D-Link DFL-260 Product Manual - Page 28
Management and Maintenance, 2.1. Managing NetDefendOS, 2.1.1. Overview - features
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Chapter 2. Management and Maintenance This chapter describes the management, operations and maintenance related aspects of NetDefendOS. • Managing NetDefendOS, page 28 • Events and Logging, page 55 • RADIUS Accounting, page 60 • Hardware Monitoring, page 65 • SNMP Monitoring, page 67 • The pcapdump Command, page 70 • Maintenance, page 73 2.1. Managing NetDefendOS 2.1.1. Overview NetDefendOS is designed to give both high performance and high reliability. Not only does it provide an extensive feature set, it also enables the administrator to be in full control of almost every detail of the system. This means the product can be deployed in the most challenging environments. A good understanding on how NetDefendOS configuration is performed is crucial for proper usage of the system. For this reason, this section provides an in-depth presentation of the configuration subsystem as well as a description of how to work with the various management interfaces. Management Interfaces NetDefendOS provides the following management interfaces: The Web Interface The Web Interface (also known as the Web User Interface or WebUI) is built into NetDefendOS and provides a user-friendly and intuitive graphical management interface, accessible from a standard web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer or Firefox is recommended). The browser connects to one of the hardware's Ethernet interfaces using HTTP or HTTPS and the NetDefendOS responds like a web server, allowing web pages to be used as the management interface. This feature is fully described in Section 2.1.3, "The Web Interface". The CLI The Command Line Interface (CLI), accessible locally via serial console port or remotely using the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol, provides the most fine-grained control over all parameters in NetDefendOS. This feature is fully described in Section 2.1.4, "The CLI". Secure Copy Secure Copy (SCP) is a widely used communication protocol for file transfer. No specific SCP client is provided with NetDefendOS distributions but there exists a wide selection of SCP clients available for nearly all workstation platforms. SCP is a complement to CLI usage and provides a secure means of file transfer between the administrator's workstation and the NetDefend Firewall. Various files used by NetDefendOS can be both uploaded and downloaded with SCP. 28