FortiWAN WAN Report

WAN

This report shows the statistics of traffic passed through FortiWAN via the WAN Links.

Create a report for a specific day or over a range of dates (See “Create a Report”).

Export reports and send reports through email (See “Export and Email”).

  • Pie Chart: Pie chart of traffic statistics is generated based on WAN links defined on FortiWAN. l Bar Chart: Bar chart statistics show the actual data volume used by the top 10 WAN links.
  • Statistics Table :
  • List the WAN links on the FortiWAN that traffic passed through.
  • WAN: The WAN links defined on the FortiWAN. l Inbound Bytes: The volume of inbound traffic of the WAN links. l Outbound Bytes: The volume of outbound traffic of the WAN links.

 

  • Total Bytes: The volume of total traffic of the WAN links (Inbound Bytes + Outbound Bytes).
  • Note: Select “Inbound Bytes”, “Outbound Bytes” or “Total Bytes” as primary sorting by clicking on the column title. A “▲” is shown aside the column header while the column is selected as primary sorting, e.g. Inbound Bytes ▲.
  • % Total Bytes: The volume of total traffic of the WAN links in %. l % Inbound Bytes: The volume of inbound traffic of the WAN links in %. l % Outbound Bytes: The volume of outbound traffic of the WAN links in %.
  • Only one of the three statistics data (% Inbound Bytes, % Outbound Bytes, or % Total Bytes) will be displayed in the statistics table depending on the primary sort column.
  • This page and this table describe total traffic volume, not traffic rate. Data transferred are measured in KBytes, MBytes or GBytes over the period of time selected.
  • Drill in (See “Drill In”):
  • Clicking the magnifier icon located under the “Drill in” column in the statistics table allows you to perform an additional ‘drill-down’ analysis on traffic for the selected WAN link, shown by In Class, Out Class, Service,

Internal IP, External IP, Internal Group, External Group and Traffic Rate (Trend) via the selected WAN link:

  • In Class – In Classes that traffic is passed through this WAN link. l Out Class – Out Classes that traffic is passed through this WAN link. l Service – Services (L3-L7) that traffic is passed through this WAN link. l Internal IP – Any monitored internal IP addresses that traffic is passed through this WAN link. l External IP – Any monitored external IP addresses that traffic is passed through this WAN link.
  • Internal Group – Any monitored internal IP group (set up under the Settings menu) that traffic is passed through this WAN link.
  • External Group – Any monitored external IP group (set up under the Settings menu) that traffic is passed through this WAN link. l Traffic Rate: bandwidth distribution generated by this WAN link by the date range defined.

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