Using the Geographic Map View

The Dashboard geographic map provides easy-to-use viewing controls. These controls allow the administrator to use their mouse to hover over elements, configure elements using the mouse right-click menus, and to scale the map to predefined size called “fit to scale.” More information on using these viewing controls are described in the following table:

 

Table 5. Geographic Map Viewing Controls

Map View Control	Location	Description
Zoom	Click the focus bar plus symbol (+) and minus symbol (-) focus bar to expand and contract the viewing area	Using menus and mouse gestures, zoom in and zoom out of regional areas of the Geographic map.
Fit to Scale	Fit-to-Scale button, a mouse-over message displays “Show all the objects on the Map”	The “Fit to Scale” button provides an instant-zoom panning view where the entire SonicWALL GMS deployment and managed-devices are displayed all at once on the Map.
Clear Selection	An “X” button clears your selection on the Map. This button is below the Fit-to-Scale button.	The clear selection button refreshes the Map and removes previously a selected item or set.
Pin Icon	Hover over with mouse pointer or right-click and select Details	Displays system information depending on the SonicWALL appliance selected, below is for a SonicWALL firewall: • Name: Displays SonicWALL appliance friendly name. • Serial: Displays SonicWALL appliance serial number. • Domain: Displays SonicWALL GMS domain group. • Firmware: Displays firmware version. • Type: Displays appliance type from Firewall, SRA, CDP, ES, to network object. • Management Mode: Displays SSL management enabled or disabled. • Management IP: Displays management IP address. • LAN IP: Displays LAN IP address. • Status: Displays node status from up, down, provisioned, or unknown.
Blob or Group of Pin Icons	Hover over with mouse pointer	Displays the number of units and appliance friendly name for a specific group type.
Unknown	Click the slider to open a small window on the right side of the map.	Displays units and instances that cannot be placed on the Map because their Geo Locations are not known. You can drag and drop units from this list to the Map.

This section contains the following subsections:

•	Using the Geographic View Zoom Bar

•	Displaying All Objects on the Geographic Map

•	Using the Deployment View

•	Using the VPN Monitor View

•	Dashboard Geographical Map Icons

•	Using the Context-Sensitive Universal Dashboard Widgets

Using the Geographic View Zoom Bar

The zoom bar for the Geographic Map allows the network administrator to scale the view to a larger holistic view of the entire world or zoom down to a smaller local region. The zoom bar is easy to use, and the page refreshes quickly. Click on the zoom bar minus (-) button to zoom out to view a full map of the world.

Alternatively, click on the zoom bar plus (+) button to zoom in to view a specific area or region of the Map. Another method to zooming into a target area of the map is by double-clicking a spot on the Map. Each double-click zooms into the map one increment closer. You can also use the scroll-button on a mouse to zoom.

Displaying All Objects on the Geographic Map

Because many SonicWALL GMS deployments contain dispersed devices in many different cities and countries around the world, you can view all the objects at once by clicking Show all the objects on the Map. This button is located below the minus (-) button on the zoom bar.

In this example, the entire SonicWALL GMS deployment of SonicWALL GMS hosts and managed devices are located in the continental United States map. Therefore, clicking Show all objects on the Map displays all the nodes for this deployment in the continental United States map. To save this Geographic View, click on the floppy disc icon on the Dashboard control panel.

Using the Deployment View

To change the Dashboard Geographic View default view to the “Deployment View,” point your mouse cursor on the Map. Right-click the Map, and select Deployment View. The Deployment View provides the location of your SonicWALL GMS hosts with graphical color lines to each SonicWALL GMS-managed device as shown below.

The Dashboard Geographic View provides the ability to display your SonicWALL GMS deployment for an all-in-one role configuration or a distributed deployment of multiple SonicWALL GMS hosts in server, console or database role configurations. SonicWALL GMS currently provides support for only a single management host location. This single management host location allows you to view all your SonicWALL GMS-managed devices that contain a defined geographic location. SonicWALL GMS-managed devices that do not have a defined geographic location are listed on the right-margin of the Map in the a slider window: location not known.

The Deployment View connecting lines from the SonicWALL GMS host to the SonicWALL GMS-managed device are graphical color lines representing the status of the management tunnel as follows:

•	SSL management up line: a blue solid line

•	SSL management down line: a red solid line

•	Management tunnel up line: a blue dashdot line

•	Management tunnel down line: a red dashdot line

•	Management tunnel provisioned line: a yellow dashdot line

Using the VPN Monitor View

To change the Dashboard Geographic View default view to the “VPN Monitor View,” point your mouse cursor on the Map. Right-click the Map, and select VPN Monitor View.

