Settings

The Admin > Settings category contains global settings to manage the Plixer Scrutinizer system’s general behavior.

Hint

In the Mapping Groups and Mapping Objects management views, bulk actions become available after one or more items are selected.

These settings are further organized into the following subcategories:

Alarm Notifications	Global Alarm display settings and toggles for Flow Inactivity and Interface Threshold Violation Alarms
Data History	Retention settings for historical Alarm and flow data
Flow Analytics Settings	Global settings for Flow Analytics
Google Maps Proxy Server	Google proxy server settings
Login Banner	Custom text for web interface login banner
Mapping Groups	Configuration and management options for Network Map device groups
Mapping Objects	Configuration and management options for Map Objects
Reporting	Global settings for running Reports
System Preferences	General Plixer Scrutinizer environment settings

Hint

Notification Profiles can also be assigned to Flow Inactivity and Interface Threshold Violation Alarms via their respective Alarm Policies. The interface utilization threshold for violation Alarms can also be adjusted via the Threshold - Utilization setting in the System Preferences tray.

Note

Assigning a value of 0 to any of the flow history settings under Data History does not disable retention of the corresponding data table.

Alarm Notifications

The Admin > Settings > Alarm Notifications tray contains the following settings:

Alarm Many Crop	Sets the length to which device and host lists in Alarm messages will be truncated
Flow Inactivity	Enable/disable Alarms for devices from which flows have not been received for 30 minutes (Reported under the Flow Inactivity Alarm Policy)
Hostnames	Enable/disable displaying hostnames for devices and hosts (targets and violators) in Alarm messages
Interface Threshold Violations	Enable/disable Alarms when the total utilization (in or out) for any interface exceeds the percentage threshold specified in the Admin > Settings > System Preferences tray (Reported under the Interface Threshold Violation Alarm Policy)

Important

If Flow Inactivity and Interface Threshold Violations alerts are disabled in this tray, violations will not be reported/saved, even if the corresponding Alarm Policies are set to Active or Store.

Google Maps Proxy Server

The Admin > Settings > Google Maps Proxy Server tray is used to configure a proxy server to allow Plixer Scrutinizer to access the Internet and make Google Maps geolocation requests.

The following details must be provided:

• Username and password for authentication with the proxy server

• Proxy domain name

• Port used by the proxy server

• IP address or hostname (absolute URL) of the proxy server to use for geolocation requests

System preferences

The following table lists all options/settings that can be modified via the System Preferences tray:

Allowed Flow Rate Multiplier	Multiplier applied to the system’s maximum supported flow rate to accommodate brief, recoverable traffic spikes. Note: Sustained flow rates exceeding 100% of the rated limit may result in stability issues.
Always Display Totals	Toggle on to force tables in Status Reports to display totals, even when the graph shows rate.
Auto SNMP Update	Toggle on to enable re-discovery of SNMP devices at 1:00 am every day.
CSV Repository	Sets the directory that scheduled CSV files are saved to.
Disable File Upload	Toggle on to disable uploading files to the server.
Disable Welcome Modal	Toggle on to disable the Welcome to Plixer Scrutinizer modal for new users.
DNS Cache Retention	Sets the number of days (0 to 365) to retain DNS names. Note: When the value is set to 0, DNS names are never retained by the system.
DNS Timeout	Sets the maximum time (in seconds) allowed for DNS name resolution.
Enforce Password Complexity	Toggle on to require at least 8 characters, 1 capital letter, 1 number, and 1 special character for new user passwords.
Failed Login Max	Number of failed login attempts allowed before an account is locked (0 = disabled).
Failed Login Window	Sets the window of time (in minutes) for failed login attempts; any failed logins outside the window will not count towards the Failed Login Max setting.
Inactive Expiration	Sets the number of hours (1 to 168) before an inactive interface is removed from the Top Interfaces view.
Inactivity Threshold	Sets the number of hours the last inactive interface values are displayed in the Top Interfaces view.
Language	Default system language (can also be set per user via user account settings). Note: Documentation and technical support are only available in English.
Listener Port	Ports to use to listen for NetFlow or sFlow traffic (separate by comma)
Flow Resources Fallback Cooldown Period	Amount of time (in seconds) to wait after Low Resource Fallback settings have been applied before further actions are taken
Low Resource Fallback Exporter Chunk Size	Number of Exporters to pause or resume at a time when Low Resource Fallback determines Exporters should be paused or resumed
Low Resource Fallback Mode	Actions to be taken by the system to avoid catastrophic failure when there is insufficient CPU and/or RAM
Maximum Raw Flow Exporters	Maximum number of Exporters allowed in a filter before the Raw Flows option becomes unavailable
Maximum Uploaded File Size in Bytes	Maximum size allowed for uploaded files
Minimum Unique Passwords	Number of recent passwords that cannot be reused by users when changing passwords
Report Caching Timeout	Amount of time (in minutes) to use when caching a list of available Reports
Resolve Hosts at Collection Time	Toggle on to force DNS name resolution for every host seen when flows are collected (only necessary for Flow Analytics domain exclusions and Rev 2nd level domain Reports) *Note: Enabling this feature may result in significant latency at high flow volumes. For assistance, contact Plixer Technical Support.
Session Timeout	Amount of time (in minutes) web sessions are allowed to be idle before the user is forcibly logged out (0 = disabled).
Theme	Default system theme (can also be set per user via user account settings).
Threshold - Yellow	Yellow interface utilization threshold.
Threshold - Orange	Orange interface utilization threshold.
Threshold - Red	Red interface utilization threshold.
Threshold - Utilization	Total interface utilization (in or out) threshold to trigger an Interface Threshold Violation Alarm.
TOS Family	Quality of Service or Type of Service configuration/family used by the organization.
Version Checking	Toggle on to allow Plixer Scrutinizer to automatically connect to the Internet and check for updates.