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Staff & Editor
July 30, 2015

Technical Note: FortiGate connection status colour indicator on FortiAnalyzer device manager tab

  • July 30, 2015
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Description

 
This article provides a brief description of the FortiGate connection indicators shown on the FortiAnalyzer on the Device Manager tab.


Scope

 

FortiAnalyzer.


Solution

 
The following screenshot of the device manager tab shows the FortiGate devices connected to a FortiAnalyzer. In the 'Logs' column, there is a color coding of red, blue and orange.

After 14 minutes, the FortiGate shows connected and green.After 14 minutes, the FortiGate shows connected and green.

after 15 minutes, the connection is shown as down and the status icon turns blueafter 15 minutes, the connection is shown as down and the status icon turns blue
 
After 1 hour, the status is down and colour turns orange.After 1 hour, the status is down and colour turns orange.

The green color indicates that there are logs coming from FortiGate/VDOMs.

The blue color indicates that there are no logs are coming within 15 minutes.

The orange color indicates there are no logs coming within 1 hour.
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