This test monitors the traffic flowing through the firewall and reports the rate at which packets are allowed to pass and the rate at which data is passing through the firewall. In addition, this test keeps track on the number of dropped packets, blocked packets and the backlogged packets which hugely influence in identifying the load handling ability of the firewall. This test also identifes how well the new connections are created and how many active connections are currently allowing data to pass through them. This way administrators can be proactively alerted about the level of traffic flowing through the firewall and the load handling capability of the firewall!

The default parameters associated with this test are as follows:

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

• In the HOST text box, the host name of the server for which the test is to be configured has to be specified.

• Specify the port at which the selected server listens in the PORT text box . By default, this is 1745.

• If the ISPASSIVE parameter is set to Yes, then it means that, by default, all the Forefront TMG servers being monitored by the eG system are the passive servers of a Forefront TMG cluster. No alerts will be generated if the servers are not running. Measures will be reported as “Not applicable” by the agent if the servers are not up.

• If multiple components of the same component type are awaiting configuration, then an APPLY TO OTHER COMPONENTS check box will appear in this page. Clicking on this check box will allow you to apply the configuration to all/selected components of that type.

• Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing the configuration for specific servers, a “*” beside the text box corresponding to the parameter signifies that these values have to be manually configured by the user. The parameter values that require to be configured will typically be prefixed with a “$” or contain a series of “*”. A value of "none" in the parameter value indicates that the corresponding parameter value can be changed if required.