Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 4000
Glossary
GL-24
FireSIGHT System User Guide
s,
s, and
geolocation database
Also called the GeoDB, a regularly updated database of known
data associated with routable
IP addresses.
GID
Generator ID, a number that indicates which component of the FireSIGHT System generated an
. GIDs help you analyze events more effectively by categorizing the type of event in the
same way a rule’s
offers context for the packets that trigger rules.
global blacklist
included by default in every
. The global blacklist applies to all
s. You can add individual IP addresses to the
global blacklist using the IP address context menu in the
, and many
pages.
global whitelist
included by default in every
. The global whitelist applies to all
s. You can add individual IP addresses to the
global whitelist using the IP address context menu in the
, and many
pages.
HA link interface
Also called the high availability link interface, a
that you configure on each member
of a clustered pair of
s to act as a redundant communications channel for sharing health
information between the devices.
health event
generated when one of the
s in your deployment meets (or fails to meet) performance
criteria specified in a
. Health events can also generate
s.
health module
A test of a particular performance aspect, such as CPU usage or available disk space, of the
s
in your deployment. Health modules, which you enable in a
the performance aspects they monitor reach a certain level.
health monitor
A feature that continuously monitors the performance of the
s in your deployment. The health
monitor uses
s within an applied
to test the appliances.
health monitor blacklist
A configuration that temporarily disables aspects of health monitoring to prevent the generation of
unnecessary
unnecessary
s. You can disable monitoring for a group of
s, a single appliance, or
a specific