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Menus

The main Menu bar is located across the top of the window at all times. If you access a view that has a series of options, such as the Host View, you will see a menu column down the left side of the window. For example, when you access the Host View, the menu bar on the left contains links for Adapters, Hosts and Users. Click a menu option to navigate to a view. Click Help > Current View to access the online help or to access the About box. Click Logout in the top right corner to logout of the Administrative interface.

Bookmarks

Use Bookmarks to create a personalized list of frequently visited views. In addition the Bookmarks menu contains default links, such as Locate, that are used by Administrative Users who have limited access to FortiNAC.

Bookmarks menu

Topic

Manage Bookmarks

Manage bookmarks

Dashboard

Dashboard

Locate

Locate

Manage Hosts & Ports

Manage hosts and ports

Send Message

Send a message to group/all hosts

Custom

Bookmarks created by the logged in Admin UI user.

Users

Users menu

Topic

Admin Users

Admin users

Guest/Contractor Accounts

Guest or contractor accounts

Self Registration Requests

Guest self-registration

User View

User view

Admin Profiles

Admin profiles

Guest/Contractor Templates

Guest/contractor templates

Hosts

Hosts menu

Topic

Adapter View

Adapter view

Device Identity

Device identity

Host View

Host view

Profiled Devices

Profiled devices

Scan Results

Scan results view

Device Profiling Rules

Device profiling rules

Network devices

Network devices menu

Topic

Topology

Topology view

CLI Configuration

CLI configuration

L2 Polling (Resync Hosts)

L2 polling (resync hosts)

L3 Polling (IP --> MAC)

L3 polling (IP address to MAC address)

Network Devices

Network devices

Patch Servers

Patch management

Logs

Logs menu

Topic

Admin Auditing

Admin auditing

Alarms

Alarms view

Connections

Connections view

Port Changes

Port changes view

Events

Events view

Security Alarms

Security alarms

Note

Available when Automated Threat Response (ATR) is enabled within your current license package.

Security Events

Security events

Note

Available when ATR is enabled within your current license package.

Analytics

Launches the FortiNAC/Analytics reporting package in a separate browser. Refer to the help for that product for additional information.

Reports

Reports view

Event to Alarm Mappings

Map events to alarms

Event Management

Event management

Policy

Policy menu

Topic

Control Access

Control access

Network Device Roles

Role management

Policy Configuration

Policies

Roles

Role management

Passive Agent Configuration

Passive Agent

Persistent Agent Properties

Persistent Agent settings

Remediation Configuration

Remediation configuration

System

System menu

Topic

Quick Start

Quick start

Groups

Groups view

Portal Configuration

Portal configuration

Scheduler

Scheduler view

Settings

Settings

Help

Help menu

Topic

Current View

Displays the context sensitive help topic for the view that is currently displayed.

Customer Portal

Launches the Fortinet Customer Portal login.

Feedback

Launches your default email client and populates the email address with the address of the Fortinet documentation department.

Preferences

Admin user preferences

Legal

Software properties

About

The About box provides you with information about the specific version of the software that is installed on your FortiNAC system. Information includes the Version number for each component and the build date.

Menus

The main Menu bar is located across the top of the window at all times. If you access a view that has a series of options, such as the Host View, you will see a menu column down the left side of the window. For example, when you access the Host View, the menu bar on the left contains links for Adapters, Hosts and Users. Click a menu option to navigate to a view. Click Help > Current View to access the online help or to access the About box. Click Logout in the top right corner to logout of the Administrative interface.

Bookmarks

Use Bookmarks to create a personalized list of frequently visited views. In addition the Bookmarks menu contains default links, such as Locate, that are used by Administrative Users who have limited access to FortiNAC.

Bookmarks menu

Topic

Manage Bookmarks

Manage bookmarks

Dashboard

Dashboard

Locate

Locate

Manage Hosts & Ports

Manage hosts and ports

Send Message

Send a message to group/all hosts

Custom

Bookmarks created by the logged in Admin UI user.

Users

Users menu

Topic

Admin Users

Admin users

Guest/Contractor Accounts

Guest or contractor accounts

Self Registration Requests

Guest self-registration

User View

User view

Admin Profiles

Admin profiles

Guest/Contractor Templates

Guest/contractor templates

Hosts

Hosts menu

Topic

Adapter View

Adapter view

Device Identity

Device identity

Host View

Host view

Profiled Devices

Profiled devices

Scan Results

Scan results view

Device Profiling Rules

Device profiling rules

Network devices

Network devices menu

Topic

Topology

Topology view

CLI Configuration

CLI configuration

L2 Polling (Resync Hosts)

L2 polling (resync hosts)

L3 Polling (IP --> MAC)

L3 polling (IP address to MAC address)

Network Devices

Network devices

Patch Servers

Patch management

Logs

Logs menu

Topic

Admin Auditing

Admin auditing

Alarms

Alarms view

Connections

Connections view

Port Changes

Port changes view

Events

Events view

Security Alarms

Security alarms

Note

Available when Automated Threat Response (ATR) is enabled within your current license package.

Security Events

Security events

Note

Available when ATR is enabled within your current license package.

Analytics

Launches the FortiNAC/Analytics reporting package in a separate browser. Refer to the help for that product for additional information.

Reports

Reports view

Event to Alarm Mappings

Map events to alarms

Event Management

Event management

Policy

Policy menu

Topic

Control Access

Control access

Network Device Roles

Role management

Policy Configuration

Policies

Roles

Role management

Passive Agent Configuration

Passive Agent

Persistent Agent Properties

Persistent Agent settings

Remediation Configuration

Remediation configuration

System

System menu

Topic

Quick Start

Quick start

Groups

Groups view

Portal Configuration

Portal configuration

Scheduler

Scheduler view

Settings

Settings

Help

Help menu

Topic

Current View

Displays the context sensitive help topic for the view that is currently displayed.

Customer Portal

Launches the Fortinet Customer Portal login.

Feedback

Launches your default email client and populates the email address with the address of the Fortinet documentation department.

Preferences

Admin user preferences

Legal

Software properties

About

The About box provides you with information about the specific version of the software that is installed on your FortiNAC system. Information includes the Version number for each component and the build date.