SonicWALL SMA 500v Quick start guide

SonicWall™SecureMobileAccess

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

WARNING:AWARNINGiconindicatesapotentialforpropertydamage,personalinjury,ordeath.

CAUTION:ACAUTIONiconindicatespotentialdamagetohardwareorlossofdataifinstructionsarenotfollowed.

IMPORTANT,NOTE,TIP,MOBILE,orVIDEO:Aninformationiconindicatessupportinginformation.

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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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

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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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