McAfee M4050 Troubleshooting Guide - Page 73

Fault, Severity, Description/Cause, Action, one Sensor in a failover pair

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McAfee® Network Security Platform 6.0 System Fault Messages Fault Sensor is not initialized Severity Warning Description/Cause Action The Sensor is not properly initialized. Either it is in the process of starting up and is not ready, or the signature set is missing on the Sensor. The Sensor may have just been rebooted and is not up yet. Wait a few minutes to see if this is the issue; if not, check to ensure that a signature set is present on the Sensor. A resetconfig command may have been issued, and the Sensor not yet been reconfigured. Sensor Performance Warning has to on Check NSP operation to bring down the metrics below configured threshold level. , which is the configured threshold of . For example: has to on which is the configured threshold of , then this type of warning will be generated. up Warning SSL decryption keys out of sync Warning System startup in progress; alerts being restored Warning The Sensor has just This message is informational. completed booting and is on- Acknowledge the fault. line. The Manager was unable to update the decryption key on one Sensor in a failover pair, causing the key on one Sensor to be out of sync with the one on its failover peer The Manager will make another attempt to update the key. Ensure that the Sensor is online and in good health. The fault will clear when the Manager successfully pushes the key to the Sensor and both keys are in sync. System startup restored alerts from the archive file. Threat Analyzer may not show all alerts. Threat Analyzer may not show all alerts. 64

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McAfee® Network Security Platform 6.0
System Fault Messages
64
Fault
Severity
Description/Cause
Action
Sensor is not
initialized
Warning
The Sensor is not properly
initialized. Either it is in the
process of starting up and is
not ready, or the signature
set is missing on the Sensor.
The Sensor may have just been
rebooted and is not up yet. Wait
a few minutes to see if this is the
issue; if not, check to ensure that
a signature set is present on the
Sensor. A
resetconfig
command may have been
issued, and the Sensor not yet
been reconfigured.
Sensor
Performance
<Metric Name>
Warning
<Metric Name> has
<risen/fallen> to <%/count>
on
<Sensor name / Port name>,
which is <above/below> the
configured <Band Name>
threshold of <%/count>. For
example: <CPU utilization
metric> has <risen> to
<70%> on <Sensor name>
which is <above> the
configured <alarm band
value> threshold of <60%>,
then this type of warning will
be generated.
Check NSP operation to bring
down the metrics below
configured threshold level.
up
Warning
The Sensor has just
completed booting and is on-
line.
This message is informational.
Acknowledge the fault.
SSL decryption
keys out of sync
Warning
The Manager was unable to
update the decryption key on
one Sensor in a failover pair,
causing the key on one
Sensor to be out of sync with
the one on its failover peer
The Manager will make another
attempt to update the key.
Ensure that the Sensor is online
and in good health.
The fault will clear when the
Manager successfully pushes
the key to the Sensor and both
keys are in sync.
System startup in
progress; alerts
being restored
Warning
System startup restored
alerts from the archive file.
Threat Analyzer may not
show all alerts.
Threat Analyzer may not show
all alerts.