Black Box EncrypTight, ET1000A, ET0010A Appliances view, To configure automatic status checking

Provisioning Basics

Figure 27 Appliances view

By default, automatic status refresh is disabled. You can refresh the status manually by selecting the target appliances and clicking the Refresh Status button . If you prefer, you can have ETEMS automatically poll the status of the appliances. If the appliance status is anything other than , take action as described in Table 28.

To configure automatic status checking:

1On the Edit menu, click Preferences.

2In the Preferences window, expand the ETEMS listing and select Status.

3Click Enable automatic status refresh to have ETEMS automatically refresh the status of the appliances. Clear the check box to disable the feature.

4If you enabled automatic status checking, enter the interval in minutes in the Refresh Interval box. The default refresh interval is 60 minutes and can be changed in one minute increments from 1 to 10,080 minutes (7 days).

5Click Apply, and then click OK. .

Table 28		Appliance status indicators
	Status
	Indicator		Description
			Unequal configurations. The ETEMS configuration differs from the configuration stored
			on an appliance. Compare configurations to view discrepancies (see page 100).
			OK. The ETEMS and appliance configurations are the same, and the appliance is
			reachable.
			Appliance reboot required (see page 101).
			Reload policies required for policies to take effect (see page 412).
			Status unknown. The appliance is not responding to ETEMS’s attempts to communicate
			with it (see page 224), or ETEMS hasn’t yet queried the appliance status.
			Appliance unmanageable due to an incompatible hardware/software combination (see
			page 226).
			The appliance is in an error state. See the Installation Guide for your appliance model
			for information about error recovery.

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