Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance C380 Release Notes
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Release Notes for AsyncOS 9.8 for Cisco Email Security Appliances
What’s New
System health monitoring
enhancements
enhancements
The Email Security appliance includes the following system health
monitoring enhancements:
monitoring enhancements:
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Configurable threshold for system health parameters. Depending
on your organization's requirements, you can configure the threshold
for various health parameters of your appliance such as overall CPU
usage, number of messages in the work queue, and so on. You can also
configure the appliance to send alerts when the specified threshold
values are crossed.
on your organization's requirements, you can configure the threshold
for various health parameters of your appliance such as overall CPU
usage, number of messages in the work queue, and so on. You can also
configure the appliance to send alerts when the specified threshold
values are crossed.
See the “System Administration” chapter in the user guide or online
help.
help.
•
Enhanced System Capacity page. The following reports on the
System Capacity page now shows the configured threshold levels for
system health parameters:
System Capacity page now shows the configured threshold levels for
system health parameters:
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Workqueue
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Overall CPU Usage
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Memory Page Swapping
See the “Using Email Security Monitor” chapter in the user guide or
online help.
online help.
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Upgrade Guidance. While performing an upgrade using web
interface or CLI, the system analyzes the Status Logs to determine
whether the appliance is ready for an upgrade. Depending on the
result of the analysis, you will get guidance on whether to upgrade or
perform additional tasks before upgrading.
interface or CLI, the system analyzes the Status Logs to determine
whether the appliance is ready for an upgrade. Depending on the
result of the analysis, you will get guidance on whether to upgrade or
perform additional tasks before upgrading.
See the “System Administration” chapter in the user guide or online
help.
help.
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On-demand Health Check. You can now check the health of your
appliance using the Health Check feature whenever required. The
system analyzes historical data in the Status Logs to determine the
health of the appliance. Based on the analysis, you can take
remediation actions.
appliance using the Health Check feature whenever required. The
system analyzes historical data in the Status Logs to determine the
health of the appliance. Based on the analysis, you can take
remediation actions.
See the “System Administration” chapter in the user guide or online
help.
help.
•
Resource Conservation Activity graph. This graph shows the
number of times the appliance entered resource conservation mode.
You can access this graph from Monitor > System Capacity >
System Load.
number of times the appliance entered resource conservation mode.
You can access this graph from Monitor > System Capacity >
System Load.
See the “Using Email Security Monitor” chapter in the user guide or
online help.
online help.
Support for On-Premises
File Analysis
File Analysis
If you have deployed a Cisco AMP Threat Grid appliance on your
network, you can analyze message attachments for malware without
sending them to the cloud.
network, you can analyze message attachments for malware without
sending them to the cloud.
For information about upgrades, see
.
To configure an on-premises file analysis server, see the “File Reputation
Filtering and File Analysis” chapter in the user guide or online help.
Filtering and File Analysis” chapter in the user guide or online help.