WSM User Guide - WatchGuard Technologies

Using the Performance Console2 From the Add Chart window, expand one of the counter categories that appears below AvailableCounters.Click the + sign adjacent to the category name to see the counters you can use in that category. When you click acounter, the Counter Configuration fields automatically refresh, related to the counter you select.3 From the Chart Window drop-down list, select New Window if you want the graph to appear in anew window. Or, select the name of an open window to add the graph to a window that is open.4 From the Poll Interval drop-down list, select a time interval between five seconds and one hour.This is the frequency that the Performance Console checks for updated information from the Firebox.5 Add configuration information that applies to the specified counter. These fields appearautomatically when you select specified counters.- Type — Use the drop-down list to select the type of graph to create.- Interface — Use the drop-down list to select the interface to graph data for.- Policy — Use the drop-down list to select a policy from your Firebox configuration to graphdata for. If you select a Policy counter, you can update the policy list that appears in thePerformance Console when you click the Refresh Policy List button.- Peer IP — Use the drop-down list to select the IP address of a VPN endpoint to graph data for.If you select a VPN Peers counter, you can update the policy list that appears in thePerformance Console when you click the Refresh Peer IP List button.- Tunnel ID — Use the drop-down list to select the name of a VPN tunnel to graph data for. Ifyou select a Tunnels counter, you can update the policy list that appears in the PerformanceConsole when you click the Refresh Tunnel ID List button. If you do not know the tunnel IDfor your VPN tunnel, check the Firebox System Manager Front Panel tab.6 Select the Save Chart Data to File check box to save the data collected by the PerformanceConsole to an XML data file or a comma-separated data file.For example, you can open an XML data file in Microsoft Excel to see the counter value recorded for each pollinginterval. You can use other tools to merge data from more than one chart.42 WatchGuard System Manager