Home

The Home page displays general information about the security device.

Device Time

The following information appears at the top of the Home page:

Refresh

Next to the Refresh button, from the list, select how often you want the security device to update the information about the Home page. Select Manually if you want the security device to update the information only when you click the Refresh button. Select one of the predefined time options if you want the security device to update the information automatically.

Click Refresh to manually update the information on the Home page.

My Device

This field displays the hardware and firmware (ScreenOS) versions and serial number of the security device along with its hostname.

System Status (Root)

This field displays the name of the admin of the current session and the number of admins also currently logged into the device.

For more information about the admins that are logged in, click Details. The Admin Login Report Page  appears.

The Administrators List of All Current Login Sessions window displays a table containing the following information:

No.: Indicates when each admin logged into the security device. The most recent login appears first on the list.

Name: Identifies the login name of the admin.

Vsys: Indicates which system the admin is logged into.

Date/Time: Indicates when the admin logged in.

Source: Indicates the method by which the admin is managing the security device, for example, using Telnet, WebUI, or console.

IP Address: Indicates the IP address of the admin.

Auth Type: Identifies which authentication server authenticated the admin.

Role: Identifies which administrative role attribute the admin has. The role attribute can be Crypto, Security, Audit, or None (the default).

Resources Status

This field displays information about various resources the security device is using. Mover your cursor over each status bar to see a pop-up list that contains information about each of the following fields:

CPU: Indicates the amount of CPU the security device is using.

Memory: Indicates the amount of memory the security device is using and how much memory is free.

Sessions: Gives general information about sessions, such as number of allocated, maximum number, and number of failed allocations.

Policies: Indicates the total number of policies configured on the security device and the maximum number of policies you can configure.

Note: The color of the status bar shows the usage percentage for each resource. For memory usage, the color green signifies that the usage is below 90 percent, and red signifies that it is above 90 percent. For other resources, the color green signifies that the usage is below 60 percent, yellow signifies that the usage is between 60 percent and 90 percent, and red signifies that the usage is above 90 percent.

Interface/VPN Link Status Monitoring

This field displays a partial list of physical interfaces and VPNs configured on the security device and includes the following information for each interface:

Name: Indicates the name of the physical interface.

Zone: Indicates the name of the zone to which the physical interface is bound.

Link: Indicates whether the interface is active (up) or inactive (down).

To view a complete and more detailed list of configured physical interfaces, click More. The Interfaces List page appears.

System Most Recent Alarms/Events

These tables show partial lists of the most recent alarms and events that occurred on the security device. The top table shows emergencies, alerts, and critical alarms. The lower table shows the less critical errors and warnings events. Each table entry shows the following information:

Date/Time: Indicates the date and time of the alarm or event.

Level: Indicates the severity level of the alarm or event.

Alarms of the following severity levels appear in the Most Recent Alarms list:

EMERGENCY: Generates messages on SYN attacks, Tear Drop attacks, and Ping of Death attacks.

ALERT: Generates messages for multiple user authentication failures and other attacks not included in the emergency category.

CRITICAL: Generates messages for URL blocks, traffic alarms, high availability (HA) status changes, and global communications.

Description: Displays the alarm or event message.

To see a complete list of most recent alarms or events, click More. The Event Log page appears.