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Administrative Access

This section provides information on how to access Device.

An administrator can connect and access the device through HTTPS, telnet, or SSH services. Depending on the

Administrator login account profile used for access, an administrator can access number of Administrative Interfaces and Admin Console configuration pages.

The device is shipped with one administrator account and four administrator profiles.

Administrator Type Login Credentials Console Access

Super Administrator admin/admin Admin console

CLI console

Privileges

Full privileges for both the consoles. It provides read-write permission for all the configuration performed through either of the consoles.

Note: We recommend that you change the password of the user immediately on deployment.

Admin Console

Admin Console is a web-based application that an Administrator can use to configure, monitor, and manage the

Device.

You can connect to and access Admin Console of the device using HTTPS connection from any management computer using web browser:

1. HTTPS login: https://<LAN IP Address of the device>

For more details, refer to section

Admin Console

.

Command Line Interface (CLI) Console

CLI console provides a collection of tools to administer, monitor, and control certain component(s) of the device. The device can be accessed remotely using the following connections:

1. Remote login Utility – TELNET login

2. SSH Client (Serial Console)

Use CLI console for troubleshooting and diagnosing network problems in details.

Sophos Firewall Manager (SFM)

Distributed Sophos devices can be centrally managed using a single Sophos Firewall Manager (SFM) Device, enabling high levels of security for MSSPs and large enterprises. To monitor and manage devices through SFM device you must:

1. Configure SFM in Sophos device.

2. Integrate Sophos device with SFM.

Once you have added the Devices and organized them into groups, you can configure single device or groups of devices.

Using Admin Console

Sophos Firewall OS uses a Web 2.0 based easy-to-use graphical interface termed as Admin Console to configure and manage the device.

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You can access the device for HTTPS web browser-based administration from any of the interfaces. Device when connected and powered up for the first time, it will have a following default Admin Console Access configuration for

HTTPS service.

Services

HTTPS

Interface/Zones

WAN

Default Port

TCP Port 4444

The administrator can update the default ports for HTTPS service from System > Administration > Admin Settings

Admin Console Language

The Admin Console supports multiple languages, but by default appears in English. Apart from English, Chinese-

Simplified, Chinese-Traditional, Hindi, French, German, Italian, Korean and Brazilian Portuguese languages are also supported. Administrator can choose the preferred language at the time of logging.

Listed elements of Admin Console are displayed in the configured language:

• Control Center contents

• Navigation menu

• Screen elements including field & button labels and tips

• Error messages

Administrator can also specify description for various policies, services, and various custom categories in any of the supported languages.

All the configurations done from the Admin Console take effect immediately. To assist you in configuring the device, the device includes detailed context-sensitive online help.

Log on procedure

The log on procedure authenticates the user and creates a session with the Device until the user logs-off.

To get the login window, open the browser and type LAN IP Address of the device in browser’s URL box. A dialog box appears prompting you to enter username and password.

Below are the screen elements with their description:

Username

Enter user login name.

If you are logging on for the first time after installation, use the default username.

Password

Specify user account password.

Dots are the placeholders in the password field.

If you are logging on for the first time after installation with the default username, use the default password.

Language

Select the language. The available options are:

• Chinese-Simplified

• Chinese-Traditional

• English

• French

• Hindi

• German

• Italian

• Korean