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Dedicated management ports
Dedicated management ports are 10/100/1000 RJ45 copper ports that provide additional network connection
options for management traffic.
Supported types of network traffic
Dedicated management ports can be used for these types of network traffic.
• Firewall administration, including:
• Sidewinder Admin Console
• Forcepoint
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Sidewinder
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Control Center
• Secure Shell
• Logging to remote Syslog servers.
• High Availability heartbeat
Note:
Network ports on the network modules can also be used for these types of traffic.
Identifying management ports and NICs
The following table shows the dedicated management ports and corresponding NIC names.
Table 7: Dedicated management ports
Model
Management ports
NIC names
S4016
1
mgr1
S5032
2
• mgr1
• mgr2
S6032
2
• mgr1
• mgr2
S7032
2
• mgr1
• mgr2
Remote Management Module port
The Remote Management port is a 10/100 RJ45 copper port that provides system management features
independent from the Sidewinder operating system.
Note:
The Remote Management Module port cannot be used by Sidewinder and the port does
not appear in the list of firewall interfaces.
Features
You can use the Remote Management Module web interface to furnish these tasks.
• View system information
• View system health, including:
• Sensor readings
• Event log
