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Sidewinder Control

Center

Release Notes

5.3.2P09

Revision A

Table of contents

1 About this release................................................................................................................................................3

2 Resolved issues...................................................................................................................................................4

3 Installation instructions.......................................................................................................................................5

Hardware appliance requirements................................................................................................................. 5

Virtual appliance requirements...................................................................................................................... 6

4 Known issues.......................................................................................................................................................8

5 Find product documentation.............................................................................................................................. 9

Product documentation.................................................................................................................................. 9

2

About this release

This document contains important information about the current release. We strongly recommend that you read the entire document.

Forcepoint ™ Sidewinder ® Control Center version 5.3.2P09 provides support for Forcepoint Sidewinder version

8.3.2.P08 and earlier (8.x.x and 7.0.1.03). The system must be on version 5.3.2P02 to install the 5.3.2P09 patch.

This release resolves issues present in the previous release.

Note: We have rebranded Sidewinder (formerly McAfee Firewall Enterprise) and the Sidewinder product documentation.

The locations of the Control Center client applications in the Windows Start menu have changed for all versions of Windows excluding Windows 8. The new locations are:

• Start > All Programs > Forcepoint > Sidewinder Control Center v5 > 5.3.2

> Sidewinder Control Center

• Start > All Programs > Forcepoint > Sidewinder Control Center v5 > 5.3.2

> Sidewinder Control Center

Initialization Tool

The previous Control Center client applications have been removed from the Windows Start menu.

You can find additional information by using the resources listed in the table.

Table 1: Product resources

Component

Help

Support

Requirements

Online Help is built into Control Center. Click Help on the toolbar or from a specific window.

Visit https://support.mcafee.com

to find:

• Product documentation

• KnowledgeBase

• Product announcements

• Technical support

• Product installation files

• Upgrades and patches

Note: For information about the Control Center support life cycle, see http://www.mcafee.com/us/support/support-eol.aspx

.

Product updates Visit https://support.mcafee.com

and click the Downloads tab to get the latest

Forcepoint Sidewinder Control Center patches.

Compatible products

Control Center version 5.3.2P09 is compatible with the following products:

• Forcepoint Sidewinder

• McAfee ® ePolicy Orchestrator ® Extension

• McAfee ® Logon Collector

• McAfee ® Endpoint Intelligence Agent (McAfee EIA)

For the latest information about the firewall products and versions that interoperate with Control Center, see

KnowledgeBase article KB67462 .

About this release | 3

Resolved issues

These issues are resolved in this release of the product. For a list of issues fixed in earlier releases, see the

Release Notes for the specific release.

• Rebranded from McAfee Firewall Enterprise Control Center to Forcepoint Sidewinder Control Center.

(1113960)

• Update the cipher list used during firewall registration (1113992)

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Installation instructions

You can install Control Center on a physical or virtual appliance.

Patches are available from http://go.mcafee.com/patchindex.html

. A Grant Number is required to download patches.

For more details, see the Forcepoint Sidewinder Control Center Installation and Migration Guide.

1. Install Control Center 5.3.2.

2. If the 532P02 patch is not installed, download and install the patch.

Note: 5.3.2P09 makes the previous 5.3.2P03 through 5.3.2P08 patches obsolete.

3. Download and install the 5.3.2P09 patch.

Hardware appliance requirements

Before you install Control Center 5.3.2, make sure the Control Center Client application and Management Server requirements are met.

Client application requirements

The computer that hosts the Control Center Client application must meet these requirements.

Table 2: Client application minimum requirements

Component

Operating system

Web browser

Hardware

Requirements

One of the following Microsoft operating systems:

• Windows Server 2008

• Windows 7

• Windows 8

• Windows 10

Note: Windows 8 and Windows 10 are supported in traditional desktop mode. Tablet mode is not supported. Touchscreen is not supported.

