The three things that I've seen that make a good management module
and master module are
Memory - 768 - 1GB RAM
NICs - GB, qty 2 (100 full duplex on a switch otherwise)
disk space - (depends - use RAID and load it up)
What does a management console do? Two things: as a master
console, it receives logs from the firewalls. As a management console,
it manages and pushes policies and provides a mechanism to scan
logs, use the active or account viewer, and display system status. None
of these processes is CPU intensive. Scanning the logs uses
maybe 2%.
The remote firewall module (read Nokia) is the one doing all the report
generation, account logging, and active connection status, not the
management console.
You could probably get away with using Linux or Windows NT as the
management module and the master module; save yourself a lot of money.
David C. Diemer, CCSA, CNE
Enterprise Security Firewall Engineer
Georgia Department of Administrative Services (DOAS)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
404.651.9677
>>> "Daniel J. Raymonda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/19/00 01:44PM >>>
I will be installing multiple Nokia boxes in the near future (IP650's,
IP440's and possibly a IP330). I am not familiar with Solarias and
wondered if anyone had hardware recommendations for the management
station. Money doesn't seem to be an issue (accept, of course, when it
comes to my salary!) so a beefed up system is what I'm looking for.
Thanks for any assistance...
--
Daniel J. Raymonda
Senior Systems Engineer
The MONY Group
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