The Dashboard is a good place to ???park??? the ISA Server Console when it is not actively
being used, as it can be used to quickly determine the status of the ISA server at a glance.
Viewing Alerts
Alerts are a useful mechanism for ISA Server to communicate information, warning, and
error messages to administrators through the Monitoring console. The Alerts tab, shown
in Figure 3.19, links to information about individual alerts. Clicking on each alert displays
information specific to that alert on the bottom of the Details pane.
FIGURE 3.19 Viewing alerts.
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The Alert mechanism in ISA Server 2006 is a simple yet powerful tool to give advance
warning to administrators of attacks on the firewall, misconfigurations, or other errors.
Alerts can be customized by clicking on the Configure Alert Definitions link in the Task
Pane. This link summons the Alert Definitions dialog box, as shown in Figure 3.20. This
dialog box allows for specific alerts to be configured and customized when existing alerts are
double-clicked. This allows for specific actions to be taken in the event of problems, such as
email warnings to be sent to administrators, services to be stopped, or programs to be run.
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