A status dashboard contains widgets from which you can view and manage data. Widgets are the building blocks of status dashboards. For more information about widgets, see Adding Widgets to Dashboards. They provide information about different aspects of your Grid and networks. For example, the Member Status widget provides general information about a Grid member, and the Network Statistics widget provides data for a specified network.
The appliance provides a default status dashboard. Grid Manager displays the default dashboard only when there is more than one widget on the dashboard. You can add and modify widgets in the default dashboard, but you cannot rename or delete it. From a dashboard, you can access your most commonly accessed tasks and monitor appliance status. You can configure your own status dashboards to which you can add widgets that help you manage different data. Configuring multiple status dashboards helps organize widgets in a meaningful way and improves dashboard and widget performance. This is especially useful when you have a Grid serving a large number of Grid members. When you configure a new dashboard, you can use the existing dashboard as a template. You can create up to 100 copies at a time using the Add Dashboard option. For information about how to add status dashboards, see Adding Status Dashboards.
You can add widgets to different dashboards, however, you can add only one widget at a time on each dashboard. The default number of widgets per dashboard is 10. The maximum number of widgets that you can add on each dashboard is 20 at a time. You can define the number of widgets that can be configured on each dashboard in User Profile. This limitation applies only to dashboards that you configure and does not apply to the default dashboard. For information about how to specify the widget limit, see Configuring Widget Limit per Dashboard.
Grid Manager provides a default Security dashboard if you have installed any or all of the following licenses on the appliance: Threat Protection, RPZ, and Threat Analytics. The Security dashboard contains widgets that help you monitor the security status of the Grid. In the Security dashboard, you can add and remove widgets, but you cannot rename or delete them.
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Default Status Dashboard: From the Dashboards -> Status tab -> Default tab, click the Configure icon -> Add Content. This is applicable when you have the default dashboard only.
Configured Status Dashboards: From the Dashboards -> Status tab, select the configured status dashboard, click the Configure icon -> Add Content.
Security Status Dashboard: From the Dashboards -> Status tab -> Security tab, click the Configure icon -> Add Content. This is applicable only when at least one member in the Grid has Threat Protection, RPZ, or Threat Analytics license. Note that the Security Status dashboard is a default dashboard and it cannot be renamed or deleted.
Grid Manager displays thumbnails of the available widgets. Use the scroll bar on the right to scroll through the widgets, as illustrated in the below Widgets Panel figure.Click an icon on the filter panel, as illustrated in the Widgets Panel figure, to add a widget to the desired dashboard. The Filter panel is categorized into the following:
Cloud icon
Security icon
DNS/DHCP icon
Reset icon
When you click on an icon, Grid Manager displays thumbnails of the widgets belonging to the respective filter. If you click filters one after the other without clicking Reset, Grid Manager displays thumbnails of all widgets along with the icon that indicates the category to which the widget belongs. Click Reset to view only those widgets that belong to the selected category.Select and drag a widget to the desired location on your dashboard. You can also click
icon to add a widget to the desired dashboard.
After you add a widget to the dashboard, you can configure it to provide relevant data. You can also copy or move a widget, by selecting and dragging it to its new location on your dashboard. Grid Manager saves your dashboard configuration and displays it the next time you log in.
You can turn on auto-refresh by clicking On in the Turn Auto Refresh field at the top of the dashboard to periodically refresh the contents of all widgets in the dashboard. Click Off to disable auto-refresh for all widgets in the dashboard. When auto-refresh is disabled, you can enable it for individual widgets by clicking the Configure icon in the corresponding widgets. You can specify the auto-refresh period in seconds. The default auto-refresh period is 30 seconds.Warning title Warning If the Detailed Status panel is open, the following actions take place:
- Grid Manager auto refreshes at a rate of 30 seconds.
- Widgets that support user-specified auto refresh, refresh at the rate specified in the Auto Refresh Period field.
Therefore, even if you set the session timeout to be to greater than the auto refresh rate, auto refresh still takes place. The Grid Manager session does not time out because auto refresh takes precedence over the session timeout.
