Description
This article describes how it is possible to monitor Traffic shaping under FortiView before FortiOS v6.0, but FortiOS 6.2 and above requires adding a widget for traffic shaping.
Scope
FortiGate.
Solution
From GUI, go to Dashboard -> Settings and select 'Add Widget'.
To check if FortiGate traffic shaping is dropping traffic, Run the below commands.
diagnose firewall shaper traffic-shaper stats
memory allocated 0 packet dropped: 0
diagnose firewall shaper traffic-shaper list
shapers 5 ipv4 0 ipv6 0 drops 0 dropped bytes 0
The output display will show if the shaper is dropping traffic.
Note: The GUI widget for traffic shaping may not reflect some traffic for the following reasons:
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