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Administration Guide

Device Manager

Device Manager

Use the Device Manager pane to add, configure, and manage devices and VDOMs.

After you add and authorize a device or VDOM, the FortiAnalyzer unit starts collecting logs from that device or VDOM. You can configure the FortiAnalyzer unit to forward logs to another device. See Log Forwarding.

The Device Manager pane includes an interactive map displaying the physical locations of authorized devices. You can enable and disable the map using the Show Map toggle in the toolbar.

You can navigate the map by using your mouse and zoom in or out with the scroll wheel or the corresponding Zoom in and Zoom out buttons on the map. When zoomed in, only the devices that are currently visible on the map are displayed in the device list below. Click Show All to zoom out to display all authorized devices on the map and device list.

If you create a custom device group, it appears in the Device & Groups pane. Select a device group in the Device & Groups pane to display information about those devices in the chart.

Device Manager includes the following default columns:

Column

Description

Device Name

Displays the name of the device.

IP Address

Displays the IP address for the device.

Platform

Displays the platform for the device.

Logs

Identifies whether the device is successfully sending logs to the FortiAnalyzer unit. A green circle indicates that logs are being sent. A red circle indicates that logs are not being sent. The status indicator will turn from green to red when logs have not been sent for 15 minute or longer.

A lock icon displays when a secure tunnel is being used to transfer logs from the device to the FortiAnalyzer unit.

Average Log Rate
(Logs/Sec)

Displays the average rate at which the device is sending logs to the FortiAnalyzer unit in log rate per second. Click the number to display a graph of historical average log rates.

Device Storage

Displays how much of the allotted disk space has been consumed by logs.

Description

Displays a description of the device (not displayed in Devices Unauthorized tab).

Device Manager

Use the Device Manager pane to add, configure, and manage devices and VDOMs.

After you add and authorize a device or VDOM, the FortiAnalyzer unit starts collecting logs from that device or VDOM. You can configure the FortiAnalyzer unit to forward logs to another device. See Log Forwarding.

The Device Manager pane includes an interactive map displaying the physical locations of authorized devices. You can enable and disable the map using the Show Map toggle in the toolbar.

You can navigate the map by using your mouse and zoom in or out with the scroll wheel or the corresponding Zoom in and Zoom out buttons on the map. When zoomed in, only the devices that are currently visible on the map are displayed in the device list below. Click Show All to zoom out to display all authorized devices on the map and device list.

If you create a custom device group, it appears in the Device & Groups pane. Select a device group in the Device & Groups pane to display information about those devices in the chart.

Device Manager includes the following default columns:

Column

Description

Device Name

Displays the name of the device.

IP Address

Displays the IP address for the device.

Platform

Displays the platform for the device.

Logs

Identifies whether the device is successfully sending logs to the FortiAnalyzer unit. A green circle indicates that logs are being sent. A red circle indicates that logs are not being sent. The status indicator will turn from green to red when logs have not been sent for 15 minute or longer.

A lock icon displays when a secure tunnel is being used to transfer logs from the device to the FortiAnalyzer unit.

Average Log Rate
(Logs/Sec)

Displays the average rate at which the device is sending logs to the FortiAnalyzer unit in log rate per second. Click the number to display a graph of historical average log rates.

Device Storage

Displays how much of the allotted disk space has been consumed by logs.

Description

Displays a description of the device (not displayed in Devices Unauthorized tab).