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Dashboard

Run a report from the Quick Report box

Run a report by left-clicking a display

Run a report by right-clicking a display

Respond to an event

Overview

Services

Define a service

Tune a service policy

Run a service report

Reports

Run a report

All Reports

Run pre-defined reports

Navigate Network

Navigate an interface-oriented view of the network

Browse Preferred Interfaces

View the busiest of the  interfaces that are designated Preferred Interfaces

Traffic Reports

Report on host traffic

Report on interface traffic

Report on application traffic

Use advanced reporting features

Filter table columns

Report on software-defined networks

WAN Optimization Reports

WAN Optimization Overall tab

Report on overall traffic

Report on traffic for a specified WAN site

Report on traffic between two WAN sites

Page-level help

Top Talkers Report

Report top traffic volumes

Event Reports

Run an Event Report

Run an Event Detail Report

Snooze an alert

Learn about an event

Mitigate an event

Acknowledge an event

Generate an ACL

Page-level help

Users Reports

Run a report of Active Directory users

Saved Reports

View saved reports, schedule or run templates

Amazon Web Services Reports

AWS Information

AWS Billable Data Transfer

General Information Reports

Application Information

Interface Information

Interface Capacity Planning

Device Information

Interface Group Information

Host Information

Host Group Information

Server Information

Switch Information

Network Segment Information

DSCP Information

BGP AS Information

Investigation Reports

Audit Trail

Event

Active Directory Users

Service Level Objective

Performance Investigation

95th Percentile report

Packet-level reports

Packet analysis with Packet Analyzer

Viewing Sensor packet information

Behavior Analysis

Performance and Availability Policies

Create an Performance and Availability policy

Tuning a policy

User-defined Policies

Create User-defined host policies

Create User-defined interface policies

Create User-defined response time policies

Edit predefined policies

Security Policies

Enabling event detection

Adding alerting thresholds to security policies

Editing or deleting a security policy alerting threshold

Tuning security event detection

Health Policies

Health policies

Notifications

Configure the default recipient

Specify recipients

Assign notifications

Page-level help

Definitions

Applications

Application definitions

General application definitions

URL application definitions

Auto-recognized applications

Interface Groups

Define interface groups

WAN

Defining the WAN

Host Groups

Creating host groups

Managing host groups for a selected group type

Adding, deleting, modifying and importing host groups

Managing host group types

Editing a host group type

Defining a new host group type

Port Names

Add new ports

Edit port definitions

Import definitions

DSCP Marking

DSCP Marking

MPLS EXP (QoS)

MPLS traffic classes

Administration

User Preferences

Specify display conventions

Accounts

Configure global account settings

Add a user account

Edit a user account

Delete a user account

Authenticate with RADIUS

Authenticate with TACACS+

Authenticate with SAML 2.0

Authenticate with OAuth

Change Password

Change your password

(This is not displayed for Administrator accounts. Administrators use the Accounts page to change passwords.)

Integration

Vulnerability Scanning

Manually initiate a vulnerability scan

Set up automatic vulnerability scanning

Integrate with Nessus vulnerability scanners

Integrate with Rapid7 vulnerability scanners

Integrate with Qualys vulnerability scanners

Integrate with nCircle vulnerability scanners

Integrate with Foundstone vulnerability scans

External Links

Contact another network device for information

Switch Port Discovery

Obtain host switch port information

API Access

Access the REST API

Access the network traffic API

Access the network assets API

APIs

Identity Sources

Enable viewing user identity information

Load Balancers

Managing Load Balancers

Global SNMP settings

Specify default SNMP credentials for obtaining device information from data source devices

Mitigation

General procedure

Description of mitigation features

Plans and Actions

Create a mitigation plan

Manage mitigation plans

Activate mitigation actions

Deactivate mitigation actions

Working with plans and actions

Trusted Hosts

Add a trusted host

Import a trusted hosts list

Switching Setup

Add mitigation switches

Import a mitigation device list

Modify switch settings

Routing Setup

Add mitigation routers

Modify and test router setups

Flow Log

Rebalance flow log storage

Reallocate disk space to flow logs

Specify time frames for automatic data resolution

Security Profiles

Specify profile schemes including multiple profiles

Licenses

Physical Appliances

Enable automatic downloads

Manually add license keys

Virtual and Cloud Appliances

Generating license keys

Appliance Security

Password Security

Security Compliance

Encryption Key Management

General Settings

Management Interface Configuration

Name Resolution

Time Configuration

SNMP MIB Configuration

Outgoing Mail Server for notifications and reports

Inside Address Configuration

Security Module Configuration

Report Data Management

Baseboard Management Controller Settings

Service Management

System Information

Obtain information about system operation

Devices/Interfaces

Track devices that are sending traffic flow data to NetProfiler

Audit Trail

Audit system usage and configuration changes

Shutdown/Reboot

Powering off or rebooting the system

Update

Updating the NetProfiler

Backup

Back up the appliance

Restore

Restoring a system

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