Symantec Endpoint protection Manager Installation and Configuration

Symantec Endpoint Protection, developed by Symantec Corporation, is an antivirus and personal firewall product leveled at centrally managed corporate environments security for servers and workstations.

 Table of Contents

1. Symantec Endpoint Protection
2. Specifications
3. Installing the SEPM and deploying clients involves the following steps
4. Installation and Configuration
5. Screenshots

Specifications:

The management server is configured with the following settings:
Site name: hyaking
Server name: XXXXXX
Server port: 8443
Web console port: 9090
Client communications port: 8014
Remote management web services port: 8446
Process launcher port: 8447
Server control port: 8765
Reporting port: 8445
Database type: Embedded
Database name: sem5
User name: admin

Installing the SEPM and deploying clients involves the following steps: 

• Install and configure SEPM
• Manage product licenses
• Install the SEP clients

Installation and Configuration:

1.  Choose Install Symantec Endpoint Protection, then Install Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager.
2. Accept the license agreement, and click Next.
3. Assuming default program files location, click Next.
4. Click Install. The manager installation will next stop at “Configure the management server”.
5. Click Next. The Management Server Configuration Wizard starts.
6. Note: This wizard may be re-run later if necessary to change any of the configuration settings after SEPM has been installed and running.
7. Choose the configuration type, Default or Custom; a recovery file is specified only for re-configurations or re-installations.
   The default configuration is used when you plan to manage less than 100 SEP clients. It will automatically install a local embedded database and use default values for most other choices.

• The custom configuration is for management of more than 100 clients. It allows you to use the local embedded database or a local/remote Microsoft SQL database, and you can customize most other choices (such as communications ports and encryption password used in client communications).Note: In SEP Small Business Edition, there is no option for a recovery file and setup proceeds automatically to the Default configuration; that is the only choice in that version. The wizard otherwise provides some information about each configuration type.
  Click Next.

1. Configure the options based on the configuration you selected:
   Default configuration:

• 1. • Choose company name, password, and email address. The password will be used with the preset user name (“admin”) when logging onto the SEPM console. The email address is for the “admin” user.Note: Other users may be added to the SEPM console afterwards.
     • Click Next. You may configure and test email server information used when sending SEPM alerts, or leave blank and configure this later.
     • Click Next.
     • Click Next again, and make note of the final summary of configuration settings
     • Click Next to finish.

Custom configuration (not available in SEP Small Business Edition):
Choose how many computers you will manage. Less than 100, 100 to 500, 500 to 1000, or more than 1000.

• 1. • Click Next.
     • Choose Install my first site. Other choices are for more advanced installations, and may be revisited later.
     • Click Next.
     • Default choices are provided for site and server name, server port, web console port, client communications port, web services port, server control port, reporting port, and server data folder. You may customize these choices if you wish.
     • Click Next.
     • Choose default embedded database or Microsoft SQL server. Please note that you are responsible for the Microsoft SQL installation.
     • Click Next. If you chose Microsoft SQL in the previous step, you will next choose “create new database” or “use existing”, and then provide SQL authentication details in subsequent dialog.
     • Click Next.
     • Choose company name, password, and email address. The password will be used with the preset user name (“admin”) when logging onto the SEPM console. The email address is for the “admin” user.Note: Other users may be added to the SEPM console afterwards.
     • Click Next.
     • Choose a random client communications password, or define your own.
     • Click Next.
     • Configure and test email server information used when sending SEPM alerts, or leave blank and configure later.
     • Click Next, Next again, and finish.Log onto the SEPM console using “admin” and the password you chose during the SEPM configuration: Click Start > Programs > Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager > Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager.

For more information, please refer the following link https://www.symantec.com/index.jsp