Introducing Websense V-Series Appliances
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Websense V-Series Appliances
Security Modes
Websense V-Series appliances can run in any one of the following security modes.
Websense V10000 G2 and V10000 G3 appliances:
Websense V5000 G2 appliances:
You choose the security mode of an appliance during initial
firstboot
configuration.
See
Perform initial command-line configuration
for more information about
firstboot
.
Choosing a security mode in
firstboot
does not automatically enable the associated
features. The features become fully enabled only when you enter a valid subscription
key in the TRITON Unified Security Center. See
TRITON Unified Security Center
for
more information.
Once firstboot has been completed, if you want to change the security mode of an
appliance, you must first restore it to its factory image. Then, run firstboot after re-
imaging, and select a different security mode. See
Restoring to Factory Image
.
It is always a best practice to perform a full backup of the appliance and of each
module prior to restoring to factory image. Note that if you change the security mode
of an appliance after backing it up, the backup may or may not be applicable to the
new mode. For example, you cannot restore from a backup file taken from Web
Security (no proxy) to an appliance running Web Security Gateway (includes proxy).
Security mode
Module name
Web
Web Security Gateway / Anywhere
Email Security Gateway / Anywhere
Web and Email
Web Security Gateway / Anywhere and Email
Security Gateway / Anywhere
Web Security and Email Security Gateway /
Anywhere
Security mode
Module name
Web
Web Security
Web Security Gateway / Anywhere
Email Security Gateway / Anywhere
Web and Email
Web Security and Email Security Gateway /
Anywhere
