Dr. Spark

With the Dr. Spark feature, you can check the Quantum Spark Appliance performance, sizing and health status.

Note - The Dr. Spark feature is available as a separate tab starting from R81.10.08. In earlier versions, the Dr. Spark buttons are available on the Using System Tools page.

Action

Description

Generate the Dr. Spark Report

Saves a report that shows if the appliance passed or failed various tests.

If the appliance fails a test, the report provides more details to describe why it failed.

Note - In the R81.10.X releases, this feature is available starting from the R81.10.05 version.

  1. Click Generate the Dr. Spark Report.

    A message next to the button shows the progress.

    Do not move to another WebUI page.

  2. When the task completes, the button changes to Download Dr. Spark Report.

  3. Click Download Dr. Spark to download the report file.

    Your web browser saves this file (DrSpark_<YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS>.zip) in the default download folder.

  4. When the download completes, the button changes to Generate the Dr. Spark Report.

  5. Extract the content of this ZIP archive.

  6. Open the file index.html in a web browser.

    Legend:

    • - The appliance passed this test.

    • - The appliance failed this test.

    • - General information for the administrator.

    • - This test was not applicable to this appliance.

Download Last Report

Prints the last report generated.

Note - In the R81.10.X releases, this feature is available starting from the R81.10.08 version.

Dr. Spark - Load

Saves a short report with the data about the current Security GatewayClosed A dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to inspect traffic and enforce Security Policies for connected network resources. performance.

Note - In the R81.10.X releases, this feature is available starting from the R81.10.05 version.

  1. Click Dr. Spark - Load.

    A message next to the button shows the progress.

    Do not move to another WebUI page.

  2. When the task completes, the button changes to Download Dr. Spark Load.

  3. Click Download Dr. Spark to download the report file.

    Your web browser saves this file (drSMB_diag_last_perf_run.txt) in the default download folder.

  4. When the download completes, the button changes to Dr. Spark - Load.

  5. Use a text editor to view this report.

Gateway Performance:

Number of hosts: 0
Number of connections: 64
Connection rate: 69 per second
Throughput:
 Receive: 8327 Kbps
 Transmit: 3448 Kbps
Packet Rate:
 Receive: 30 packets per second
 Transmit: 27 packets per second
SSL is disabled
-----Blade Status-----
VPN-RA is enabled but no users are set up
VPN-S2S is enabled but no tunnels are up
NGTP is active
----CPU and Memory----
Available CPU: 99.61%
Available memory on the Gateway: 3943320 KB
Fw1 memory consumption: 11%
SFWD memory consumption: 181648 KB

Offline installation procedure

If your Security Gateway is not connected to the Internet (versions R81.10.05 and higher), or if your Security Gateway runs R81.10.00, you can install the latest Dr. Spark tool in this way:

  1. Download the installation script for your Quantum Spark appliance model to your computer:

  2. Copy the script from your computer to the Quantum Spark appliance to the /storage/ directory.

  3. Connect to the command line on the Quantum Spark appliance.

  4. If your default shell is Gaia ClishClosed The default shell of the Gaia CLI, then go to the Expert mode:

    expert

  5. Assign the 'execute' permission to the script:

    chmod +x /storage/doctor-smb.sh

  6. Run the script:

    /storage/doctor-smb.sh

  7. Run the Dr. Spark tool:

    drSMB diag <option>

    For the syntax, refer to R81.10.X Quantum Spark CLI Reference Guide for 1500, 1600, 1800, 1900, 2000 Appliances > chapter "Working with Dr. Spark."