Edit general settings

Edit general device settings to customize the device name, packet transfer options, and force deployment settings for managed devices.

The General section of the Device page displays the settings described in this table.

General section table fields
Field	Description
Name	The display name of the device on the Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center.
Transfer Packets	This displays whether or not the managed device sends packet data with the events to the Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center.
Mode	The displays the mode of the management interface for the device: routed or transparent.
Compliance Mode	This displays the security certifications compliance for a device. Valid values are CC, UCAPL and None.
Performance Profile	This displays the core allocation performance profile for the device, as configured in the platform settings policy.
TLS Crypto Acceleration:	Shows whether TLS crypto acceleration is enabled or disabled.
Device Configuration	Lets you copy, export, or import a configuration. See Copy a configuration to another device and Export and import the device configuration.
OnBoarding Method	Shows whether the device was registered using a registration key or using the serial number (zero-touch provisioning).

You can edit some of these settings from this section.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Devices > Device Management.

Step 2

Next to the device you want to modify, click Edit ( edit icon ).

Step 3

Click Device.

Step 4

In the General section, click Edit ( edit icon ).

Enter a Name for the managed device.
Check Transfer Packets to allow packet data to be stored with events on the Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center.

Click Force Deploy to force deployment of current policies and device configuration to the device.

Note	Force-deploy consumes more time than the regular deployment since it involves the complete generation of the policy rules to be deployed on the Firewall Threat Defense.

Step 5

Step 6

Click Deploy.