VSX Provisioning

The procedures for provisioning and configuring VSX Gateways, clusters and Virtual Devices using the Multi-Domain Security Management model are essentially the same as described for the Security Gateway management model. The principle difference is that you must first create and configure each Domain and its associated Domain Management Server objects using the SmartDomain Manager.

Each individual Domain Management Server is functionally equivalent to one Security Gateway. It has its own SmartDashboard instance that you use to provision, configure and manage network objects and security policies.

The steps for provisioning a VSX environment in using the Multi-Domain Security Management model are as follows:

1. Define and configure Multi-Domain Server and Multi-Domain Log Server as appropriate for your deployment.
2. Create and configure a Domain and a main Domain Management Server for each VSX Gateway and/or VSX cluster using the SmartDomain Manager.
3. Create and configure VSX Gateway and/or cluster objects using the main Domain Management Server SmartDashboard. Modify the default security policy for these objects if desired.
4. Define individual Domains and Domain Management Servers as required for your deployment.
5. Create and configure Virtual Systems and other Virtual Devices for each Domain using that Domain's SmartDashboard.