Appliances overview

Administrator Help | Forcepoint Email Security | Version 8.5.x

You can manage multiple email appliances from the page Settings > General > Email Appliances without having to log on to each machine separately. Managed appliances share a single Log Database, from which email log entries, presentation reports, and the dashboard statistics and charts are generated. The Email Security module and all appliances must share supported versions and subscription key for successful communication among the appliances.

An appliance may operate in standalone mode, which is the default mode when an appliance is added to the Email Security module. You can also create appliance clusters by designating an appliance as a primary machine or as a secondary machine associated with a primary machine. See Designating a primary appliance in a cluster.

The Email Appliances page lists all current system appliances in a table that displays information about the appliance and its status, with functionality to switch to a different appliance that is in standalone mode or to remove an unconnected primary appliance from a cluster. The following table details the functionality on the Email Appliances page:


Option	Description
Hostname	Displays the hostname of the appliance. Selection displays the Edit Appliance page for editing the IP address.
Platform	Displays the appliance platform.
C/E1 interface IP address	Displays the appliance C/E1 interface IP address.
System Connection Status	Displays the appliance connection status.
Mode	Displays the appliance mode.
Action	Displays the actions available for the appliance; N/A, Launch, or Remove. Launch is used to switch to a different appliance; Remove is used to remove an unconnected primary appliance from a cluster. When a primary appliance is removed, all its secondary appliances change to standalone mode. The current and all secondary appliances display "N/A".
Delete	Selection of the appliance and Delete removes the appliance from the Email Appliances page. An appliance that is being accessed by another user cannot be deleted. Once an appliance is removed from the list, you cannot manage it from the Email Appliances page.

Add an appliance

From the page Settings > General > Email Appliances, click Add.

The Add Appliance dialog box displays.

In the text field C/E1 interface IP address, enter the IP address used for communication with the Email Security module.

Click OK.

The dialog box closes and the appliance is added to the Email Appliances page.


	Important Changing the C interface IP address of an appliance terminates the appliance connection with the Email Security module. In order to re-establish the connection, the IP address must also be changed on the Email Security module page Settings > General > Email Appliances. You should also change the address for the Personal Email Manager notification message (Settings > Personal Email > Notification Message). For subscriptions that include the Forcepoint Email Security Hybrid Module, the email hybrid service must be re-registered after you change the IP address.

When you add an appliance, it is automatically registered with the Data Security module for data loss prevention (DLP). To complete the registration process and deploy DLP policies, click the Data Security module on the Security Manager toolbar and then click Deploy.