11.7 Viewing the Advisor Status

The Advisor Status window lists the products NetIQ supports for Advisor and also displays the status of the last five feed files that have been processed or are being processed.

The Advisor Status window displays the Advisor information only if the feed files are processed and loaded into the database.

To view the Advisor status:

  1. Launch the Sentinel Control Center.

    For more information, see Section 1.2.1, Accessing the Sentinel Control Center.

  2. Click Advisor or click Advisor Status in the Navigator panel.

    Figure 11-3 Advisor Status

    Table 11-2 Advisor Status

    Fields

    Description

    Product Name

    Name of the product supported by NetIQ for Advisor.

    For example: Cisco Secure IDS and Enterasys Dragon Host Sensor.

    Product Type

    Shows whether the product type is a Vulnerability, Intrusion Detection System (IDS), or Firewall.

    Number of Signatures

    Shows the number of signatures for the product by Nexus.

    Last Update

    Time stamp indicating when the product was last updated.

    Feed File Name

    Shows the name of the feed files that have been processed and are currently being processed.

    Process Start

    Time stamp indicating when processing the feed file started.

    Process End

    Time stamp indicating when processing the feed file finished.

    The process end time is blank if there is an error that halts processing or if processing is still in progress.