Switching

The Switching panel displays the total number of impacted clients and SLA data. In the impacted SLA panel, you can select Show Clients to view the impacted client count or click Show Switches to view the impacted switch count.

SLAs, Topology and Logs

The following SLAs are are detected and reported by FortiAIOps for switching. The issues reported are categorized based on classifiers and sub-classifiers, with suggested remedial measures to curtail the SLA breaches and enhance network performance. In each impacted SLA panel, you can select Show Clients to view the impacted client count or click Show Switches to view the impacted switch count.

• Switch Connection Failure
• Switch Health and Uptime

Switch Connection Failure

Displays the failed/unsuccessful client connections based on authentication events such as MAC authentication and 801x authentication and MAC learning limit.

To view the topology, click on Throughput in the impacted SLAs list or click on the bar in the chart.

The Switches table displays information such as the switch details for reported classifiers and sub-classifiers, issue description and the suggested remediation measure, and so on are displayed.

Right-click on the header of the table to select the columns that you wish to view.

Attribute	Description
Date/Time	The date and time of the impact as per your timezone.
Switch Name	The name of the impacted switch.
Client MAC Address	The MAC address of the impacted client device.
Device	The name of the device as configured by the user. If the name is not configured or available, then MAC address is displayed.
Issue Cause	Detailed cause of the SLA breach that impacted the client/switch.
Remedy	The suggested remedy to resolve the issue.
Classifier	The classifier of the issue reported for the SLA.
Subclassifier	The sub-classifier of the issue for the reported classifier.
FortiGate Hostname	The hostname of the FortiGate associated with the impacted client.
FortiGate Serial	The serial number of the FortiGate associated with the impacted client.
Switch Serial	The serial number of the impacted switch.

Select a particular switch and click View Logs, the issue diagnostics and the suggested remedy are displayed.

The Logs tab displays the time stamp of each action, the type of action such as notice, warning, etc., and the impact details are displayed. Different data tabs are displayed based on the selected issue/failure.

Switch Health and Uptime

Displays the switch health based on the configured switch health threshold values and the status of the switch (Up/Down). The associated impacted FortiGate controller, switch, and client count are displayed in a collapsible topology.

The impacted switch details such as the switch serial number, MAC address, issue classifier and sub-classifier, the issues description, and suggested remediation are displayed.

Right-click on the header of the table to select the following columns that you wish to view.

Attribute	Description
Date/Time	The date and time of the impact as per your timezone.
Switch Name	The name of the impacted switch.
Client MAC Address	The MAC address of the impacted client device.
Device	The name of the device as configured by the user. If the name is not configured or available, then MAC address is displayed.
Issue Cause	Detailed cause of the SLA breach that impacted the client/switch.
Remedy	The suggested remedy to resolve the issue.
Classifier	The classifier of the issue reported for the SLA.
Subclassifier	The sub-classifier of the issue for the reported classifier.
FortiGate Hostname	The hostname of the FortiGate associated with the impacted client.
Switch Serial	The serial number of the impacted switch.

Select a particular switch and click View Logs, the issue diagnostics and the suggested remedy are displayed.

The Logs tab displays the time stamp of each action, the type of action such as notice, warning, etc., and the impact details are displayed. Different data tabs are displayed based on the selected issue/failure.