Status_Indicators

Status Indicators

Threat Discovery Appliance displays status indicators on the upper left-hand corner of the main menu.

Status indicators

If Threat Discovery Appliance can retrieve information about hardware resources, appliance health will also display.

Status indicators showing appliance health information

Risk Meter

Risk Meter indicates the network’s overall risk level based on the number of potential security risk events detected by Threat Discovery Appliance. The Risk Meter status indicates the following:

Risk meter status

Status	Description
Normal	A green indicator signifies that there are minimal or no risks that need to be monitored or no actions needs to be performed.
Low risk	A yellow indicator signifies that there is a need to monitor the network.
Critical risk	A red indicator signifies that there is a need to constantly monitor the network and take preventive or corrective action.

You can configure the number of events considered a low or critical risk from the Threshold Settings screen. For details, see Threshold Settings.

Appliance Health

Appliance Health displays the status of hardware resources for the product.

Appliance health status

Status	Description
Normal	A green indicator signifies that the appliance temperature is normal.
Warning	A yellow indicator signifies that the appliance or CPU temperature is between 90-100% of the limit. Check the temperature or ensure that the fan is working.
Critical	A red indicator signifies that the appliance or CPU temperature is 100% or higher than the safe range. Check the appliance temperature or ensure that the fan is working.

Network Flow

The network flow status indicates the following:

Network flow status

Status	Description
Normal	A green indicator signifies that Threat Discovery Appliance is able to handle traffic flowing through the network.
Critical	A red indicator signifies that the network flow exceeds Threat Discovery Appliance capacity. Verify the capacity of the switch mirror port and the network traffic.