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FireSIGHT System User Guide
 
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Using Dashboards
The FireSIGHT System dashboard provides you with at-a-glance views of current system status, 
including data about the events collected and generated by the system. You can also use the dashboard 
to see information about the status and overall health of the appliances in your deployment. Only certain 
user roles (Administrator, Maintenance User, Security Analyst, Security Analyst [Read Only], and 
custom roles with the Dashboards permission) have access to the dashboard. Other roles see as their 
default start pages a page relevant to the role; for example, a Discovery Admin sees the Network 
Discovery page.
A dashboard has one or more tabs, each of which can display one or more widgets in a three-column 
layout. Widgets are small, self-contained components that provide insight into different aspects of the 
FireSIGHT System. The FireSIGHT System is delivered with several predefined widgets. For example, 
the Appliance Information widget tells you the appliance name, model, remote manager, and currently 
running version of the FireSIGHT System software.
The dashboard has a time range that constrains its widgets. You can change the time range to reflect a 
period as short as the last hour or as long as the last year.
The dashboard is a complex, highly customizable monitoring feature. Another way to view many types 
of system data is the Context Explorer, which presents information using intrusion, connection, and 
discovery data in a set of preset visual contexts that you change, only temporarily, with filters to add 
granularity. In contrast to the exhaustive data available in the FireSIGHT System dashboard, the Context 
Explorer offers a broad, brief, and colorful picture of how your monitored network looks and acts. For 
more information on the Context Explorer, see 
.
Each type of appliance is delivered with a default dashboard, named Summary Dashboard. This 
dashboard provides the casual user with general FireSIGHT, intrusion, threat detection, geolocation, and 
system status information for your FireSIGHT System deployment. Note that because some widgets are 
useful only for specific types of appliances, the Summary Dashboard differs depending on whether you 
are using a Defense Center or managed device. Virtual devices do not have a web interface and do not 
support the Dashboard feature.
By default, the home page for your appliance displays the Summary Dashboard, although you can 
configure your appliance to display a different default home page.
Tip
If you change the home page, you can access dashboards by selecting 
Overview > Dashboards
. For more 
information, see 
.