FortiToken Mobile                    Displays the number of Assigned and Allowed FortiTokens.

 

SMS                                            Displays the number of Sent and Allowed SMS messages. You can select

Add Messages to configure a new SMS message.

This information will only appear when SMS has been configured.

Virtual Domain

Displays the maximum number of virtual domains the FortiGate supports with the current license. This information only appears if VDOMs have been enabled on the FortiGate.

 

For some FortiGate models, you can select the Purchase More link to pur- chase a license key through Fortinet technical support to increase the max- imum number of VDOMs.

CLI Console

The CLI Console widget enables you to access the CLI from the Dashboard.

For easier use, you can select Detach to open the CLI Console widget in a pop-up window that you can resize and reposition. Select Attach to move the widget back into the Dashboard.

System Resources

The System Resources widget displays basic FortiGate resource usage. This widget displays the information for CPU and memory in either real-time or historical data. For FortiGates with multiple CPUs, you can view the CPU usage as an average of all CPUs or each one individually.

This widget also is where you reboot or shutdown the FortiGate.

The options to reboot or shutdown the FortiGate are not available for an admin using the prof_admin profile.

Alert Message Console

The Alert Messages Console widget helps you monitor system events on your FortiGate such as firmware changes, network security events, or virus detection events. Each message shows the date and time that the event occurred.

You can configure the alert message console settings to control what types of messages are displayed on the console.

To configure the Alert Message Console

1. Locate the Alert Message Console widget within the Dashboard.

2. Select the button.

3. Select the types of alerts that you do not want to be displayed in the widget.

4. Select OK.

 

Unit Operation

The Unit Operation widget is an illustrated version of the FortiGate’s front panel that shows the status of the FortiGate’s network interfaces. Interfaces appears green when connected. Hover the mouse pointer over an interface to view further details.

Icons around the front panel indicate when the FortiGate is connected to a FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, or

FortiAP. It also shows how many devices running FortiClient are connected to the FortiGate.

Select the icon in the widget to jump to the configuration page for each device. When connected to one of these devices, a green check mark icon appears next to the icon. If the device communication is configured but the device is unreachable, a red X appears.

Advanced Threat Protection Statistics

The Advanced Threat Protection Statistics widget displays a count of detected malware and files scanned for these types of intrusions. If you are using sandboxing with either FortiSandbox Cloud or FortiSandbox Appliance, the widget also displays statics on the number of files sent to FortiSandbox and the sandboxing results.

 

Interface History

The Interface History widget displays the current activity and activity history of a system interface.

The current interface is visible in the top right-hand corner of the widget. You can change the interface that is shown by selecting the  button and set Select Network Interface to the interface of your choice. You can also select the three time periods that can be viewed in the widget.

USB Modem

If you are using a USB model, this widget enables you to monitor the status of the modem and configure it as needed.

RAID monitor widget

The RAID Monitor widget displays the current state of the RAID array and each RAID disk. This widget does not display unless the FortiGate has more than one disk installed and is not available for FortiOS Carrier.

Array status icon                      Displays the status of the RAID array.

• Green with a check mark shows a healthy RAID array.
• Yellow triangle shows the array is in a degraded state but it is still func- tioning. A degraded array is slower than a healthy array. Rebuild the array to fix the degraded state.
• A wrench shows the array is being rebuilt.

Positioning the mouse over the array status icon displays a text message of the status of the array.

There is one icon for each disk in the array.

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