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Administration Guide

Assets

Assets

You can enable device detection to allow FortiOS to monitor your networks and gather information about devices operating on those networks, including:

  • MAC address

  • IP address

  • Operating system

  • Hostname

  • Username

  • Endpoint tags

  • When FortiOS detected the device and on which interface

You can enable device detection separately on each interface in Network > Interfaces.

Device detection is intended for devices directly connected to your LAN and DMZ ports. The widget is only available when your Interface Role is LAN, DMZ or Undefined. It is not available when the role is WAN.

To view the assets monitor:
  1. Go to Dashboard > Assets & Identities.

  2. Hover over the Assets widget, and click Expand to Full Screen. The Assets monitor opens.

    If you are using the Comprehensive dashboard template, go to Device Inventory Monitor.

Tooltip

To filter or configure a column in the table, hover over the column heading, and click Filter/Configure Column. See Assets and filtering.

Assets

Assets

You can enable device detection to allow FortiOS to monitor your networks and gather information about devices operating on those networks, including:

  • MAC address

  • IP address

  • Operating system

  • Hostname

  • Username

  • Endpoint tags

  • When FortiOS detected the device and on which interface

You can enable device detection separately on each interface in Network > Interfaces.

Device detection is intended for devices directly connected to your LAN and DMZ ports. The widget is only available when your Interface Role is LAN, DMZ or Undefined. It is not available when the role is WAN.

To view the assets monitor:
  1. Go to Dashboard > Assets & Identities.

  2. Hover over the Assets widget, and click Expand to Full Screen. The Assets monitor opens.

    If you are using the Comprehensive dashboard template, go to Device Inventory Monitor.

Tooltip

To filter or configure a column in the table, hover over the column heading, and click Filter/Configure Column. See Assets and filtering.