How to monitor Top System Events on Forti...

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Description

This article describes How to monitor Top system events on FortiGate.

Scope

FortiGate.

Solution

The System Events dashboard in FortiGate has two widgets that show the top system events:

Top System Events by Events: Sorts by event count.
Top System Events by Level: Sorts by event severity.

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To view the System Events dashboard:

Select the Expand to full-screen icon within a widget to view additional details.
'Double-click' an event entry to view the specific event log.

To view other event logs in FortiGate, including:

WiFi Events: Available on hardware devices when the WiFi Controller is enabled.
FortiExtender Events: Available when FortiExtender is enabled.
SDN Connector Events: Always available.
FortiSwitch Events: Available when Switch Controller is enabled.
Router Events: Always available.
VPN Events: Available when VPN is enabled.
User Events: Always available.
Endpoint Events: Available when Endpoint Control is enabled.

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