General Information on the Distribution Facility

The Distribution Facility is used to transmit configuration files from the Enterprise Firewall Manager to the Managed Firewalls. This facility is designed so that administrators can easily choose which configurations to send to the Managed Firewalls.

Note: Once these configurations are transmitted to the Managed Firewalls, they will not be activated. After successful transmission, the configuration files are placed in "standby" locations on the Managed Firewalls. In order to activate these files, the Enterprise Firewall Manager administrator must submit activation commands via the Activation Facility.


Firewall Recipient(s) (Distribution Facility)

This listing identifies which Managed Firewalls are to receive configuration files 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.

Update Type

For Update Type, choose one of the following depending on what you would like to distribute:

Functions to Transfer

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

Transfer

Click "Transfer" to start the transmission process.

Transmission Messages

As the transmission proceeds, progress information will appear here.

Close

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