The Dashboard Geographic View provides the ability to display the status of VPN service security associations (SAs) for your SonicWALL GMS-managed firewalls that contain a defined geographic location. The VPN Monitor View provides a graphical line segment between the SonicWALL GMS-managed firewall and the VPN tunnel endpoint. The VPN tunnel endpoint can be a remote site or an IPsec client computer. The VPN Monitor View displays connected and non-connected SAs.

The VPN Monitor View provides the location of your SonicWALL firewall with graphical color lines to each VPN tunnel endpoint as shown in the following image. Navigate your mouse to the top-right corner of the VPN Monitor View to filter the VPN Tunnel view from the following:

•	VPN Tunnel Up—Displays only up VPN SAs.

•	VPN Tunnel Down—Displays only down VPN SAs.

•	VPN Tunnel Disabled—Displays only disabled VPN SAs.

•	VPN Tunnel Unknown—Displays only VPN SAs whose location is unknown.

•	VPN Tunnel All—Displays all VPN SAs.

The VPN Monitor View connecting lines from the SonicWALL GMS-managed firewall to the VPN Tunnel endpoint are graphical color lines representing the status of the VPN tunnel as follows:

•	VPN tunnel up line: a blue solid line

•	VPN tunnel down line: a red dash line

•	VPN tunnel disabled line: a gray dot line

•	VPN tunnel unknown line: a yellow dashdot line

For more information on configuring your SonicWALL GMS-managed firewall VPN settings, refer to the Firewall > Policies > VPN > Settings page.

Dashboard Geographical Map Icons

This section provides a description of each icon displayed on the Map. The following table provides a description reference for each unique graphical. Note when an icon pin is selected on the Map, the icon changes color to a lighter highlight from dark gray to light blue indicating the node is selected.

 

Table 6. Dashboard Geographic Map Icons

Graphical Icon	Description
	A dark gray encapsulated pin icon displays an “unselected” SonicWALL GMS-managed unit or group. While a light blue encapsulated pin icon displays a “selected” SonicWALL GMS-managed unit or group.
	Displays an “up/down status” SonicWALL GMS-host deployed in the all-in-one role configuration.
	Displays an “up/down status” SonicWALL GMS-host deployed in server role configuration.
	Displays an “up/down status” SonicWALL GMS-host deployed in console agent role configuration.
r	Displays an “up/down status” SonicWALL GMS-host deployed in database role configuration.
	Displays an “up status” for a single unit or a group of SonicWALL GMS-managed devices.
	Displays a “down status” for a single unit or a group of SonicWALL GMS-managed devices.
	Displays a “provisioned status” for a single unit or a group of SonicWALL GMS-managed devices.
	Displays an “unknown status” for a single unit or a group of SonicWALL GMS-managed devices.
VPN Monitor View
	Displays an “up status” for a single or group of VPN tunnel endpoints.
	Displays a “down status” for a single or group of VPN tunnel endpoints.
	Displays a “disabled status” for a single or group of VPN tunnel endpoints.
	Displays an “unknown status” for a single or group of VPN tunnel endpoints.

Using the Context-Sensitive Universal Dashboard Widgets

The Geographic View provides context-sensitive widgets. Widgets are display windows underneath the default Geographic Map. By default, widgets display a group-level data and statistics of your entire SonicWALL GMS deployment. When you view widgets for the Universal Dashboard, the data and statistics are representing group-level data and statistics.

For context-sensitive Widget data and statistics, you must select a node or group of nodes on the Geographical Map. When a node on the Geographical Map is selected, the graphical Pin Node icon changes color from black (unselected) to light blue (selected), and subsequently the widget data and statistics become context-sensitive to the selected node or group of nodes.

Selecting a group of nodes on the Geographic Map can be completed by holding Ctrl while clicking the nodes one at a time. Alternatively, you can select a group of nodes on the Geographic Map by holding the shift key and dragging your mouse cursor around the map region as illustrated in the following image.

The following widgets are displayed for the Universal Dashboard:

•	Logs—Displays the log event message, the friendly name of the SonicWALL device, and the date timestamp.

•	Sites—Displays site IP, browse time, hits, and the amount of data transferred.

•	Alerts—Displays the alert message and the last reported time.

•	Applications—Displays application category, events, and the amount of data transferred.

•	Scheduled Tasks—Displays the description of each scheduled task, the friendly name of the SonicWALL device, and the local time of the schedule.

•	Threat Category—Displays Top Intrusion/Anti-Spyware/GAV Categories and Top Attacks including respective action and event messages.

•	Data Usage—Displays a Timeline graph and a list of Top Protocols including protocol service name, number of connections, and the amount of data transferred.

NOTE: Select a node or group of nodes for context-sensitive widget data and statistics. The widgets display context-sensitive data specific to the network traffic on the selected node.

For more information, refer to Adding Widgets on the Universal Dashboard .