Web Gateway 7.1.5 Product Guide - McAfee

8 Monitoring
Contents
Monitoring the appliance
Dashboard
Logging
Performance measurement
Transferring data to an ePO server
Event monitoring with SNMP
Error handling
Monitoring the appliance
You can monitor the McAfee Web Gateway appliance when it executes the filtering functions that
ensure web security for your network. The sections in this chapter provide on overview of this
monitoring, tell you how to access the dashboard, and explain how to use logging and other functions
for monitoring purposes.
Monitoring functions
This section gives an overview of the monitoring functions that are available on the appliance.
• Dashboard — The user interface provides a dashboard, where you can view information on web
usage, filtering activities, and system behavior.
• Logging — The appliance provides two default logs for storing log files. Entries in these files are
written by rules in corresponding rule sets. You can configure the handling of these log files, such as
rotation, deletion, and pushing. Other log files are not maintained by rules.
The default rule-based logs are:
• Access log — Records requests for access to the web received on the appliance
• Viruses Found log — Records viruses and other malware that infected requested objects
• Monitoring with external devices — You can transfer information on the appliance status to a
server that has McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) software installed and monitor events on the
appliance with an agent application under the SNMP protocol.
Troubleshooting functions
When problems arise in working with the appliance, you might want to take troubleshooting measures.
Monitoring what has happened in a problem situation can be one of the means for troubleshooting.
The user interface provides a Troubleshooting top-level menu, which also includes some monitoring
functions.
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