WatchGuard Firebox System 4.6 User Guide

Control Center componentsQuickGuideThe top part of the display just below the title bar is the QuickGuide. It containsbuttons to:• Open the WatchGuard Control Center menu• Pause the display• Launch Policy Manager• Launch Firebox Monitors• Launch LogViewer• Create Historical Reports• Change the dimensions of the Firebox and Tunnel Status windowFront panelUnder the toolbar is a representation of the front panel of the Firebox, including theSecurity Triangle Display, Traffic Volume Indicator, Processor Load Indicator, andbasic status information.The lights on the display represent those found on the front panel of the Firebox. Thetriangle shows the predominant flows of traffic among the Trusted, External, andOptional interfaces. A red corner of the triangle lights when that interface is blockingpackets. The two bar graphs indicate traffic volume and the proportion of Fireboxcapacity being used.Firebox and VPN tunnel statusThe section in the Control Center directly below the front panel shows the currentstatus of the Firebox and of Branch Office VPN tunnels and Remote VPN tunnels.Firebox statusIn Firebox status, three branches show the traffic being sent and received through thethree Firebox interfaces – Trusted, External, and Optional. Specifically, the statusbox provides the MAC (network Ethernet card) address of each interface, and thenumber of packets sent and received since the last time the Firebox rebooted.High Availability hostIf the High Availability option is installed, the first entry within the Firebox Statustree is High Availability host. When properly configured and operational, the IPaddress of the standby box appears. If High Availability is installed but the secondaryFirebox is not responding, the display indicates “Not Responding.”Branch office VPN tunnelsBeneath Firebox status is a branch for branch office VPN tunnels, in which threecategories of branch office VPN tunnels appear:• IPSec• DVCP• WatchGuard VPN28