Overview of Dashboard features
When you first open the browser, you see the Dashboard, which gives a summary of the activity of the
appliance.
From this page you can access most of the pages that control the appliance.
Dashboard
The Dashboard provides a summary of the activity of the appliance.
Use this page to access most of the pages that control the appliance. On a cluster master appliance,
use this page also to see a summary of activity on the cluster of appliances.
To change the view in any section, click Edit, which opens another window.
Benefits of using the Dashboard
The Dashboard provides a single location for you to view summaries of the activities of the appliance.
Depending on how you have your appliance configured, you can view information about:
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The email flowing through the appliance.
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The web traffic being scanned.
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The overall system health of the appliance.
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Current detection rates.
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The performance of your network.
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Email messages being queued by the appliance.
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The number of scanning policies that you have in place, separate by protocol.
You can also configure a list of links to tasks that you often use, providing you with a quick and easy
method of moving to the correct area of the user interface.
Dashboard
Dashboard
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