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Graphical User Interface Details

This section provides details about Nokia IP45 v4.0 graphical user interface (GUI).

Figure 4

Main Components of the Nokia IP45 Security Platform GUI

Note

The Nokia IP45 Tele 8 license does not support all of the features described in

Table 12

. For

information on features supported by the Tele configuration, see

“Nokia IP45 Security

Platform Features”

on page 22.

Tab bar

Click for online help

Service center connection status

Internet connection status

Navigation bar

Setup wizard

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Table 12 provides information about the name and functionality of each element in the Nokia

IP45 GUI.

Table 12

Names and Functions of the Nokia IP45 GUI Elements

Main Tab

Secondary Tabs

Description

Welcome

Displays Welcome and configuration information.

Reports

Event Log

Displays the last 100 events in four different

categories: Blue, Red, Orange, and Green.

Traffic Monitor

Allows you to visualize the network traffic(in

graphical representation)

Active Computers

Allows you to view computers on your network.

Active

Connections

Allows you to view current connections between

your network and the external world.

VPN Tunnels

Displays a list of established VPN tunnels.

Security

Firewall

Allows you to control firewall security level.

Servers

Allows you to selectively allow incoming traffic

from known applications and Internet services.

Rules

Allows you to customize your security policy.

SmartDefense

Allows you to deal with application-level attacks.

HotSpot

Allows you to access the network from a public

place on authentication

Exposed Host

Allows you to define a Demilitarized Zone, i.e. a

computer not protected by firewall.

Antivirus

Antivirus

Allows you to enable or disable

the antivirus

settings

Policy

Allows you to add new rules and edit existing

rules of antivirus policy

Advanced

Allows you to select the file types to scan and

block and also to define various other advanced

settings such as archiving files, defining nested

levels and compression ratio etc.

Services

Account

Provides information on services available in

your service plan, and allows you to manage

security services.

Network

Internet

Displays information on network setup and

activity.

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My Network

Allows you to configure network settings.

Ports

Allows you to manage ports and view ports

status.

Traffic Shaper

Allows you to define QoS classes.

Network Objects

Allows you to configure network objects.

Routes

Allows you to configure and edit routes

Setup

Firmware

Displays current firmware version and details

High Availability

Allows you to configure high availability feature.

Logging

Enables you to specify syslog server and syslog

port.

Management

Allows you to specify the protocols and

accessing information for the IP45.

Tools

Comprises several tools to effectively manage

your IP45.

Users

Internal Users

Allows you to view, add, edit, and delete list of

the IP45 users.

RADIUS

Allows you to change your RADIUS settings.

VPN

VPN Server

Allows you to enable or disable a VPN server.

VPN Sites

Allows you to view and edit a list of the

configured VPN sites.

VPN Login

Enables you to manually log in to a VPN site.

Certificate

Allows you to control certificates for site-to-site

VPN usage.

Help

Online Help.

Logout

Logs you out of the IP45.

Table 12

Names and Functions of the Nokia IP45 GUI Elements (

continued

)

Main Tab

Secondary Tabs

Description

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Table 13 provides information about the elements in Status Bar.

Note

You can view help information about a field by pointing to the help icon in the right corner of

the IP45 GUI screens. The Help icon is visible only for those fields that have further

information available. For information about other fields, please see related sections in the

IP45 Security Platform User’s Guide Version 4.0

or choose Help from the main menu.

Table 13

Status Bar

Field

Description

Internet

Your Internet connection status.

You have different fields under Internet status. They are:

•

Connected

: your IP45 device is connected to the Internet

•

Not Connected

: your IP45 device is not connected to the

Internet

•

Establishing Connection

: your IP45 device is connecting to the

Internet.

•

Contacting Gateway

: your IP45 device is trying to contact the

Internet default gateway.

•

Disabled

: The Internet connection has been disabled, manually.

You can configure both primary and secondary Internet

connections. When both the connections are configured, the

Status bar shows this status.

Service Center

Displays your subscription services status.

Your Service Center offer various subscription services like firewall

services, and optional services such as Web filtering, and email

antivirus.

The service center status can be one of the following:

•

Not Subscribed

: you are not subscribe to security services

•

Connection Failed

: your IP45 device failed to connect to the

service center.

•

Connecting

: your IP45 device is connecting to the service center

•

Connected

: you are connected to the service center, and the

security services are active.

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Accessing the Nokia IP45 Security

Platform

This chapter discusses the methods for accessing and configuring the Nokia IP45 security

platform. This chapter also provides an introduction to centrally managing large scale

deployments of Nokia IP45 by using Nokia Horizon Manager, SmartCenter Large Scale

Manager, and the SofaWare Security Management Portal.

The main topics for this chapter include:

±

Connection Methods

±

Configuration Methods

±

Connecting the Nokia IP45 Security Platform to a Computer by Using the Console Port

±

Using Telnet to Connect to the Nokia IP45 Security Platform

±

Enabling and Disabling Telnet Access to Nokia IP45

±

Accessing Nokia IP45 with HTTP and HTTPS

±

Managing Large Scale Deployments of Nokia IP45

Connection Methods

You can connect to your Nokia IP45 security platform locally through LAN, WAN, DMZ, or

console ports for Inband management. You can also connect from a remote location by using

modem dial-in for out-of-band management (OOB).

For information about how to use OOB to configure your device, see

“Configuring Nokia IP45

Through Out-of-Band Management”

on page 233.

Typically the WAN port for your device is connected to your Internet service provider (ISP),

while the LAN port is connected to your computer, or to a hub, if you are using the IP45 between

your computer network and the outside world. You can connect your computer to the console

port of your IP45 to manage the device by using the command-line interface (CLI).

Configuration Methods

The Nokia IP45 security platform supports the following configuration methods:

±

Command-line interface (CLI) by using console, Telnet, Secure Shell (SSH)