Created on
10-27-2022
01:40 AM
Edited on
08-20-2023
09:58 PM
By
Anthony_E
Description | This article explains the typical circumstances behind the "FortiGate had experienced an unexpected power off!" log message. |
Scope |
All versions of FortiGate. |
Solution |
In the event of a power failure, FortiGate will log the event:
27: date=2022-10-26 time=03:40:12 eventtime=1666780811810286720 tz="-0700" logid="0100032009" type="event" subtype="system" level="information" vd="root" logdesc="FortiGate started" msg="Fortigate started" 41: date=2022-10-26 time=03:40:12 eventtime=1666780759530689524 tz="-0700" logid="0100032200" type="event" subtype="system" level="critical" vd="root" logdesc="Device shutdown" msg="Fortigate had experienced an unexpected power off!"
The message will be reported by FortiGate once the device is powered back on.
Use the COMLog feature and wait for the issue will happen again to discover why the FortiGate was rebooted. Related documents: |
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