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Additional Information about Falcon Acceleration Cards

In This Section:

The 'fwaccel stat' Command

The 'cpview' Command

The 'adp_slots' and 'adp_ifs' Files

Configuration and operation of the acceleration card is similar to other network interfaces.

Below are some applicable commands to get additional information about the acceleration cards.

The 'fwaccel stat' Command

The fwaccel stat command shows the SecureXL status and the information about the installed Falcon Acceleration Cards.

For more information, see the R80.20 Performance Tuning Administration Guide - Chapter SecureXL - Section SecureXL Commands.

Step

Description

1

Connect to the command line on the Security Appliance.

2

Log in to Gaia Clish or Expert mode.

3

Run:

fwaccel [-i <SecureXL ID>] stat [-a]

Example:

[Expert@MyAppliance:0]# fwaccel stat -a
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Id|Name |Status |Interfaces |Features |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|0 |SND |enabled |eth2-01,eth2-02,eth2-03, |
| | | |Mgmt,Sync |Acceleration,Cryptography |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|1 |Falcon-1 |enabled |Slot 1 |Acceleration,Cryptography, |
| | | | |HW-DPI |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|2 |Falcon-3 |enabled |Slot 3 |Acceleration,Cryptography, |
| | | | |HW-DPI |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
[Expert@MyAppliance:0]#

The 'cpview' Command

CPview is an interactive a text based utility. It shows statistical data in real-time.

For more information, see sk101878.

Step

Description

1

Connect to the command line on the Security Appliance.

2

Log in to Gaia Clish or Expert mode.

3

Run:

cpview

4

At the top, click the applicable tabs.

These information and statistics are available for the installed acceleration cards:

The 'adp_slots' and 'adp_ifs' Files

File Description

Examples from an appliance with two Falcon-10G cards

The /proc/adp/adp_slots file shows all acceleration cards in the appliance and their current status (Accelerated or Bypassed).

[Expert@MyAppliance:0]# cat /proc/adp/adp_slots
Slot 1 Accelerated
Slot 3 Accelerated
[Expert@MyAppliance:0]#

 

[Expert@MyAppliance:0]# cat /proc/adp/adp_slots
Slot 1 AC Bypassed
Slot 3 Accelerated
[Expert@MyAppliance:0]#

The /proc/adp/adp_ifs file shows the physical interfaces on all acceleration cards and their current status (Accelerated or Bypassed).

[Expert@MyAppliance:0]# cat /proc/adp/adp_ifs
eth1-01 Accelerated
eth1-02 Accelerated
eth1-03 Accelerated
eth1-04 Accelerated
eth3-01 Accelerated
eth3-02 Accelerated
eth3-03 Accelerated
eth3-04 Accelerated
[Expert@MyAppliance:0]#

 

[Expert@MyAppliance:0]# cat /proc/adp/adp_ifs
eth1-01 AC Bypassed
eth1-02 AC Bypassed
eth1-03 AC Bypassed
eth1-04 AC Bypassed
eth3-01 Accelerated
eth3-02 Accelerated
eth3-03 Accelerated
eth3-04 Accelerated
[Expert@MyAppliance:0]#