To add a new appliance into the MC, you will need to follow the below steps:
Add a ProxySG or Advanced Secure Gateway using Credential Authentication or a Public Key Authentication:
- Select the Network tab.
- (Optional) Browse to the hierarchy and folders/subfolders where you want to add the device.
- Click Add Device. The system displays the Add Device wizard.
- Select the device type.
- Specify the Modes:
- Select Existing device if the device is already installed, or Unavailable (pre-deployment) if the device is not available yet.
- Select Read/Write or Read Only.
- Specify whether to monitor the health of the device.
- Specify whether to collect statistics for the device. See View Statistics Monitoring Reports. - In this case you must select "collect statistics".
- If you had already added a ProxySG into the MC system, you can edit the configuration and select the "collect statistics".
- In Connection, click Credentials or Public Key. Set the following:
- The IP address or hostname of the device.
- The SSH port.
- The username and password you use to authenticate to the device.
- Your enable password for administrator actions.
- OR
- Your enable password for administrator actions.
- Confirm whether to Enable host key validation (recommended).
- Click Connect. Management Center attempts to connect to the device using the information you entered.
- If you enabled host key validation, verify the SSH Host Fingerprint and click Accept.
- Management Center attempts to connect to the appliance. If the connection is established, the system displays Successful.
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If the connection test fails, you receive an error. Make sure that the information you entered is correct and try again. If the connection test succeeds, you receive a success message.
- Verify or change the Device Name.
- Optional—Input any applicable attributes. See Add Attributes.
- Click Save.
The Network tab displays the device and the web console displays an alert indicating that the device was added and activated.
After being able to add a new ProxySG appliance, you will need to configure the Statistics Monitoring:
To view Statistics Monitoring reports:
- Select Reports > Statistics Monitoring.
- Select a report from Devices or WAN Optimization.
- From a dashboard widget, you can also Display a Full Report.
- Refine reports to make them more useful:
- Display data for a specific time period.
- Add metrics to focus on specific data.