ViewPoint Report Layout

Most ViewPoint reports include a chart and a table. The chart displays information such as the amount of bandwidth through the SonicWALL over time. The table provides a summary of the data displayed in the chart. Several reports deviate from this layout: the General Status report presents state information retrieved directly from the SonicWALL, the Bandwidth Monitor and Service Monitor display dynamic, real-time graphs of network activity through the SonicWALL, and the Admin Login, User Login, Failed Login, VPN Events, and System Events reports display a list of all pertinent events sorted by time.

Next/Previous

Some reports may contain thousands of records, more data than can be displayed in a single table. These reports will include Next and Previous links at the top of the table which allow you to view the subsequent or preceding report data.

Source

The Source is the domain or host name or the IP address of the device that initiated an event.

Destination

The Destination is the domain or host name or the IP address that the event was directed towards.

Event/Hit

There are two primary methods to measure network activity through the SonicWALL, the amount of data transferred in bytes or the number of individual events. Depending upon the report type, events may be called "hits", "events", or "connections". All of these terms describe a single IP connection from one location to another location through the SonicWALL.

KBytes/MBytes

Most ViewPoint reports display data in terms of KBytes or MBytes. KBytes, an abbreviation for kilobytes, and MBytes, an abbreviation for megabytes, describe the amount of data that was transferred through the SonicWALL.

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