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SonicWALL GMS 7.0 Getting Started Guide Page 27
Configuring the Monitor Role
The Monitor role is used to dedicate the SonicWALL GMS server to monitoring
appliances and applications in a multi-server SonicWALL GMS deployment. The
monitoring is based on ICMP probes, TCP probes and SNMP OID retrievals.
Only the SonicWALL Universal Management Suite Monitoring Manager service runs on a
Monitor system.
To deploy your SonicWALL GMS server in the Monitor role, perform the following steps in
the UMH system interface:
1. Navigate to the Deployment > Role page. Under Host Role Configuration, select
the Monitor radio button.
2. To include the MySQL database on this system, select the Include Database
(MYSQL) checkbox. To use a MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server database on another
system, do not select this checkbox.
3. Configure the database settings as described in the Configuring Database Settings
section, on page 28.
4. Configure the Web port settings as described in the Configuring Web Port Settings
section, on page 30.
5. To apply your changes, click Update.
To change the settings on this page back to the defaults, click Reset.
Configuring the Syslog Collector Role
The Syslog Collector role can be assigned to a SonicWALL GMS server in a multi-server
deployment of SonicWALL GMS. In this role, the SonicWALL GMS server is dedicated to
collecting syslog messages on the configured port (by default, port 514). The syslog
messages are stored in the SonicWALL GMS server file system.
The syslog messages are used by the Reports Summarizer service running on another
SonicWALL GMS server or SonicWALL UMA EM5000 in the distributed deployment. The
folder where the Syslog Collector server stores the syslog messages must be accessible
by the server running the Reports Summarizer service.
Only the SonicWALL Universal Management Suite Syslog Collector service runs on a
Syslog Collector system.