User Guide

CHAPTER
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AsyncOS 9.1.2 for Cisco Email Security Appliances User Guide
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Managing and Monitoring Using the CLI
• Overview of Managing and Monitoring Using the CLI, page 34-1
• Monitoring Using the CLI, page 34-6
• Managing the Email Queue, page 34-22
• Monitoring System Health and Status with SNMP, page 34-36
Overview of Managing and Monitoring Using the CLI
Managing and monitoring the Email Security appliance using the CLI includes these types of tasks:
• Monitoring message activity.
– The raw number of messages, recipients, and bounce recipients that the appliance is processing
in the email pipeline
– The hourly rate of message delivery or message bounces based on the last one-minute,
five-minute, or fifteen-minute period
• Monitoring system resources. Examples:
– Memory usage
– Disk space
– Number of connections
• Monitoring possible system disfunction using the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
Examples:
– Fan failure
– Update failure
– Abnormally high appliance temperature
• Managing email within the pipeline. Examples:
– Deleting recipients in the queue
– Redirecting messages to another host
– Clear the queue by deleting recipients or redirecting the messages
– Suspend or resume email receiving, delivery, or work queue processing
– Locate specific messages