System status

System status

 

 

Figure 1: CPU and memory status monitor

CPU and memory intensive processes such as encrypting and decrypting IPSec VPN traffic, virus scanning, and processing high levels of network traffic containing small packets will increase CPU and memory usage.

1Go to System > Status > Monitor.

CPU & Memory status is displayed. The display includes bar graphs of current CPU and memory usage as well as line graphs of CPU and memory usage for the last minute.

If your FortiGate unit contains a hard disk, CPU, memory, and hard disk status is displayed.

2Set the automatic refresh interval and select Go to control how often the web-based manager updates the display.

More frequent updates use system resources and increase network traffic. However, this only occurs when you are viewing the display using the web-based manager.

3Select Refresh to manually update the information displayed.

Viewing sessions and network status

Use the session and network status display to track how many network sessions the FortiGate unit is processing and to see what effect the number of sessions has on the available network bandwidth. Also, by comparing CPU and memory usage with session and network status you can see how much demand network traffic is placing on system resources.

Sessions displays the total number of sessions being processed by the FortiGate unit on all interfaces. Sessions also displays the sessions as a percentage of the maximum number of sessions that the FortiGate unit is designed to support.

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