Dashboard
When you select the System Settings tab, it automatically opens at the System Settings > Dashboard page; see Figure 19.
The Dashboard page displays widgets that provide performance and status information and enable you to configure basic system settings. The dashboard also contains a CLI widget that enables you to use the command line through the Web-based Manager. These widgets appear on a single dashboard.
Figure 19:FortiAnalyzer system settings dashboard
The following widgets are available:
| System Information | Displays and allow editing of some basic information about the FortiAnalyzer system, including host name, serial number, platform type, system time, firmware version, system configuration, current administrators, up time, administrative domains, and operation mode.
From this widget you can manually update the FortiAnalyzer firmware to a different release. For more information, see “System Information widget” on page 46. |
| License Information | Displays the devices being managed by the FortiAnalyzer unit, the maximum numbers of devices allowed, the maximum number of ADOMs allowed, GB/Day of logs allowed, and GB/Day of logs used. FortiAnalyzer VM also includes device quota allowed, device quota used, and management IP address fields. For more information, see
“License Information widget” on page 51. |
| Unit Operation | Displays status and connection information for the ports of the
FortiAnalyzer unit. It also enables you to shutdown and reboot the FortiAnalyzer unit. For more information, see “Unit Operation widget” on page 52. |
| System Resources | Displays the real-time and historical usage status of the CPU, memory and hard disk. For more information, see “System Resources widget” on page 53. |
| Alert Message Console | Displays log-based alert messages for both the FortiAnalyzer unit itself and connected devices. For more information, see “Alert Messages Console widget” on page 55. |
| CLI Console | Opens a terminal window that enables you to configure the
FortiAnalyzer unit using CLI commands directly from the Web-based Manager. For more information, see “CLI Console widget” on page 56. |
| Log Receive Monitor | Displays a real-time graph of logs received. You can select to view data per device or per log type. For more information, see “Log Receive Monitor widget” on page 57. |
| Logs/Data Received | Displays the real-time or historical usage status of logs received and data received. For more information, see “Logs/Data Received widget” on page 58. |
| Statistics | Displays statistics for logs and reports since last reset. For more information, see “Statistics widget” on page 59. |
Customizing the dashboard
The FortiAnalyzer system settings dashboard is customizable. You can select which widgets to display, where they are located on the page, and whether they are minimized or maximized.
To move a widget
Position your mouse cursor on the widget’s title bar, then click and drag the widget to its new location.
To add a widget
In the dashboard toolbar, select Add Widget, then select the names of widgets that you want to show. To remove a widget, select the Close icon in the widget title bar.
Figure 20:Add a widget
To reset the dashboard
In the dashboard toolbar, select Dashboard > Reset Dashboards, and select OK in the confirmation dialog box. The dashboards will be reset to the default view, which includes everything except the CLI Console widget.
To see the available options for a widget
Position your mouse cursor over the widget’s title bar. Options vary slightly from widget to widget, but always include options to close or show/hide the widget.
The following table lists the widget options.
Show/Hide arrow Display or minimize the widget.
| Widget Title | The name of the widget. |
| More Alerts | Show the Alert Messages dialog box.
This option appears only in the Alert Message Console widget. |
| Edit | Select to change settings for the widget.
This option appears only in certain widgets. |
| Detach | Detach the CLI Console widget from the dashboard and open it in a separate window.
This option appears only in the CLI Console widget. |
| Reset | Select to reset the information shown in the widget.
This option appears only in the Statistics widget. |
| Refresh | Select to update the displayed information. |
| Close | Select to remove the widget from the dashboard. You will be prompted to confirm the action. |
System Information widget
The System Information widget, shown in Figure 21, displays the current status of the FortiAnalyzer unit and enables you to configure basic system settings.
Figure 21:System information widget
The following information is available on this widget:
| Host Name | The identifying name assigned to this FortiAnalyzer unit. For more information, see “Changing the host name” on page 47. |
| Serial Number | The serial number of the FortiAnalyzer unit. The serial number is unique to the FortiAnalyzer unit and does not change with firmware upgrades. The serial number is used for identification when connecting to the FortiGuard server. |
| Platform Type | This field is displayed for FortiAnalyzer VM and shows the VM platform type on which the FortiAnalyzer is installed. |
| System Time | The current date, time, and time zone on the FortiAnalyzer internal clock or NTP server. For more information, see “Setting the date and time” on page 48. |
| Firmware Version | The version number and build number of the firmware installed on the FortiAnalyzer unit. To update the firmware, you must download the latest version from the Customer Service & Support portal at https://support.fortinet.com. Select Update and select the firmware image to load from your management computer. For more information, see the FortiAnalyzer Release Notes in the Fortinet Document Library. |
| System Configuration | The date of the last system configuration backup. The following actions are available:
• Select Backup to backup the system configuration to a file; see “Backing up the system” on page 49. • Select Restore to restore the configuration from a backup file; see “Restoring the configuration” on page 50. |
| Current Administrators | The number of administrators that are currently logged in. The following actions are available:
• Select Change Password to change your own password. • Select Details to view the session details for all currently logged in administrators. See “Monitoring administrator sessions” on page 74 for more information. |
| Up Time | The duration of time the FortiAnalyzer unit has been running since it was last started or restarted. |
| Administrative Domain | Displays whether ADOMs are enabled, and allows for enabling and disabling ADOMs. See “Administrative Domains” on page 27 for more information. |
| Operation Mode | Display and change the current operating mode. Note that not all models support all operation modes. See “Changing the operation mode” on page 50.
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