Dell SonicWALL Threat Reports Configuration Tasks

The Dell SonicWALL Threat Reports can be configured to display global or appliance-level statistics, to display statistics for different time periods, and to generate a custom PDF file.

The Dell SonicWALL Threat Reports displays automatically upon successful login to a Dell SonicWALL appliance. You can access the Dell SonicWALL Threat Reports at any time by navigating to Dashboard > Threat Reports in the left-hand menu. The introductory Dashboard > Threat Reports page, shown below, displays while the latest data is retrieved before the System > Security Dashboard page displays.

NOTE: The System > Security Dashboard page contains the Threat Reports. To display this page, you need to navigate to the Dashboard > Threat Reports page.

Topics:

•	Switching to Global or Appliance-Level View

•	Selecting Custom Time Interval

•	Generating a Threat Reports PDF

Switching to Global or Appliance-Level View

To view Dell SonicWALL Threat Reports global reports, select the radio button next to Global in the top of the Dashboard > Threat Reports page. To view appliance-level reports, select the radio button next to the appliance serial number.

Selecting Custom Time Interval

Dell SonicWALL Threat Reports provide an aggregate view of threats blocked during a specified time period. You can configure each report to one of four time periods. Each report can be configured to reflect a different time period.

To change a report to reflect a different time period, perform the following steps:

1	On the System > Security Dashboard page, select the report you want to change:

•	Viruses Blocked

•	Intrusions Prevented

•	Spyware Blocked

•	Multimedia (IM/P2P) Detected/Blocked

2	In the right-hand corner of the title bar of the selected report, select one of the following options from the Time Interval drop-down menu:

•	Last 12 Hours - Displays threat information from the last 12 hours

•	Last 14 Days (default) - Displays threat information from the last 14 days

•	Last 21 Days - Displays threat information from the last 21 days

•	Last 6 Months - Displays threat information from the last 6 months

Generating a Threat Reports PDF

To create a PDF version of the Dell SonicWALL Threat Reports, first select the desired view (global or appliance-level) and the desired time period for each report (the last 12 hours, 14 days, 21 days, or 6 months). Click the words Download PDF at the top of the page.