General Information on the Activation Facility

The Activation Facility is used to activate configurations on the Managed Firewalls. Note that these configurations first need to be transmitted to the Managed Firewalls, via the Distribution Facility, before they can be activated. Typically, an Administrator would first transmit configurations via the Distribution Facility and then activate these configurations via the Activation Facility.

Note: You cannot activate the HTTP configuration (part of Proxy Administration) from the Enterprise Firewall Manager. The HTTP daemon must be stopped and started via either local or remote administration.


Firewall Recipients(s) (Activation Facility)

This listing identifies which Managed Firewalls are to receive activation commands from the Enterprise Firewall Manager. You can select Managed Firewalls for this list or remove them from the list by clicking either the "Select..." or "Remove" buttons accordingly.

Select

Press the "Select..." button to access a list of defined objects that are valid for this function.

Remove

Press the "Remove" button to eliminate a selected item from this list. This action will only remove the item from this list. This action will have no effect on other places where this item is defined.

Functions to Activate

Choose one of the following depending on what you would like to activate:

Functions to be Activated

This listing displays functions according to what is selected in both the "Firewall Recipient(s)" listing and the "Functions to Activate" field. Possible functions that can be listed here are:

Note: You cannot activate the HTTP configuration (part of Proxy Administration) from the Enterprise Firewall Manager. The HTTP daemon must be stopped and started via either local or remote administration.


Activate (Activation Facility)

Click "Activate" to start the activation processes.

Transmission Messages

As the transmission proceeds, progress information will appear here.

Close

Press the "Close" button to eliminate the window from your display.