Specifications

is dynamically updated as you set or change/define settings, always presenting the appropriate options
as your configuration progresses. As you move through the steps, the selections that you make along
the way determine the selections that are appropriate for the following steps.
Statistics
This option provides access to a submenu that gives you selections that determine the statistics
presented in the Activity Monitor window:
Configure − opens the ASM Statistics window where you can select the specific data
elements to show in the Statistics Summary panel.
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Reset Counters − resets the counters for the accumulated data and sets the timestamp to the
current date and time. Refer to the ASM Statistics window for a description of specific data
elements.
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Show Summary Panel − when checked, displays the Statistics Summary as a panel in the
upper half of the ASM Activity Monitor window.
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Operational Mode
This option provides access to a submenu that controls ASM's operational mode:
Show as Panel − when selected, displays a full Operational Mode panel in the ASM Activity
Monitor window.
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Show as Icon − when selected, displays an iconized version of the Operational Mode panel as
a traffic light in the upper right corner of the ASM Activity Monitor window.
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Disabled − when selected, Automated Security Manager is not active. It neither seeks out the
sources of network threats nor responds to them.
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Search Only − when selected, security threats are recognized, source ports are identified and
the information is recorded in the Activity Monitor but, no response is applied.
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Search and Respond − when selected, Automated Security Manager is fully active. In this
state, threats are recognized, source ports are identified, and responses (actions) applied.
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Options
Opens the Options window where you can set various parameters used by the Automated Security
Manager.
Applications
The Applications menu provides links to Console and other NetSight applications that are installed as
NetSight Clients on this system.
Help
Help Topics (Contents)
Opens the help browser to the Automated Security Manager Help System Welcome topic where you
can access all of Automated Security Manager's online help topics.
Release Notes
Opens the help browser to the Release Notes that were effective when this version was installed. For
more current information, visit the Enterasys documentation Web site:
www.enterasys.com/support/manuals, and open/download the latest version of the
NetSight Automated Security Manager Release Notes.
Support Center (Help Center)
Automated Security Manager Help
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