The SonicWALL Global Management System  enables organizations to manage SonicWALL Internet security appliances from a central location. It's a scalable, cost effective solution that extends the SonicWALL Internet security appliance's ease of installation and administration to network administrators. SonicWALL GMS Entry Edition provides the tools to easily configure and manage the security and VPN policies for a small network with 2 to 20 SonicWALL Internet security appliances. SonicWALL GMS Standard Edition is used in larger deployments.

SonicWALL Global Management System offers:

	Remote management of SonicWALL Internet security appliances
	Unified management of SonicWALL Internet security appliance VPN services
	Central configuration and distribution of security policies

SonicWALL GMS consists of a sophisticated configuration engine that allows administrators to manage all SonicWALL Internet security appliance functions including access, encryption, logging and reporting, as well as software updates and feature upgrades from one location. It allows administrators to define, distribute, and enforce network security policies to remote SonicWALL Internet security appliances. Policies such as inbound and outbound access, Web content restrictions, and VPN policies can be centrally set up and pushed to remote locations on an individual, group, and global basis.

SonicWALL GMS supports graphical reporting of remote SonicWALL Internet security appliances' network activities by forwarding important syslog events to third party reporting systems that provide detailed usage and billing summaries.

SonicWALL GMS offers the following features:

Centralized, Secure Management - SonicWALL GMS provides consolidated management of multiple remote SonicWALL Internet security appliances, allowing a single network administrator to maintain the security policies for these appliances from a central location.

Low Total Cost of Ownership - SonicWALL GMS extends the SonicWALL Internet security appliance's ease of installation and management. It allows organizations to easily and affordably manage the security policies of their networks. SonicWALL GMS reduces staffing requirements, speeds up deployment, and lowers the cost of delivering services by centralizing the management of security policies.

Managed VPN Services - SonicWALL GMS allows organizations to manage remote SonicWALL VPN services to keep all telecommuters and remote workers in synch with the latest security policies.

Policy Hierarchy Architecture - Hierarchical domains can be set up to easily group SonicWALL Internet security appliances with similar security profiles. This gives the network administrator the flexibility to manage the security policies of remote SonicWALLs on an individual, group and global level.

Powerful Remote Configuration Capabilities - The user-friendly SonicWALL GMS user interface makes configuring, and defining security policies for remote SonicWALL Internet security appliances easy. Firmware upgrades are executed quickly and easily across the Internet.

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