Host hardware logging

Hyperscale firewall hardware logging for FortiOS 6.2.6 Build 6988 includes a new hardware logging mode host logging. Host logging uses the FortiGate CPU for hardware logging instead of NP7 processors.

Use the following command to configure host logging:

config log npu-server

set log-processor host

end

If you set log-processor to host, all hardware logging functions are supported and the hardware logging configuration is the same with the following limitations:

• Setting log-processor to host can reduce overall FortiGate performance because the FortiGate CPUs handle hardware logging instead of offloading logging to the NP7 processors.
• Host logging may not provide the NHI, stats, OID, gateway, expiration, and duration information for short-lived sessions.
• Host logging does not support Netflow v9.