FortiGate-100 Installation and Configuration Guide Version 2.50 MR2

System status

You can connect to the web-based manager and go to System > Status to view the current status of your FortiGate unit. The status information that is displayed includes the current firmware version, the current virus and attack definitions, and the FortiGate unit serial number.

If you have logged into the web-based manager using the admin administrator account, you can use System Status to make any of the following changes to the FortiGate system settings:

Changing the FortiGate host name

Changing the FortiGate firmware

Manual virus definition updates

Manual attack definition updates

Backing up system settings

Restoring system settings

Restoring system settings to factory defaults

Changing to Transparent mode

Changing to NAT/Route mode

Restarting the FortiGate unit

Shutting down the FortiGate unit

If you log into the web-based manager with any other administrator account, you can go to System > Status to view the system settings including:

Displaying the FortiGate serial number

Displaying the FortiGate up time

All administrative users can also go to System > Status > Monitor and view FortiGate system status. System status displays FortiGate health monitoring information including CPU and memory status, Session and network status.

System status

All administrative users can also go to System > Status > Session and view the active communication sessions to and through the FortiGate unit.

Session list

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