Chapter 4

Operating & Monitoring Barracuda NG NAC

4.1Box – Monitoring and Real-time Information

The Access Control Service provides extensive information about the currently available endpoints and their status. Both, real-time and historical information are displayed when logging into the status window.

The following tabs are available for operational purposes:

Status tab

Status VPN tab

Access tab

Quarantine tab

4.1.1Available Columns

The lists in the real-time information GUI consist of the following columns:

Time

Displays date and time of the last client access

Hostname

Displays the client's hostname as reported by the client.

IP Address

Client's IP address as reported by the client.

User

Either "Local Machine" if no user information is available or the name of the logged in user (DOMAIN\username).

Status

Current status of the client. Possible values are "Machine logged in", "User logged in" or "User logged off". Additionally the status "Out of time" is displayed if the client did not reconnect to the Access Control Service within the configured time period ("Access Control Service Settings > System Health-Validator > Health State Validity"). This is often caused by powered off clients or by interrupted network connectivity.

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