User Guide

OmniVista SafeGuard Manager Administration Guide

Chapter 4: Visualization

Viewing User Sessions

You can view visualization data, network activity per user or for all users.

To view all users:

1 From the Dashboard, click on the Total Users row in the User panel, click the View

Users icon from the Page Bar, or select the View > Go To > Users (Ctrl +4) menu

item. The All Users screen displays with the following information:

2 Search the data displayed locally in the table view by clicking the Find icon in the

Action Bar. A free-form text search field is displayed. Enter a keyword in the text

field to define your search. To search the database, click the Database Search

Table 14 User Attributes

Attribute Description

Username User name as detected by the authentication (login ID).

Source IP Address IP address of the user’s interface.

MAC Address MAC address of the user’s interface.

Bandwidth Bandwidth that the user is using.

Authentication Status Current state of the user: authenticated, unauthenticated, or

authentication failed.

Authentication Role Role derived for this user based on authentication protocol, server,

and user name.

Authentication Type Type of authentication. The values can be:

■ krb: Windows AD/Kerberos v5 passive sniffing

■ captive-portal: HTTP-based active authentication

■ unauthenticated: Guest users

Authentication IP IP address of the authentication server

Computer Name Name of the computer the user is using.

Device Physical Port Physical port of the Alcatel-Lucent device (SafeGuard OS) on which

the user is detected.

VLAN VLAN on which the user is detected.

Domain Name of the domain to which the user is identified.

User ID Identifier for the user.

Logout Time Time the user logged out. The logout time is shown in History view only.