System configuration

Help | V-Series Appliance | Version 8.0.x

Use the Configuration > System page to:

Review basic appliance information, including the current appliance hostname, security mode (Web, Email, or Web and Email mode), version number, hardware platform, system date and time, and uptime.

See which software modules are installed on the appliance and get their version numbers.

Stop all Websense services on all servers before setting the system time and date.


	Important If any Websense services are running, stop all Websense services before changing the time. Then, reset the time and make certain that the time is consistent across all servers running Websense services. Finally, restart Websense services. If you do not stop the services first, client updates and policy changes entered after the time reset are not saved.

Use the Time zone list to select the time zone to be used on this system.

GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), the default, is also known as UTC (Universal Time, Coordinated). Other time zones are calculated by adding or subtracting from GMT. GMT is sometimes chosen to provide a common time stamp for geographically distributed systems.

Use the Time and date radio buttons to indicate how you want to set the date.

Time is set and displayed using 24-hour notation.

To synchronize with an Internet Network Time Protocol (NTP) server (www.ntp.org.), select the Automatically synchronize option and enter the address of a primary NTP server. The secondary and tertiary fields are optional.


	Important If you synchronize the system clock with an NTP server, NTP protocol packets and their response packets must be allowed on any firewall or NAT device between the appliance and the NTP server. Ensure that you have outbound connectivity to the NTP servers. Add a firewall rule that allows outbound traffic to UDP port 123 for the NTP server.

If interface C on this appliance is not connected to the Internet, then you must provide a way for interface C to reach an NTP server. One solution is to install an NTP server on the local network where interface C can reach it.

To set the time yourself, select the Manually set option and change the value in the Date and Time fields. Use the format indicated below the entry field.

Click OK to apply and save the changes.

Set the appliance hostname, or system name (1 - 60 characters long).

The first character must be a letter.

Other characters can be letters, numbers, dashes, or periods.

The name cannot end with a period.


	Important If this is a TRITON AP-WEB appliance and Content Gateway will be configured to perform Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA), the hostname cannot exceed 11 characters, excluding the domain name. In addition, the hostname should not be changed after the domain is joined. If it is changed, IWA will immediately stop working and will not work again until the domain is unjoined and then re-joined with the new hostname. For more information, see the section titled Integrated Windows Authentication in Content Gateway manager Help.

Create or edit a unique appliance description to help you identify and manage the system, particularly when there are multiple appliances deployed in a cluster.

The description is displayed in the appliance list in the TRITON console when the appliance is added there.

In each section that allows changes, OK saves and applies the new values. Cancel discards changes and restores entry field values to their current settings.