Compatible legacy Microsoft operating systems:

• Windows XP Professional

• Windows Vista

One of the following:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 6 or later

• Mozilla Firefox, version 1.0 or later

• 3.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor or higher

• System memory

• Windows Server or Windows XP — 3 GB (2 GB minimum)

• Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 — 4 GB (3 GB minimum)

• 150 MB of available disk space

• CD drive

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Component Requirements

• Network card (with access to network hosting the Management Server)

• USB port (for USB drive)

• USB drive formatted in MS-DOS (configuration USB drive)

Note: You must provide a configuration USB drive; the USB drive that we provided cannot be used to store the configuration file.

• 1280 x 1024 display (1024 x 768 minimum)

• Keyboard and mouse

• Network cables

Management Server requirements

Control Center versions 5.3.0 and later use the McAfee ® Linux Operating System (MLOS) 2.1.0 64-bit version.

Important: These requirements are applicable to both physical and virtual appliances. See the

Forcepoint Sidewinder Control Center Installation and Migration Guide for more details.

Table 3: Management Server minimum requirements

Component

Hardware

Requirements

• Examples:

• C1015

• C2050

Virtual appliance requirements

The Forcepoint Sidewinder Control Center, Virtual Appliance runs on the VMware ESX 4.1 update 2 or later hypervisor operating system, providing flexible security for your virtual environment.

To run Control Center, Virtual Appliance, the following requirements must be met.

Table 4: System requirements

Component

Control Center, Virtual Appliance

VMware server

Requirements

VMware ESX version 4.1 update 2 or later

Tip: Make sure that VT (Virtual

Technology) is enabled in your computer

BIOS.

Hardware

CPU

• Any server-class type hardware. Examples:

• Dell R910

• Dell R610

One virtual processor

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Component

Memory

Drives

Control Center Client application

Operating system

Monitor

Network interface card

Browser

Requirements

1 GB minimum (Recommended 2 GB)

150 GB of available disk space

Note: Hard drive space is thin provisioned. 150 GB is the maximum amount of disk space the virtual machine requires. A minimal installation uses approximately 5 GB of disk space and increase as needed.

Note: For a VMDK installation, we recommend that you select thin provisioning.

One of the following Microsoft operating systems:

• Windows Server 2008

• Windows 7

• Windows 8

• Windows 10

Note: Windows 8 and Windows 10 are supported in traditional desktop mode. Tablet mode is not supported.

Touchscreen is not supported.

Compatible legacy Microsoft operating systems:

• Windows XP Professional

• Windows Vista

1024 x 768 or higher

Access to the network hosting your Control Center,

Virtual Appliance

• Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 6 or later

• Mozilla Firefox, version 1.0 or later

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Known issues

For known issues in this product release, refer to KnowledgeBase article KB79057 .

Known issues | 8

Find product documentation

On the ServicePortal , you can find information about a released product, including product documentation, technical articles, and more.

1. Go to the ServicePortal at https://support.mcafee.com

and click the Knowledge Center tab.

2. In the Knowledge Base pane under Content Source , click Product Documentation .

3. Select a product and version, then click Search to display a list of documents.

Product documentation

Forcepoint Sidewinder Control Center documentation set includes the following:

Typical documents

Forcepoint Sidewinder Control Center Release Notes

Forcepoint Sidewinder Control Center Product Guide

Forcepoint Sidewinder Control Center Online Help

Hardware

Firewall Enterprise Control Center Installation USB Drive Product Note

Forcepoint Sidewinder Control Center Hardware Guide, C Models

Forcepoint Sidewinder Control Center Installation and Migration Guide

Forcepoint Sidewinder Control Center Quick Start Guide

Certification

Firewall Enterprise Control Center Common Criteria Evaluated Configuration Guide

Firewall Enterprise Control Center FIPS 140-2 Configuration Guide

Firewall Enterprise Control Center FIPS 140-2 Level 2 Kit Installation Guide

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