SecGW Drop Dashboard

SecGW Drop Dashboard overview

The SecGW Drop Dashboard shows the AA firewall packet-drop activity on selected AA partitions.

Use cases

Network security monitoring—Use the report to monitor network threats and identify potential attacks.

Policy verification—Use the report to ensure that policies are not dropping legitimate traffic.

Dashboard characteristics

The following table lists the principal dashboard characteristics.

Table 5-2: SecGW Drop Dashboard characteristics

Characteristic	Value
Statistics type	AA Accounting add/drop
NSP Flow Collector required	No
Domains	Residential
Report inputs	Prompt	Notes
	End date	Calendar date or relative date (for example, two days ago) and time
	Report range	Length of time to be reported, in minutes (minutes, min), hours (hours, h), days (days, d), weeks (w), or months (months, m)
	Granularity	Aggregation types: None (raw data) Hourly Daily Monthly
	Node type	Search using partial names or wildcard (%). Select individual items or click Select All.
	Site
	Group/Partition
	Session Filter Direction	Upload and Download, Upload, or Download
	GTP Filter Direction
	SCTP Filter Direction
	Policer Type	Subscriber Flow Count, Subscriber Flow Rate, System Flow Count, System Flow Rate
	Anomaly Type	Select individual items or click Select All.
	Anomaly Direction	Upload and Download, Upload, or Download
	TCP Validation Direction
	Rank	Number of statistics to report
Drill-down support	Yes—Display tables of the session filter, policer, and anomaly drop counts per direction

Example

The following figures show the dashlets that the dashboard contains.

Figure 5-9: Top GTP Filter Drop dashlet

Figure 5-10: Top GTP Filter Drop drill-down

Figure 5-11: Top SCTP Filter Drop dashlet

Figure 5-12: Top SCTP Filter Drop drill-down

Figure 5-13: Top Session Filter Drop dashlet

Figure 5-14: Top Session Filter Drop drill-down

Figure 5-15: Top Policer Drop dashlet

Figure 5-16: Top Policer Drop drill-down

Figure 5-17: Top Anomaly Drop dashlet

Figure 5-18: Top Anomaly Drop drill-down

Figure 5-19: Top TCP Validation Drop dashlet

Figure 5-20: Top TCP Validation Drop drill-down