5.1

View the Status of a vShield Edge
The status page displays graphs for the traffic flowing through the interfaces of the selected vShield Edge and
connection statistics for the firewall and load balancer services.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Inventory > Hosts & Clusters.
2 Select a datacenter resource from the inventory panel.
3 Click the Network Virtualization tab.
4 Click the Edges link.
5 Double-click the vShield Edge instance to check the status for.
6 Click the Status tab.
Configure vShield Edge Settings
The Settings page displays detailed information about the selected vShield Edge.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Inventory > Hosts and Clusters.
2 Select a datacenter resource from the inventory panel.
3 Click the Network Virtualization tab.
4 Click the Edges link.
5 Click the Configure tab.
6 Click the Settings link.
vShield Edge details, services configured for the vShield Edge, and the HA and DNS configurations are
displayed.
What to do next
Change the desired configuration by clicking Change.
Managing Appliances
You can add, edit, or delete appliances. A vShield Edge instance remains offline till at least one appliance has
been added to it.
Add an Appliance
You must add at least one appliance to vShield Edge before deploying it.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Inventory > Hosts and Clusters.
2 Select a datacenter resource from the inventory panel.
3 Click the Network Virtualization tab.
4 Click the Edges link.
5 Click the Configure tab.
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