SmartProvisioning User Interface

Main Window Panes

The main SmartProvisioning window has separate panes, each with its own purpose and each with a different connection to the other panes.

Tree Pane

The tree pane provides easy access to the list of objects that you can view and manage in the work space.

Workspace Pane

The view of the workspace pane changes according to the object selected in the tree.

• Devices workspace - Use this workspace to manage gateways and other device objects, such as clusters.
  • To show the Devices workspace, click Devices in the tree.
  • To see a Device workspace by type of configuration, select Device Configuration, and then the configuration option.

  

• Profiles workspace - Use this workspace to manage Provisioning Profiles. Click Profiles in the tree.

  

• Status - Shows dynamic status of devices. Click Status in the tree.

  

Status View

The information in the Status View pane depends on whether you select Action Status or Critical Notifications.

Action Status

For each device upon which you initiate an action, you can view the status and details of the action performance:

• Name: The name of the action.
• Action type: The type of action. See SmartProvisioning Menus and Toolbar
• Start Time: The time when the action actually began on the selected gateway.
• Status: The current status of the action, dynamically updated.
• Details: Relevant notes.
• Results: Click the Result link to open the Run Script window and see the results of this script.

Critical Notifications

For each device that has a critical status or error, you can view the status of the gateway, its Security Policy (if the device is a SmartLSM Security Gateway), and its Provisioning Profile (if it is assigned to a Provisioning Profile).

Gateway Status Indicators

Policy Status Indicators

Provisioning Profile Indicators

SmartProvisioning Menus and Toolbar

This section is a reference for the menus and toolbar buttons in SmartProvisioning. The menu commands that are available at any time depend on the list that is displayed in the work space.

To access menu options, click the Launch Menu button on the toolbar and then access the specified menu.

For example, the File > New command enables you to create new SmartLSM Security Gateways when the Devices work space is displayed. When the Profiles work space is displayed, File > New enables you to create a new Provisioning Profile.

The table below lists the menus and explains their commands. Some of the commands have toolbar buttons that you can use to access the same functionality.

Actions and Packages

The Actions menu also includes the Packages menu. Package commands enable you to manage software on Security Gateways and SmartLSM Security Gateways.

These commands are not relevant or available for UTM-1 Edge gateways. To manage the software of UTM-1 Edge devices, use the UTM-1 Edge portal (right-click > Launch UTM-1 Edge Portal).

The table below describes the commands of the Packages menu. See Managing Software to learn more about managing Check Point software packages with SmartProvisioning.

Packages Menu

Working with SmartProvisioning Menus and Options

This section describes SmartConsole customizations and general functions.

Find

You can search for strings in SmartProvisioning.

To open the Find window

1. Select Edit > Find.
2. In the Look in field, select a column header to search for the string in a specific data type:
   • All Fields
   • Name
   • IP/ID: Format of IP address; tracking ID for logs
   • Product: Check Point product, platform, or operating system
   • Security Profile
   • Provisioning Profile
   • Policy Name
   • Last Applied Settings
   • Gateway Status: Use a valid status string
   • Policy Status: Use a valid status string
   • Provisioning Status: Use a valid status string
   • Maintenance Mode: Yes or No

Show/Hide Columns

You can customize the information displayed in Device lists.

To customize Device list columns:

1. Select View > Show/Hide Columns.
2. In the Show/Hide Columns window, select the check boxes of the columns that you would like to be displayed.
3. Clear the check boxes of the columns that you would like to hide.
4. Click OK.
5. To hide a column, right-click the column header and select Hide Column.

Filter

You can filter a Devices workspace for more convenient displays.

To filter the list:

1. Select the Devices workspace.
2. In Look for, enter the filter text.
3. From the In drop-down list, select the filter category that you want. You can select one of these filter categories:
   • All: The filter number or text is applied to all the filter categories. (Default)
   • Name: name of the gateway and icon indicating its type (Security Management server, Domain Management Server, SmartLSM Security Gateway, UTM-1 Edge SmartLSM Security Gateway, Check Point host, Mobile Access).
   • IP/ID: unique ID in the form of an IP address, used to track logs generated from a Gateway, even if it changed its external IP address.
   • Product: Name of the Check Point platform used for the Security Gateway.
   • Version: Check Point software version for the Security Gateway.
   • Provisioning Profile: Name of the Provisioning Profile.
     This field is blank if the Security Gateway is not enabled for provisioning.
   • Last Applied Settings: Date and time that the Security Gateway definition was last changed.
   • Security Profile: Name of the last installed Security Profile.
   • Gateway Status: Current status of the Security Gateway.
   • Policy Status: Current status of the Security Policy.
   • Provisioning Status: Current status of the provisioning settings.

Filtering Columns

You can filter columns in Devices and Devices Configuration displays according to the content of that column.

To filter a column:

1. In the tree, select Devices or the Device Configuration display.
2. Right-click the column heading and select Filter > Add/Edit Filter.

   The Advanced Filter window opens.

3. Configure the filter settings for that column.
4. Click OK.
5. To clear the filter settings, right-click the column heading and select Filter > Clear Filter.

Export to File

If you prefer to track your managed devices in other programs, you can export the SmartProvisioning objects list.

To export SmartProvisioning data to a file:

1. Select File > Export to File.
2. Click Export To.

   The Export to File window opens.

3. Provide a name for the file and select a type: MS Excel, Web, CSV, Text, or All (to create your own extension).
4. Click Save.
5. Select the file options that you want:
   • Show Headers: Select to include the column headers.
   • Use the following Delimiter: Select Tab as a delimiter between data, or select Other and specify the delimiter you want. (This is disabled for MS Excel and Web page file types.)
6. Click OK.

   The file is created. A dialog box opens, with the message
   File '<pathname>' created successfully.

7. Click Open File to view the exported file in a relevant application.

SSH Applications

SSH applications provide management features for remote devices. This feature is supported by SecurePlatform and Gaia.

Selecting a Default SSH Application

If you have not yet opened an SSH application, you can provide the path from within SmartProvisioning. The first time you select an SSH application, choose a default application from Manage > Select SSH Application. Each subsequent time that you want to open an SSH terminal, you can right-click on any object whose operating system is SecurePlatform and select Launch SSH Terminal.

To select an SSH application for the first time:

1. Select Manage > Select SSH Application.
2. Select Your SSH Client.
3. In the SSH Client Connection Attributes section, choose a predefined application template, such as Putty or SecureCRT, or create your own by selecting Custom. Verify that the Connection Attributes match the syntax required for your selected SSH terminal application, where <IP> refers to the device's IP address.
4. When the required syntax for the specific application appears in the Connection Attributes field. Click OK.

Launching an SSH Application from Network Objects

After you have selected a default SSH application for the first time, you can launch it from any object whose operating system is SecurePlatform.

To launch the default SSH application from a Network object:

1. Right-click on a Network object
2. Select Launch SSH Terminal.

   The SSH terminal opens and automatically calls the object's IP address from its last known IP address.

Web Management

You can use the Web management portal to manage Security Gateways. This is especially useful with remote gateways that need individual changes, or system administration management.

To use the WebUI to manage a Security Gateway:

1. Right-click a Security Gateways and select Launch Device Management Portal.

   A web browser opens to https://<IP_address>.

2. Log in with the administrator user name and password.

   The features available from the WebUI enable you to manage networking, routing, servers, and many other local device configurations.