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Avenda Insight – Jumpstart Guide

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Avenda Systems Avenda Insight – Jumpstart Guide DOC: ISTv1.
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Avenda Systems Table of Contents 1 Overview ...............................................................................................................................................................3 2 Getting Started with Insight ..................................................................................................................................4 3 4 5 2.1 Gaining access ..............................................................................................................
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Avenda Systems 1 Overview Avenda Insight is an advanced application for use with the eTIPS Identity platform to deliver enhanced analytics, in-depth reporting, and significant gains when addressing compliance and regulatory overhead. The goal of this guide is to illustrate how easy it is for network managers to analyze authentication information captured from eTIPS in order to generate customized reports.
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Avenda Systems 2 Getting Started with Insight 2.1 Gaining access Insight uses a Web-Based management interface. Supported Web Browsers include:    Mozilla Firefox 3.0 + Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0+ Google Chrome 1.
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Avenda Systems 2.3 Navigating Avenda Insight Navigation links are located on the left side of the screen.
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Avenda Systems 3 Configuring Insight 3.1 Data Sources Insight runs analytics on network access logs provided by an eTIPS server or external Insight archive server. To setup a new data source, navigate to “Data Sources” under “Configuration” menu and click on the “Add” link.
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Avenda Systems Adding an external Insight archive server as a data source Configuration Steps To create a new Data Source click on the following:  Data Sources >  Click Add Configure data source parameters:         Select type External Servers Enter Data Source Name Enter external Server’s IP Enter the User Name used for the external server Enter password for the user configured in the previous step Specify the Cluster Name for the eTIPS cluster as configured on the external server Specify a
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Avenda Systems 3.3 Configuring Reports The “Start Here” page provides network managers with a launch pad for creating reports. This page lists various templates, each tailored for specific network access data. Modifying the templates allows each report to meet exact requirements. There are five (5) tabs and associated steps.
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Avenda Systems Select data fields to populate report:  1 -Select all of the available fields (reports are grouped using multiple fields, each presenting a unique analysis of network access data)  2- Drag and Drop desired data types from the available list to 3 - Selected Columns  Click Next when done 3 2 To customize filters if needed:  From the filters tab click the Add button to launch the editor (the editor is contextaware; suggested prompts appear to assist configuration)  Click Next when done
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Avenda Systems To customize the layout of a report:  The report Designer is split into two areas:  The Cover Page: - Click the image to change the logo - Click the dotted area on the cover page to edit the report title and description  The Report Page(s): - Click the dotted area to edit the header and footer  Click Next when done The last step:  The summary tab displays all of the configuration elements  Review configuration elements  Click Save when done Insight Notes:  Reports can run in a “Dat
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Avenda Systems 3.4 Configuring Alerts Alerts provide network managers with near real-time messages on anomalous network activity. Such activity could constitute:     Irregular authentication activity Irregular Network Device access activity Users attempting privileged commands on network devices Irregular activity on the eTIPS Servers As with Reports, Alerts include templates keyed to ease configuration. These templates allow managers to quickly configure and monitor such activity.
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Avenda Systems Configure Alert Thresholds:  Conditions: Specify filters to trigger alerts  Threshold: Specify the number of times this condition must occur to trigger an alert  Time: Specify a window of time in which the above set of conditions must occur to trigger an alert  Alert Level: Specify a Criticality for the Alert The last step:  Review configuration elements  Click Save when done Insight Notes:  Alerts are generated when a particular condition is met, a given number of times in a specifi
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Avenda Systems 4 Insight Analytics Insight empowers network managers to make critical network policy decisions based on authentication and access traffic. It provides trending on network access activity, multi-tiered data and charts, enhanced slice-and-dice capabilities, and single point of access for troubleshooting. Launch Insight Analytics: 1. Select the report from the Reports screen, click the “Show Status” button OR 2. Click the report on the Live Analytics screen 3.
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Avenda Systems See access request data by day:  1 - Drag the slider to change the time-scale and associated data  Mouse-over a bar to see the exact count for a given day  2 - Click the bar to launch access request distribution by hour 2 1 See access request data by the hour:  Mouse-over a bar to see the number of requests processed  Click a bar to see relevant data for access requests 16
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Avenda Systems Details for previous step:  1 - Browse records using the paging widget at the base of the window  2 - Click Apply Filters to add further constraints on this data 2 1 Insight Notes:  Right-Click the header to show/hide columns  Drag and drop columns to rearrange the grid 17
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Avenda Systems Group Summary for Trends Distribution Analyze trends on selected fields:  Analyze data based on fields selected for the report  Mouse-over a bar to see specific data for the selected field  1 - Change drop-down value to see data for different fields  2 - Click Launch Trends to launch a time-based trend for this field (see Time-based example on page 35 for screen details)  Click anywhere on graph to launch an advanced analysis window View data by data field:  Select a different field fr
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Avenda Systems Launch advanced analysis:  Mouse-over a bar to see the number of requests  Click on a bar to see relevant data View daily details for the selected value in previous step:  Mouse-over a bar to see the number of requests processed  Click on the graph to see relevant access requests 19
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Avenda Systems Group Summary for Time-base Trending Analysis Launch trends for a specific field  Mouse-over a data point to see the data for a given day  Click the data point to see relevant access requests Dashboard view of Data grid section Analyze live report data using Data Grid:  Right-click the headers to Show/Hide columns  Drag and Drop columns to rearrange the grid Dashboard view of the Download Store 20
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Avenda Systems Download reports:  Select a date on the calendar to retrieve the list of reports  Click on the .CSV/PDF icon to download the report Insight Notes: The Insight Dashboard is drill-down enabled. Click on any of the components to launch an advanced analysis window that lets you run complex filters on live data, that you can slice and dice to analyze trends for varying lengths of time.
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Avenda Systems 4.2 Alert Viewer Insight generates alerts whenever it synchronizes with its data source. A record of alerts reside in the Alert Viewer, which contains information such as a time-window in which the alert triggered, a count, and the severity as configured by the administrator.
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Avenda Systems 5 Summary In this Jumpstart guide, you have configured and viewed the most common components of Avenda Insight advanced reporting application:  Package configuration  Configuration of attributes  End user deployment You are now capable of administering an 802.1X deployment to endpoints of any type in a short timeframe, across a wide geographic area. Subsequent configuration updates can also be “pushed” to the user community with minimal IT helpdesk involvement.
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Avenda Systems Notes: Avenda Systems 3255 Scott Blvd, B2, Suite 102 Santa Clara, CA 95054 Phone: 408.748.0902 Fax: 408.748.0906 www.avendasys.com Copyright © 2010 Avenda Systems, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. Avenda Systems, its product and program names and design marks are trademarks of Avenda Systems, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.