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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall utilizes purpose-built security processors and threat intelligence security services from FortiGuard labs to deliver top-rated protection and high performance, including encrypted traffic.
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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'.

 
Under 'FortiView', select  'FortiView Top N'.
 
 
Choose from Drop down 'Traffic Shaping'.
 
 
From the v7.0 and above version, the FortiView Top N option is not available. Use the FortiView Traffic Shaping as below:
 
Fortiview traffic shaping.PNG
 
Use the 'Resize' option to adjust the size of the widget to properly see all columns.

It is also possible to check from CLI.
 
diagnose firewall shaper traffic-shaper stats              <----- To see traffic shaper statistics (combined).
diagnose firewall shaper traffic-shaper list               <----- To see the statistics of all traffic shapers.

 

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: 

  1. If that traffic is offloaded to the NPU on the firewall.
  2. If the shaper used is a per-ip shaper as opposed to a shared shaper.