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You can monitor the overall status, such as the memory usage and system temperature, of a Grid member or an independent appliance using the Member Status (System Status) widget on the Dashboard. 

To monitor the detailed status of a member, from the Grid tab, select the Grid Manager tab -> Members tab.

In the Members tab, Grid Manager displays the Grid Master first and then all other members in alphabetical order. If a member is an HA pair, you can click the arrow next to the member row to view information about the active and passive nodes. Grid Manager can display the following information:

  • Name: The name of the member.
  • HA: Indicates whether the member is an HA pair.
  • Status: The service status of the member. For a vNIOS appliance whose license is revoked and is still operating in the Grid, Grid Manager displays a license violation warning here. You should immediately remove this member from the Grid.
  • IPv4 Address: The IPv4 address of the appliance, or the VIP of an HA pair.
  • IPv6 Address: The IPv6 address of the appliance, or the VIP of an HA pair.
  • Identify: This field appears only if your appliance has the unit identification button. This can be On or Off. When you identify the appliance by pressing the UID button on the appliance or through the GUI or CLI command, this field displays On. Otherwise, this is Off.
  • DHCP, DNS, TFTP, HTTP, FTP, NTP, bloxTools, Captive Portal, DNS Accelerator usage, Reporting, Discovery, Threat Protection, Cloud-API, Threat Analytics, TAXII: The status icons indicate whether these services are running properly. For information about service status, see Monitoring Services.
  • Hardware Type: The hardware type of the appliance.
  • Hardware Model: The hardware model of the appliance.
  • Serial Number: The serial number of the appliance.
  • DB Utilization: The current percentage of the database in use.
  • Host Platform: The platform on which the appliance is running. For a vNIOS appliance, this field displays the name of the cloud management platform, such as AWS, Azure, GCP, or VMware, and for the vNIOS for GCP appliance, if the NIOS instance is running on a single network interface, the field displays GCP (Single Interface). For physical NIOS appliances, this displays PhysicalFor appliances running on the CentOS operating system, the Host Platform column displays Red Hat.
  • Hypervisor: The hypervisor of the appliance
  • Comment: Information about the member.

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