System Status; Status Page; Viewing System Status - Fortinet Fortigate-5000 series Administration Manual

System Status

System Status

Status page

Viewing system status

FortiGate Version 3.0 MR4 Administration Guide
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This section describes the System Status page, the dashboard of your FortiGate
unit. At a glance you can view the current system status of the FortiGate unit
including serial number, uptime, FortiGuard™ license information, system
resource usage, alert messages and network statistics.
Note: Your browser must support Javascript to view the System Status page.
The following topics are included in this section:
• Status page
• Changing system information
• Changing the FortiGate firmware
• Viewing operational history
• Manually updating FortiGuard definitions
• Viewing Statistics
• Topology viewer
View the System Status page, also known as the system dashboard, for a
snapshot of the current operating status of the FortiGate unit. FortiGate
administrators whose access profiles permit read access to system configuration
can view system status information.
When the FortiGate unit is part of an HA cluster, the Status page includes basic
HA cluster status information including the name of the cluster and the cluster
members including their hostnames. To view more complete status information for
the cluster, go to System > Config > HA. For more information, see
page 119. HA is not available on FortiGate models 50A and 50AM.
FortiGate administrators whose access profiles permit write access to system
configuration can change or update FortiGate unit information. For information on
access profiles, see "Access profiles" on page
The System Status page displays by default when you log in to the web-based
manager.
At any time, go to System > Status to view the System Status page.
To view this page, your access profile must permit read access to system
configuration. If you also have system configuration write access, you can modify
system information and update FortiGuard - AV and FortiGuard - IPS definitions.
For information on access profiles, see
148.
"Access profiles" on page 148.
Status page
"HA" on
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