplayed.

3ConfigurethelocalIPaddressforthevirtualappliancewiththecommand:

interface eth0 <IP Address> <SubnetMask>

4ConfiguretheDNSwiththecommand:

dns --namesrver <DNS IP>

NOTE:Themousepointerdisappearswhenyouclickintheconsolewindow.Toreleaseit,press

Ctrl+Alt.

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5Configurethedefaultrouteforthevirtualappliancewiththecommand:

route --add default -- destination <gateway IP>

Youcantestconnectivitybypinginganotherserveroryourmaingateway,forexample:

ping <gateway IP>

PressCtrl+ctostoppinging.

6Typeexittoexitthe CLI.ClosetheconsolewindowbyclickingtheX.

UsingtheCommandLineInterface

TheCommandLineInterface(CLI)isatext‐onlymechanismforinteractingwithacomputeroperatingsystemor

softwarebytypingcommandstoperformspecifictasks.ItisacriticalpartofthedeploymentoftheSMA500v

VirtualAppliance,wherebasicnetworkingneedstobeconfiguredfromtheconsole.

While

thephysicalSMA500vVirtualAppliancehasadefaultIPaddressandnetworkconfigurationthatrequires

aclient’snetworksettingstobereconfiguredtoconnect,asthenetworksettingsintheVMwarevirtual

environmentmightconflictwiththeSonicWalldefaults.TheCLIutilityremediesthisbyallowingbasic

configurationof

thenetworksettingswhendeployingtheSMA500vVirtualAppliance.

AftertheSMA500vVirtualAppliancefirmwarehasfullybooted,aloginpromptisdisplayed.

ToaccesstheCLI,loginasadmin.Thepasswordisthesameasthepasswordforthe“admin”accountconfigured

ontheappliance.Thedefaultis

password.

Ifanincorrectpasswordisentered,theloginpromptisdisplayedagain.Ifthecorrectpasswordisentered,the

CLIislaunched.

Basicsysteminformationandnetworksettingsaredisplayedalongwiththemainmenu.

Themainmenuhassixselections:

• SetupWizardonpage20

• Rebootonpage20

•

RestartSSLVPNServicesonpage21

• Logoutonpage21

• SaveTSRtoFlashonpage21

• DisplayEULAonpage21

NOTE:RefertoUsingtheCommandLineInterfaceonpage19formoreinformationaboutchangingthe

settings.

NOTE:TheUserinputusedintheexampleshighlightedinredindicatestextenteredbytheuser,thereis

nocoloringoftextdoneontheactualCLI.

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SetupWizard

Thisoptionlaunchesasimplewizardtochangethebasicnetworksettings,startingwiththeX0IPAddress,X0

subnetmask,defaultgateway ,primaryandsecondaryDNS,andthehostname.ThefollowingCLIoutput

illustratesanexamplewhereeachfieldischanged:

Ifafieldisnotfilledout,theprior

valueisretained,allowingyoutochangeonlyasinglefield.Aftereachfield

hasbeenprompted,thenewnetworksettingsareshownandaconfirmationmessageisgivenfortheuserto

reviewandverifythechangesbeforeapplyingthem.Thefollowingshowstheresultwhenyousavethechanges:

Aftersavingthechanges,pressEntertoreturntotheoriginaldisplayoftheSystemInformationandNetwork

Settings.Verifythatthechangeshavetakeneffect

Ifnochangesaresaved,amessagedisplays.PressingEnterreturnstotheinitialdisplayoftheSystem

InformationandNetworksettings.

Reboot

Selectingthisoptiondisplaysaconfirmationprompt,andthenreboots:

NOTE:WhenapplyingsettingsthatchangetheIPaddress,theremightbeadelayofuptofivesecondsas

theinterfacesettingsareupdated.

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SonicWALL SMA 500v Quick start guide

Brand: SonicWALL

Model: SMA 500v

Type: Quick start guide

SonicWALL SMA 500v is a virtual appliance that provides secure remote access to corporate networks and resources for employees and partners. It offers a range of capabilities, including:

Secure remote access: SMA 500v allows users to securely access corporate networks and resources from anywhere with an internet connection. It supports a variety of authentication methods, including two-factor authentication, to ensure that only authorized users can access the network.
Policy-based access control: SMA 500v allows administrators to create and enforce policies that control who can access the network and what resources they can access. This helps to protect sensitive data and applications from unauthorized access.

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