Widgets have the following icons:
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You can configure thresholds to determine the overall status of Threat Protection, DNS RPZ (Response Policy Zone), and DNS Threat Analytics services in the Grid. Grid Manager provides a view of the overall security status of the Grid in the Security Status for Grid dashboard widget. For information, see Security Status for Grid below.
To configure the thresholds for security status, complete the following:
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Click Select Member. In the Member Selector dialog box and select a Grid member from the list.
CPU: Select which type of CPU usage you want to track:
User: The CPU usage of user applications, such as programs and libraries.
System: The CPU usage of the kernel and drivers.
Idle: The percentage of CPU that is not in use.
System Memory: Select which portion of the system memory you want to track:
Real Memory Used: The physical RAM usage.
Swap Used: The swap area usage. The swap area is the disk area that temporarily holds a process memory image.
NIC Usage: Select how you want to measure network traffic:
Bytes: Reports the number of bytes.
Packets: Reports the number of packets.
NIC Settings: Select the port on which you want to measure network traffic. If you have configured VLANs, Grid Manager displays them in the format LAN1 nnnn or LAN2 nnnn, where nnnn represents the associated VLAN ID. For example, a VLAN configured on LAN1 can be displayed as LAN1 297 and a LAN2 VLAN can be LAN2 21. For more information about VLANs, see VLAN Management.
Note that for vNIOS appliances, some of the options in the drop-down list may vary depending on your vNIOS configuration. For example, if you are using a single network interface instance of vNIOS for GCP, you will see choices specific to the LAN1 interface only. For more information, see the vNIOS documentation specific to your product at Appliances.CPU Utilization and Top N Processes: Set the auto refresh period in this section. NIOS displays the information for all available cores.
Auto Refresh Period for CPU Utilization and Top N Processes: Enter the time interval in seconds for the CPU Core Utilization graph and the top N process data to auto refresh and display the CPU core utilization information. If you enter 12, the graph displays new information after every 12 seconds. You can enter a minimum refresh interval of 10 seconds and a maximum refresh interval of 30 seconds. By default, the time interval is set to 10 seconds. This field is applicable only to the CPU Utilization and Top N Processes tabs.
Auto Refresh Period: Enter the refresh interval in seconds for the data in the CPU, System Memory, and NIC Usage tabs to auto refresh.
The System Activity Monitor widget displays a tab for each resource: CPU, System Memory, NIC Usage, CPU Utilization, Top N Processes.
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CPU: The graph on the CPU tab tracks the percentage of CPU usage.
System Memory: The graph on the System Memory tab tracks the memory utilization percentage.
NIC Usage: The graph on the NIC Usage tab tracks either bytes or packets per second.
CPU Utilization: If you select the Live option, the graph tracks live CPU utilization data for the last 10 minutes for all CPUs in your Grid member. The graph is refreshed based on the time interval you specify in the Auto Refresh Period for CPU Utilization and Top N Processes field. Each CPU is denoted in a different color. If you select the Historical option, you can view the CPU utilization data for up to a maximum of past 60 minutes based on the time range you specify in the Earliest and Latest fields. For example, if you enter 2019-09-05 and 09:20:42 AM in the Earliest field and 2019-09-05 and 10:20:42 AM in the Latest field, the graph displays the CPU utilization data for 5th September 2019 between 9:20:42 AM and 10:20:42 AM. You can view data for a maximum of past of 5 days but the time difference between Earliest and Latest time should not exceed 60 minutes.
Top N Processes: If you select the Live option, the table displays the process ID and name of the top N processes that are consuming CPU utilization. N is the number that you specify in the Number of Top Processes field on the Monitoring tab of the Grid Properties editor. It also displays the percentage of CPU utilized by each process. The data is refreshed based on the time interval you specify in the Auto Refresh Period for CPU Utilization and Top N Processes field. If you select the Historical option, you can view past top N process data based on the time range you specify in the Earliest and Latest fields. For example, if you enter 2019-09-05 and 09:20:42 AM in the Earliest field and 2019-09-05 and 10:20:42 AM in the Latest field, the graph displays the top process data on 5th September 2019 between 9:20:42 AM and 10:20:42 AM. You can view data for a maximum of 5 days.
