Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 4000

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Glossary
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FireSIGHT System User Guide
 
s, 
s, and 
s, as well as in 
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
An 
 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 
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 
s. You can disable monitoring for a group of 
s, a single appliance, or 
a specific