Fortinet 3.0 MR7 manual Introduction, About this document

Introduction About this document

Introduction

FortiAnalyzer units are network appliances that provide integrated log collection and reporting tools. Reports analyze logs for email, FTP, web browsing, security events, and other network activity to help identify security issues and reduce network misuse and abuse.

In addition to logging and reporting, FortiAnalyzer units also have several major features that augment or enable certain FortiGate unit functionalities, such as content archiving and quarantining, and improve your ability to stay informed about the state of your network.

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About this document

This document describes how to configure and use FortiAnalyzer units through their web-based manager.

Note: The recommended minimum screen resolution for the management computer connecting to the web-based manager is 1280 by 1024 pixels.

This document contains the following chapters:

•What’s new for 3.0 MR7 describes what the new maintenance release contains.

•Administrative Domains (ADOMs) describes how to enable and configure domain-based access to data and configurations for connected devices and the FortiAnalyzer unit itself.

•System describes how to configure FortiAnalyzer system settings, such as network interfaces, system time, administrators, network shares (NAS), and local logging.

•Device describes how to configure and manage connections to the FortiAnalyzer unit from FortiGate, FortiMail, FortiClient, FortiManager, and Syslog device types.

•Log describes how to view logs from devices or the FortiAnalyzer unit itself. It also describes how to customize the log view.

•Content Archive describes how to view logs and files that have been full and/or summary content archived by FortiGate units using the FortiGate content archiving feature.

•Quarantine describes how to view files quarantined by FortiGate units, and to configure the quarantine disk space quota.

FortiAnalyzer Version 3.0 MR7 Administration Guide
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