Dashboards

A dashboard is a collection of widgets that show the status of your devices, network, and Security Fabric at a glance. Widgets are condensed monitors that display a summary of the key details about your FortiGate pertaining to routing, VPN, DHCP, devices, users, quarantine, and wireless connections.

The following dashboards are included in the dashboard templates:

Dashboard	Default Template	Use these widgets to:
Status	Comprehensive Optimal	View the device serial number, licenses, and administrators View the status of devices in the security fabric Monitor CPU and Memory usage Monitor IPv4 and IPv6 sessions View VMs and Cloud devices
Security	Optimal	View compromised hosts and host scan summary View top threats and vulnerabilities
Network	Optimal	Monitor DHCP clients Monitor IPsec VPN connections Monitor current routing table Monitor SD-WAN status Monitor SSL-VPN connections
Users & Devices	Optimal	View users and devices connected to the network Identify threats from individual users and devices View FortiGuard and FortiClient data Monitor traffic bandwidth over time
WiFi	Comprehensive Optimal	View FortiAP status, channel utilization, and clients View login failures and signal strength View the number of WiFi clients

Resetting the default dashboard template

You can use the GUI to change the default dashboard template. The Optimal template contains a set of popular default dashboards and FortiView monitors. The Comprehensive template contains a set of default dashboards as well as all of the FortiView monitors.

Resetting the default template will delete any custom dashboards and monitors, and reset the widget settings.

To reset all dashboards:

1. Click the Actions menu next to Add Dashboard or Add Monitor and click Reset All Dashboards. The Dashboard Setup window opens.

   

2. Select Optimal or Comprehensive and click OK.