Protection Center lets you manage Symantec Endpoint Protection together with other Symantec products in a single environment. Symantec Endpoint Protection is integrated with Protection Center by means of a series of Web services. These Web services provide communication between the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager server and the Protection Center server.

1. MODULE 20: INTERFACING THE
SEPM WITH PROTECTION CENTER
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2. DESCRIBING PROTECTION CENTER
Protection Center lets you manage Symantec Endpoint Protection
together with other Symantec products in a single environment.
Symantec Endpoint Protection is integrated with Protection Center by
means of a series of Web services.
These Web services provide communication between the Symantec
Endpoint Protection Manager server and the Protection Center server.
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3. DESCRIBING PROTECTION CENTER
Run the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager console from
Protection Center together with other Symantec product consoles.
The Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager console in Protection
Center is almost identical to the standalone console.
The main function options that appear to the left of the console
window in the standalone version, however, appear at the top in
Protection Center.
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4. DESCRIBING PROTECTION CENTER
Run the reports that contain data from Symantec Endpoint Protection
and from other products, such as Symantec Messaging Gateway.
The data feed Web services define the Symantec Endpoint Protection
data that is written to the Protection Center database.
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5. DESCRIBING PROTECTION CENTER
Initiate the Protection Center workflows that include Symantec
Endpoint Protection tasks.
Protection Center provides the following Symantec Endpoint Protection
workflows:
■ Quarantine Endpoint Workflow
■ Move Endpoint Workflow
■ Update Virus Definitions on Endpoint Workflow
■ Update Virus Definitions and Scan Endpoint Workflow
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6. DESCRIBING THE PROTECTION CENTER
APPLIANCE
Protection Center can be deployed as a virtual or a physical
appliance.
The appliance type that you choose depends on the number of nodes
in your network and your preferences.
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7. DESCRIBING THE PROTECTION CENTER
APPLIANCE
A virtual appliance is a good option if all of the following are true:
■ You already use VMware ESX.
■ You can make sufficient hardware resources available for the
appliance in your VMware ESX environment.
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8. DESCRIBING THE PROTECTION CENTER
APPLIANCE
A physical appliance is a good option if any of the following is true:
■ You want a standalone appliance.
■ You cannot make sufficient hardware resources available for the
appliance in your VMware ESX environment.
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9. DESCRIBING THE PROTECTION CENTER
APPLIANCE
Protection Center can be deployed as a virtual or a physical
appliance.
To create a Protection Center virtual appliance, you create a virtual
machine and have it mount the Protection Center Appliance Creator
ISO. To create a Protection Center physical appliance, you boot your
server with the Protection Center Appliance Creator DVD.
When you create and deploy a virtual or a physical appliance, the
appliance creation process installs Windows and other required
software.
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10. CONFIGURING PROTECTION CENTER
You set up Symantec Endpoint Protection in Protection Center by
performing the following tasks:
■ Add the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager server to Protection
Center, and enable the server.
■ Create Protection Center accounts to access Symantec Endpoint
Protection and your other integrated products.
■ Map the Protection Center accounts to the appropriate accounts in
Symantec Endpoint Protection and your other integrated products.
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11. CONFIGURING PROTECTION CENTER
You must set up multiple domains individually. If your Symantec
Endpoint Protection Manager includes only the default domain, you do
not need to specify any domain information in Protection Center.
Protection Center can automatically discover the Symantec Endpoint
Protection Manager servers in your network.
This network discovery is enabled in Symantec Endpoint Protection
Manager by default. If you disabled it, you can add Symantec
Endpoint Protection Manager manually.
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12. CONFIGURING PROTECTION CENTER
To manage multiple Symantec Endpoint Protection domains in
Protection Center, you must add each domain to Protection Center
separately.
You must specify the domain as part of the user name, in the form
<domain_name>account_name.
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13. CONFIGURING PROTECTION CENTER
When you configure Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, you
configure ports for your entire system.
You can use the default ports, or you can specify custom ports.
When you add multiple domains in Protection Center, you must specify
these ports for each domain that you add.
The port numbers are the same, but Protection Center requires that
you provide them for each domain.
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14. USING PROTECTION CENTER
Protection Center control panel options
The Protection Center control panel is the user interface of the Protection
Center appliance that is equivalent to the desktop of a Windows
computer.
The control panel lets you perform some essential configuration tasks.
Some of the tasks that you can perform through the control panel are also
available in the Protection Center interface.
For example, you can update the appliance software, change the
administrator password, and specify the appliance network settings in
both locations.
However, tasks such as activating Windows can only be performed
through the control panel.
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15. USING PROTECTION CENTER
Accessing the Protection Center control panel
The Protection Center control panel is the appliance user interface that
is equivalent to the desktop of a Windows computer.
Before you can access the control panel, you need to connect a
monitor directly to the Protection Center appliance.
Alternatively, you can use a virtual console if one is provided within
your virtual environment.
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