The Failed Login report table displays the time and the name or IP address of the machine that attempted to authenticate to the SonicWALL.

VPN Events

The VPN Events report lists all VPN events, including VPN SA negotiation attempts, VPN key exchanges, VPN heartbeat messages and VPN connection errors. The VPN Events report helps illustrate the cause of VPN negotiation fail- ures. It also identifies unknown or suspicious VPN activity.

The VPN Events table displays the time, the source and destination of the event, and the type of event that occurred.

System Events

The System Events report lists events and errors that occurred to the SonicWALL Internet security appliance during the report period. System events include successful downloads of the Content Filter List, SonicWALL activations, DHCP and PPPoE informational messages, and High Availability backup firewall activation. System errors listed include problems downloading the Content Filter List, difficulties obtaining a DHCP Client or PPPoE Client Lease, deactivation of the SonicWALL because the log was full, and the number of simultaneous connections exceeding the limit.

The System Events table displays the time, the source name or IP address, and the type of system event. Since many system events are created by the SonicWALL, the SonicWALL will be the most common source of events. Most events are results of normal SonicWALL operation, and do not indicate network or SonicWALL problems.

Bandwidth Reports

Bandwidth Summary Report

The Bandwidth Summary report shows the level of traffic traveling through your SonicWALL over time. This report helps to determine when to perform system maintenance on the SonicWALL. It also displays peak bandwidth usage times and predicts future bandwidth needs.

The Bandwidth Summary Report displays a bar graph of all IP traffic through the SonicWALL in MBytes transferred. The table displays the hour of the day, the number of events

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