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You can also click Go to Syslog Viewer on the upper right corner of the dialog to view all events in the syslog. For more information about the syslog, see Viewing the Syslog.
Cloud Statistics
The Cloud Statistics widget appears only when you have deployed the Cloud Network Automations license on the Grid Master. This widget displays statistical information for cloud objects. It contains the following tabs: Tenant & VMs, Fixed vs. Floating and Available vs. Allocated. You must install valid cloud related licenses to access this widget. For more information about installing licenses and enabling Cloud Network Automation, see Deploying Cloud Network Automation.
To modify the Cloud Statistics widget, click the Configure icon and select one of the following:
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You can hover your mouse over the Threat Protection, RPZ, and Threat Analytics status icon and view the Threat Protection Status for Grid widget, Response Policy Zone (RPZ) Status for Grid widget, and Threat Analytics Status for Grid widget respectively. For information about Threat Protection Status for Grid widget, Response Policy Zone (RPZ) Status for Grid widget, and Threat Analytics Status for Grid widget, see below see Threat Protection Status for Grid, Response Policy Zone (RPZ) Status for Grid, and Threat Analytics Status for Grid respectively.
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Member: The name of the member. You can hover your mouse over the member name and view the Member Status widget. For information about the Member Status widget, see Member Status (System Status) below.
IPv4 Address: The IPv4 address of the member.
IPv6 Address: The IPv6 address of the member.
Threat Protection Status: The status of the threat protection service running on the member. This can be either OK, Warning, Critical, NotSetup, or Unknown. You can hover your mouse over the threat protection status and view the Threat Protection Status for Member widget. For information about the Threat Protection Status for Member widget, see Threat Protection Status for Member below.
RPZ Status: The status of the RPZ service running on the member. This can be either OK, Warning, Critical, NotSetup, or Unknown. You can hover your mouse over the RPZ status and view the ResponsePolicyZone(RPZ)Statistics widget. For information about the Response Policy Zone (RPZ) Statistics widget, see Response Policy Zone (RPZ) Status for Member below.
Analytics Status: The status of the DNS Threat Analytics service running on the member. This can be either OK, Warning, Critical, NotSetup, or Unknown.
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Turn on auto-refresh. Click the Configure icon and select the AutoRefreshPeriod checkbox to turn on auto-refresh. Specify the auto-refresh period in seconds. The default auto refresh period is 30 seconds.
Click the Action icon (shown as a gear in each row of the table) next to the overall status of each member, and select ViewSyslog to view all the events logged in the syslog. Grid Manager displays the syslog messages in the Syslog Preview window.
Click the Export icon to export the data displayed in this widget.
Click the Print icon to print the data displayed in this widget.
Click Response Policy Zones link in the GoTo field at the top of the widget to view the RPZs configured on the member. Grid Manager displays the Response Policy Zones tab in the DNS tab. To navigate back to the Security dashboard, click Back to Security Dashboard at the top left corner of the navigation bar in the Response Policy Zones tab.
Click Threat Protection link in the Go To field at the top of the widget to view the threat protection rulesets configured on the member. Grid Manager displays the Threat Protection Rules tab in the Security tab. To navigate back to the Security dashboard, click Back to Security Dashboard at the top left corner of the navigation bar in the Threat Protection Rules tab.
Click Threat Analytics link in the Go To field at the top of the widget to view the whitelist domains configured on the member. Grid Manager displays the Threat Analytics tab. To navigate back to the Security dashboard, click Back to Security Dashboard at the top right corner of the panel in the Threat Analytics tab.
Click Members link in the Go To field at the top of the widget to view the members configured in the Grid. Grid Manager displays the Members tab in the Grid Manager tab. To navigate back to the Security dashboard, click Back to Security Dashboard at the top left corner of the navigation bar in the Members tab.
