User guide

Working with Control Center
User Guide 75
Changing the polling rate
You can change the interval of time (in seconds) at which Control Center
polls the Firebox and updates the Front Panel and the Firebox and Tunnel
Status displays. There is, however, a trade-off between polling frequency
and demand on the Firebox. The shorter the interval, the more accurate
the display, but also the more demand made of the Firebox. From Control
Center:
1 Click the Control Center Main Menu button. Click Settings.
2 Type or use the scroll control to change the polling rate. Click OK.
Setting the maximum number of log entries
You can change the maximum number of log entries that are stored and
viewable in Traffic Monitor. After the maximum is reached, the earliest
logs are removed as more come in. A high value in this field places a large
demand on your system if you have a slow processor or a limited amount
of RAM. LogViewer is a much more appropriate tool for tracking logs
than Traffic Monitor.
1 Click the Control Center Main Menu button. Click Settings.
2 Type or use the scroll control to change the Max Log Entries field.
Click OK.
The value entered represents the number of logs in thousands. If you enter zero (0)
in this field, the maximum number of logs (100,000) is permitted.
Displaying Traffic Monitor entries in color
You can specify that Traffic Monitor use different colors to display
different types of information.
1 Click the Control Center Main Menu button. Click Settings. Click the
Syslog Color tab.
2 To enable displaying entries in color, enable the checkbox marked
Display Logs in Color. You can also enable and disable color by
right-clicking any entry in Traffic Monitor and selecting Colorize.
3 On the Allow, Deny, or Message tab, click the field you want to
colorize.
The Text Color field to the right of the tabs shows the current color defined for the
field.