You can view common reports and logs, and you can verify FIPS mode activity in the logs.

This chapter assumes that you are familiar with the Management Console.

The Riverbed appliance provides access to a wide variety of reports to track usage and activity. You can review reports for features involving networking (including SSL), optimization, branch services, and diagnostics.

Appliance log reports provide a high-level view of network activity. You can view both user and system logs. The logs are an important tool when you need to monitor activity and ensure that features run in FIPS mode.

You can view user logs in the Management Console. The user log filters messages from the system log to display messages that are of immediate use to the system administrator.

View user logs to monitor system activity and to troubleshoot problems; for example, you can monitor who logged in, who logged out, and who entered specific CLI commands, alarms, and errors. The most recent log events appear first.

You can view system logs (syslogs) to monitor system activity and to troubleshoot problems. The most recent log events are listed first.

The logs are an important tool when you need to ensure that features run in FIPS mode. For more information, see Verifying FIPS mode in system logs.