The Home page displays general information about the security device.
The following information appears at the top of the Home page:
Up time: indicates the elapsed time (in number of days, hours, minutes, and seconds) since the security device was first powered on
System time: indicates the set time on the security device including the date, time (hh:mm:ss) and the GMT time zone (hh:mm)
Next to the Refresh button, from the drop-down list, select how often you want the system to update the information on the Home page. Select Manually if you want the system to update the information only when you click the Refresh button. Select one of the predefined time options if you want the system to update the information automatically.
Click Refresh to update the information on the Home page manually.
This field displays the Hardware and Firmware (ScreenOS) versions and serial number of the security device, as well as its host name.
This field displays the name of the administrator of the current session and the number of administrators also currently logged on to the device.
For more information on the administrators that are logged on, 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 administrator logged on to the NetScreen device. The most recent login appears first on the list.
Name: Identifies the login name of the administrator.
Vsys: Indicates which system the administrator is logged on.
Date/Time: Indicates when the administrator logged on.
Source: Indicates the method by which the administrator is managing the NetScreen device, for example, using Telnet, the WebUI, or the console.
IP Address: Indicates the IP address of the administrator.
Auth Type: Identifies which Auth Server authenticates the administrator.
This field displays information on various resources the security device is using. Hover your mouse cursor over each status bar to see a pop-up that contains information on 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 on sessions such as number of allocated sessions, maximum number of sessions, and number of failed session 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 serves as an indication of the usage percentage for each resource. For memory usage: the color green signifies that the usage is below 90% and red that it is above 90%. For other resources: the color green signifies that the usage is below 60%, yellow between 60% and 90%, and red means usage is above 90%.
The Home page also provides you with a link to Wizards to help you configure your security device. Click Start from here. Follow the Wizard's instructions to easily and successfully configure your security device.
This field displays a partial list of physical interfaces configured on the security device and 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.
This field displays a partial list of the most recent alarms that occurred on the security device. Each entry presents the following information:
Date/Time: Indicates the date and time of the alarm.
Level: Indicates the severity level of the alarm.
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 message.
To see a complete list of most recent alarms, click More. The Event Log page appears.
This field displays a partial list of the most recent events that occurred on the security device. Each entry presents the following information:
Date/Time: Indicates the date and time of the event.
Level: Indicates the severity level of the event.
Events of the following severity levels appear in the Most Recent Events list:
ERROR: Generates messages for admin name and password changes.
WARNING: Generates messages for adminlogins and logouts, failures to log in and log out, and user authentication failures, successes, and timeouts.
NOTIFICATION: Generates messages for link status changes, load balancing server status changes, and traffic logs.
INFORMATION: Generates any kind of message not specified in other categories.
DEBUGGING: Generates all debugging messages. (See "Debug" commands in the NetScreen CLI Reference Guide.)
Description: Displays the event message.
To see a complete list of most recent events, click More. The Event Log page appears.