Read A Gauge - 8e6 Technologies TAR User Manual

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Read a gauge

Gauges become active when end users access URLs/ports
included in that gauge. Activity is depicted by the position of
the dial within the gauge—green (safe) section, yellow
(warning) section, or red (network threat) section—and by a
numerical "score" displayed in the middle of the gauge icon.
This score is based upon the type of Internet activity, threat
score, timespan, and upper and lower thresholds estab-
lished for the gauge.
The score displayed in the middle of the gauge icon will
always reflect activity from the most recent past number of
specified minutes set up in the timespan, unless gauge
settings were manually changed and saved, at which point
the gauge is reset.
If the threat for a gauge is currently low or medium, the
score displays in black text. If the threat for a gauge is high
(exceeding 66 percent of the ceiling established for a gauge
group or gauges contained within the group), the score
displays in flashing red text. However, if the score drops
below 66 percent within the timespan set up for the gauge,
the text changes from blinking red to solid black again.
If a gauge group ("parent" gauge) displays flashing red text
while its dial is positioned in the green or yellow sections,
this is indicative that the dial on at least one "child" gauge
contained within the gauge group is currently positioned in
the red section.
The image to the right shows the URL dash-
board's Bandwidth gauge, comprised of
several library category gauges. Note the
timespan for gauge activity displays beneath
the gauge icon. In this example, the hit score
displays flashing in red and the dial is posi-
tioned in the red section of the gauge, currently indicating a
high threat score for this gauge. The source of the threat
can be investigated by drilling down into the gauge. It may
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