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SonicOS 5.8.1 Administrator Guide
CHAPTER 30
Chapter 30: Configuring Network Monitor
Network > Network Monitor
The Network > Network Monitor page provides a flexible mechanism for monitoring network
path viability. The results and status of this monitoring are displayed dynamically on the
Network Monitor page, and are also provided to affected client components and logged in the
system log.
Each custom NM policy defines a destination Address Object to be probed. This Address
Object may be a Host, Group, Range, or FQDN. When the destination Address Object is a
Group, Range or FQDN with multiple resolved addresses, Network Monitor probes each probe
target and derives the NM Policy state based on the results.
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The Status column elements displays the status of the network connection to the target:
• Green indicates that the policy status is UP.
• Red indicates that the policy status is DOWN.
• Yellow indicates that the policy status is UNKNOWN.