Log messages in plain text LZ4 compressed format (271477 264704)

Log messages are stored on disk and transmitted to FortiAnalyzer as plain text in LZ4 compressed format. This change improves performance and reduces disk log size and reduces log transmission time and bandwidth usage.

 

Action and Security Action fields and improved (282691)

Action and Security Action fields in logs more clearly distinguishing between different uses of Action. Examples include traffic blocking by policy versus traffic blocking by security profile, or different result messages of Actions such as initiating session.

 

Log disk is full Event logs are deleted last (251467)

This feature should improve troubleshooting and diagnostics.

 

Send log messages to up to four syslog servers (279637)

You can use the CLI command config log {syslogd | syslogd2 | syslogd3 | syslogd4} to configure up to four remote syslog servers.

 

Changes to SNMP MIBs add the capability of logging dynamic routing activity (168927)

Examples include sending OSPF routing events or changes to a syslog server or FortiAnalyzer or changes in neighborhood status.

The syntax in the CLI for enabling the feature on BGP, OSPF and OSPF for IPv6 is as follows:

config router bgp

set log-neighbour-changes [enable | disable]

end

config router ospf

set log-neighbour-changes [enable | disable]

end

config router ospf6

set log-neighbour-changes [enable | disable]

end

 

Improve dynamic routing event logging and SNMP polling/trapping (231511)

Major dynamic routing events such as neighbor down/up for BGP and OSPF are logged, without having to evoke debugging commands.

SNMP polling of BGP and OSPF routing state. SNMP traps for BGP and OSPF events.

Implementation of latest BGP and OSPF mibs such as RFC 4750, 5643 and 4273.

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