Chapter 17 Administrative Tasks for the Sensor

Displaying Statistics

sensor#

Step 8 Display the statistics for global correlation.

sensor# show statistics global-correlation Network Participation:

Counters:

Total Connection Attempts = 0

Total Connection Failures = 0

Connection Failures Since Last Success = 0

Connection History:

Updates:

Status Of Last Update Attempt = Disabled

Time Since Last Successful Update = never

Counters:

Update Failures Since Last Success = 0

Total Update Attempts = 0

Total Update Failures = 0

Update Interval In Seconds = 300

Update Server = update-manifests.ironport.com Update Server Address = Unknown

Current Versions: Warnings:

Unlicensed = Global correlation inspection and reputation filtering have been disabled because the sensor is unlicensed.

Action Required = Obtain a new license from http://www.cisco.com/go/license. sensor#

Step 9 Display the statistics for the host.

sensor#

show statistics host

General

Statistics

 

Last

Change To Host Config (UTC) = 25-Jan-2012 02:59:18

Command Control

Port Device = Management0/0

Network

Statistics

 

= ma0_0

Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:23:D5:A1:8D

=

 

inet addr:10.89.130.98 Bcast:10.89.131.255 Mask:255.255.254.0

=

 

UP

BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

=RX packets:1688325 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

=TX packets:38546 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

=collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

=RX bytes:133194316 (127.0 MiB) TX bytes:5515034 (5.2 MiB)

=Base address:0xcc80 Memory:fcee0000-fcf00000

NTP Statistics

status = Not applicable

Memory Usage

usedBytes = 1889357824 freeBytes = 2210988032 totalBytes = 4100345856

CPU Statistics

Note: CPU Usage statistics are not a good indication of the sensor processin load. The Inspection Load Percentage in the output of 'show inspection-load' should be used instead.

Usage over last 5 seconds = 0 Usage over last minute = 2 Usage over last 5 minutes = 2 Usage over last 5 seconds = 0 Usage over last minute = 1 Usage over last 5 minutes = 1

Memory Statistics

Memory usage (bytes) = 1889357824

 

 

Memory free (bytes) = 2210988032

 

 

Auto Update Statistics

 

 

lastDirectoryReadAttempt = N/A

 

 

lastDownloadAttempt = N/A

 

 

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IPS4510K9 specifications

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