FortiGate Firewall Dashboard:

o FortiOS dashboards can have a Network Operations Center (NOC) or Responsive Layout.
o On a responsive dashboard, the number of columns is determined by the size of the screen.
o Widgets can only be resized horizontally, but the dashboard will fit on all the screen sizes.
o Widgets can be resized both vertically & horizontally, dashboard look best on-screen size.
o Multiple dashboards of both types can be created, for both individual VDOMs and globally.
o Widgets are interactive; clicking or hovering over most widgets shows the additional info.
o Widgets can be reorganized by clicking and dragging them around the FortiGate FW screen.
o Four dashboards are by default: Status, Top Usage LAN/DMZ, Security and System Events.

Status Dashboard:

Widget Description
System Information The System Information widget lists information relevant to the
FortiGate system, including hostname, serial number, and firmware.
Clicking in the widget provides links to configure system settings and
update the device firmware.
Licenses The Licenses widget lists the status of various licenses, such as
FortiCare Support and IPS. The number of used and available
FortiTokens is also shown. Clicking in the widget provides a link to the
FortiGuard settings page.

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Virtual Machine The VM widget includes: License status and type, vCPU allocation and
usage, RAM allocation and usage and VMX license information (if the
VM supports VMX) Clicking on an item in the widget provides a link to
the FortiGate VM License page, where license files can be uploaded.

Widget Description
Security Fabric The Security Fabric widget displays a visual summary of the devices in
the Fortinet Security Fabric. Clicking on a product icon provides a link
to a page relevancy to that product. For example, clicking the
FortiAnalyzer shows a link to log settings.

Widget Description
Security Rating The Security Rating widget shows the security rating for your Security
Fabric. It can show the current rating percentile, or historical security
rating score or percentile charts.

Widget Description
Administrators This widget allows you to see logged in administrators, connected
administrators, and the protocols used by each Clicking in the widget
provides links to view active administrator sessions, and to open the
FortiExplorer page on the App Store.

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CPU This widget shows real-time CPU usage over the selected time frame.
Hovering over any point on the graph displays the percentage of CPU
power used at that specific time. It can be expanded to occupy the
entire dashboard.

Widget Description
Memory This widget shows real-time memory usage over the selected time
frame. Hovering over any point on the graph displays the percentage
of the memory used at that specific time. It can be expanded to
occupy the entire dashboard.

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Sessions This widget shows the current number of sessions over the selected
time frame. Hovering over any point on the graph displays the number
of sessions at that specific time. It can be expanded to occupy the
entire dashboard.

Top Usage LAN/DMZ:

Widget
Top Sources by Bytes
Top Destinations by Sessions
Top Applications by Bytes
Top Web Site by Sessions
Description
This widget lists top sources by the number of bytes used.
This widget lists top destinations by the number of sessions.
This widget lists top applications by number of bytes used.
This widget lists the top websites by the number of sessions.

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Security Dashboard:

Widget Description
Top Compromised This widgets lists the compromised hosts by verdict. A FortiAnalyzer is
Hosts by Verdict required. It can be expanded to occupy the entire dashboard.

Widget Description
Top Threats by This widget lists the top threats by threat level from FortiView. It can
Threat Level be expanded to occupy the entire dashboard.

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FortiClient Detected This widget shows the number of vulnerabilities detected by
Vulnerabilities FortiClient. FortiClient must be enabled. Clicking in the widget
provides a link to view the information in FortiView.
Host Scan Summary This widget lists the total number of hosts. Clicking in the widget
provides links to view vulnerable device in FortiView, FortiClient
monitor, and the device inventory.

Widget Description
Top Vulnerable This widget lists the top vulnerable endpoints by the detected
Endpoint Devices by vulnerabilities, from FortiView. It can be expanded to occupy the
Detected entire dashboard.
Vulnerabilities

Widget Description
Top System Events This widgets lists the top system events, sorted by the number of
by Events events. It can be expanded to occupy the entire dashboard. Double
click on an event to view the specific event log.

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Top System Events This widget lists the top system events, sorted by the events' levels. It
by Level can be expanded to occupy the entire dashboard. Double click on an
event to view the specific event log.

Optional Widgets:

The following optional widgets and many more can also be added to a dashboard.

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 Widget Description
FortiView Top N This widget shows the top items from the selected FortiView category.
The widget's title, time period, visualization and what the data is sorted
by can all be customized.
Botnet Activity This widget shows information about botnet activity. Clicking in the
widget provides links to check botnet activity, view FortiGuard package
information, view IPS logs, and view DNS query logs.
HA Status This widget shows the HA mode of the device. licking in the widget
provides a link to HA settings.
Disk Usage This widget shows real-time disk usage over the selected time frame.
Hovering over any point on the graph displays the percentage of the
disk used at that specific time. It can be expanded to occupy the entire
dashboard.
Log Rate This widget shows the real-time log rate over the selected time frame.
Hovering over any point on the graph displays the log rate at that
specific time. Clicking in the widget provides a link to log settings. It can
be expanded to occupy the entire dashboard.
Session Rate This widget shows the real-time session rate over the selected time
frame. Hovering over any point on the graph displays the session rate at
that specific time. It can be expanded to occupy the entire dashboard.
Fabric Device This widget shows statistics and system information about the selected
fabric device.
Advanced Threat This widget shows threat protection statistics, including the number of
Protection scanned files and how many scanned files there are for each threat
Statistics level.
Interface This widget shows the real-time incoming and outgoing traffic
Bandwidth bandwidth of the selected interface over the selected time frame.
Hovering over any point on the graph displays the bandwidth at that
specific time. Clicking and dragging over a porting of the graph provides
a link to view the data from the highlighted time frame in FortiView.

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Dashboard Configuration:
Within the Dashboard menu, Click the gear button in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
Click to Add Widget, Reset Dashboards, Delete Dashboard, Edit Dashboard & Add Dashboard.

Add a FortiView Widget in Dashboard:

Within the Dashboard menu, select the dashboard you wish to edit for example, Top Usage
LAN/DMZ). Click the gear button in the bottom-right corner of the screen. Click Add Widget.

Under the FortiView section, select FortiView Top N. The Add Dashboard Widget pane opens.

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Under the FortiView dropdown, select the widget. There are three submenus to choose
from: LAN/DMZ, WAN, or All Segments. Configure the widget settings.

Click Add Widget.

Now, Top Admin Logins by Configuration Changes Widget has been added to Top Usages
LAN/DMZ Dashboard.

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Click on widget to provides a link to System Settings where can change Hostname, System Time
and Administration Settings etc. Also, provide link to Firmware Management.

When Click on the Widget, the link directs you to a page displaying active administrator
sessions. This widget displays FortiCloud status and provides a link to activate FortiCloud.

The real-time CPU usage is displayed for different timeframes.

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Real-time memory usage is displayed for different time frames. Hovering over any point on the
graph displays percentage of memory used along with a timestamp.

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