1.3. Display and Keypad

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The W50 features a display and keypad on the left side of the front panel. This consists of an LCD display and 4 navigation buttons. The buttons are used to either move forwards or backwards through a sequential list of cOS Core system parameters.

Figure 1.4. The W50 Display and Keypad

Pressing either the Right or Up button will go forward in the display sequence. Pressing either the Left or Lower button will go backwards in the sequence. When the end of the display sequence is reached, the display cycles back to the beginning.

The sequence of information that is shown in the display is as follows:

Hardware Model

The model of hardware. This should always indicate W50.
Status

This displays the message Running to indicate normal operation. If cOS Core is in 2 hour demonstration mode then this is indicated along with how much time is left before timeout. If cOS Core is in lockdown mode then this is not shown.
Load and Connections.

The CPU load is shown with the total number of current cOS Core state engine connections.
Throughput

The data throughput of the Clavister Next Generation Firewall in bits per second and packets per second is shown. This is the total volume of all data traffic forwarded through the firewall over a one second interval.

These values are for raw data and include any overhead incurred with protocols such as IPsec. The actual throughput of, for example, unencrypted data flowing inside VPN tunnels, may be marginally less.
High Availability

This shows the HA mode (master or slave) and the HA status (active or passive). If the W50 is not part of a high availability cluster, this information is skipped.
Time

The date and time currently set for the hardware system clock is shown. If this is incorrect, it should be corrected through one of the cOS Core management interfaces.
Memory

The current uptime (time since last restart), the total hardware RAM memory available to cOS Core and the current memory usage is shown.
Anti-Virus

This shows the current signature count in the anti-virus database and the time of the last database update.

If the cOS Core anti-virus subsystem is not activated, this information is skipped.
IDP

This shows the current signature count in the Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) database and the time of the last database update.

If the IDP subsystem is not activated, this information is skipped.
Interfaces

Multiple sets of information, one set for each physical Ethernet interface is shown. Each set consists of:
1. The logical interface name in the cOS Core configuration.
2. The current linkspeed.
3. If the link is full-duplex (FD) or half-duplex (HD). This is not shown if the linkspeed is Gigabit since it will always be full-duplex.
4. The IPv4 address assigned to the interface.
Hardware Monitoring

This consists of multiple sets of information, one for each sensor. The sensor information displayed shows operating temperatures and fan speeds.

Hardware monitoring must be enabled in cOS Core through one of the management interfaces for this to be shown, otherwise this information is skipped.
cOS Core version

The version of cOS Core currently running in the W50.

After the cOS Core version is displayed, going forward will cycle back to the first information displayed in the sequence which is the hardware model.