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NGFW Deployment

7.0.0

Configuring the management interface

Configuring the management interface

We will configure the internal5 interface that we removed from the hardware switch as the management interface.

To configure the management interface:
  1. On the Network > Interface page, double-click the internal5 interface to open it for editing.
  2. Set the following options:

    AliasMGMT
    RoleDMZ
    IP/Netmask172.16.0.254/255.255.255.0

    Administrative Access

    HTTPS, SSH, PING

    Device DetectionEnabled

  3. Click OK to save the changes.

Configuring the management interface

Configuring the management interface

We will configure the internal5 interface that we removed from the hardware switch as the management interface.

To configure the management interface:
  1. On the Network > Interface page, double-click the internal5 interface to open it for editing.
  2. Set the following options:

    AliasMGMT
    RoleDMZ
    IP/Netmask172.16.0.254/255.255.255.0

    Administrative Access

    HTTPS, SSH, PING

    Device DetectionEnabled

  3. Click OK to save the changes.