Sophos Firewall Central Management
It makes day to day setup monitoring and management of your network protection easy.
Sophos firewall central management. Sophos central is our strategy moving forward for firewall reporting and management. Xg firewall reporting management with sophos central. Group level web interface reference and admin guide. Sophos firewall manager sfm sophos central firewall manager cfm or sophos central centrally manages your sophos xg firewall device.
Central management allows you to configure keep alive requests and to enable configuration and signature updates of the device through the firewall manager. Click on register and add the email address and password for the sophos central admin account to sync with the firewall. Login to the xg firewall and go to central synchronization. Getting started for instructions on how to create a central admin account.
Enable xg firewall management from sophos central. Firewall management firewall management lets you monitor and configure sophos xg firewalls that can connect to sophos central. Add new devices easily with the enrollment wizard create reusable configuration templates to setup new firewalls quickly. Please refer to the video available on sophos central.
Licenses to add storage capacity for central firewall reporting and extend the data retention period can be purchased with a cfr advanced license. Sophos central firewall manager v17. Sophos central is the ultimate cloud management platform for all sophos products including xg firewall. Guide for customers sophos central firewall manager.
Log data is stored on a first in first out fifo basis. Sophos central firewall manager v1701. Sophos central firewall manager administration guide. Sign into your account take a tour or start a trial from here.
Sophos central management and central firewall reporting are included with xg firewall running v18 and newer firmware at no additional charge. Sophos firewall manager offers a consistent user experience with xg firewall s on box management and streamlines new device setup and ongoing administration saving you valuable time and money. Visualize your data retrieve log data with ease and even create your own story with the customizable cloud based reporting features of sophos xg. Sophos central is the unified console for managing all your sophos products.
Applies to the following sophos products and versions sophos firewall sophos central admin.