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The Threat Protection Status for Grid widget displays the statistical information about the threat protection events triggered on all the members in the Grid that support Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, hardware or Software ADP, and Infoblox Threat Insight. This widget contains the following tabs: Total Events by Severity, Top 10 Grid Members, Events Over Time, Top 10 Rules, and Top 10 Clients.
You can do the following in this widget:
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Select a graph configuration, Client Hits, Passthru Hits, Blocked Hits, or Substituted Hits, to view details of a specific RPZ rule. You can select either one or all the available graph configurations. Note that Client Hits is displayed only when the graph type is Line Diagram.
Select a graph type, Stacked Diagram or Line Diagram, to display data in the required diagrammatic format. This option is enabled only when you click the Trend tab and disabled when you click the Top 10 Grid Members, RPZ Recent Hits, or Health tabs. For more information, see Trend below.
Click the Top 10 Grid Members tab to view information about the top 10 Grid members that have the most number of RPZ hits. For more information, see Top 10 Grid Members below.
Click the RPZ Recent Hits tab to view information about the latest five RPZ hits with unique client addresses. For more information, see RPZ Recent Hits below.
Click the Trend tab to view RPZ hit statistics for the Grid. For more information,
see Trend below.
Click the Health tab to view information about RPZ zones and their last updated times. For more information, see Health below.
Note that you must install the RPZ license and enable RPZ logging to access this widget. For more information about installing licenses and enabling RPZ logging, see License Requirements and Admin Permissions and Using a Syslog Server.
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The Health tab displays information of RPZ zones and their last updated date and time. This data is retrieved directly from the database. Note that you cannot sort or filter values in this tab. You can export the data displayed in this tab by clicking the Export icon. For more information, see Exporting Displayed Data.
Response Policy Zone (RPZ) Status for Member
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Click Select Member. In the Member Selector dialog box, choose a Grid member to view the RPZ hits, or statistics, or RPZ zones and their last updated date and time.
Select a graph configuration, ClientHits, Passthru Hits, Blocked Hits, or Substituted Hits, to view details of a specific RPZ rule. You can select either one or all the available graph configurations. Note that Client Hits is displayed only when the graph type is Line Diagram.
Select a graph type, Stacked Diagram or Line Diagram, to display data in the required diagrammatic format. This option is enabled only when you click the Trend tab and disabled when you click the Top 10 Grid Members, RPZ Recent Hits, or Health tabs. For more information, see Trend below.
Click View Syslog to view the last 20 RPZ events that are logged in the syslog. For more information, see Previewing the Syslog below.
Click the RPZ Recent Hits tab to view information about the latest five RPZ hits with unique client addresses. For more information, see RPZ Recent Hits below.
Click the Trend tab to view RPZ hit statistics on the selected member. For more information, see Trend below.
Click the Health tab to view information about RPZ zones and their last updated times. For more information, see Health below.
Note that you must install the RPZ license and enable RPZ logging to access this widget. For more information about installing licenses and enabling RPZ logging, see License Requirements and Admin Permissions and Setting DNS Logging Categories.
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Client Hits: Total number of queries that triggered an RPZ policy. Note that this option is not displayed when you choose Stacked Diagram, but displayed only when you choose Line Diagram.
Passthru Hits: Total number of queries that triggered a Passthru RPZ rule. For more information about passthru rules, see Managing Passthru Rules.
Blocked Hits: Total number of queries that triggered a Block (No Data) or Block (No Such Domain) RPZ rule. For more information, see Managing Block (No Data) Rules or Managing Block (No Such Domain) Rules respectively.
Substituted Hits: Total number of queries that triggered a Substitute (Domain Name) or Substitute (Record) RPZ rule. For more information, see Managing Substitute (Domain Name) Rules and Managing Substitute (Record) Rules.
Timestamp: The graph displays a 24 hours time window.
Note the following about this tab:The statistical data in DNS service will be reset when you stop and restart the DNS service or if you force an active DNS service to restart regardless of its state. This results in loss of prior data.
Using this graph, you can view the timestamp of statistics collection.
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