Content Shield Shows Web Front-End Down

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KB Article ID: 10013

Product: Content Shield
Product Version: 2.0.0.0
SharePoint Version: 2010

Details:

​The Content Shield displays the Web front-end as down, even though Content Shield is working properly (content is still getting blocked successfully).

SYMPTOMS:

Content Shield successfully blocks content, but shows the Web-front end as down.

CAUSE:

Content Shield uses a simple ping to see if a Web front-end is running. It may be that a firewall is blocking ICMP, which would stop the ping from completing.

SOLUTION:

Enable ICPM on the servers in question; the Web front-ends should go back to green (online).