Dashboard
Use the Dashboard to access Server Maintenance and Management functions for the FortiNAC Server or FortiNAC Control Server managed by the FortiNAC Control Manager.
The FortiNAC Control Manager can access one or more FortiNAC Server or FortiNAC Control Server appliances when it searches for hosts, users or devices. These appliances must have the same version of the FortiNAC software as is currently installed on the FortiNAC Control Manager. Contact Customer Support for additional information.
Dashboard panels display to provide you with additional system information at a glance. Much of this data can be accessed from other parts of the system. Each panel can be closed and later restored using the Add Panel link. Panels can be refreshed using the refresh button and moved by dragging and dropping the panel to a new location. Set a specific automatic refresh rate for each panel using the Refresh drop-down field in the title bar. If the Refresh drop-down is set to Manual, you must click the Refresh button to update the panel.
Server list
Displays a list of the servers managed by this FortiNAC Control Manager. This panel also allows you to add or remove managed servers and view their properties and topology windows. In the list of servers, High Availability appliances are listed beneath the corresponding servers with a status of Running - Not In Control. When a secondary appliance takes control after the primary fails over, the status changes to Running - In Control and the primary is displayed as Running - Not In Control. Servers are listed in alphanumeric order.
Hover over the Synchronize icon to display a tooltip showing the time and date of the last attempted and last successful synchronization. The tooltip will display "Never" for both if synchronization has not occurred.
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Name |
Name of the appliance on which FortiNAC is running. |
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Product |
Software that is installed and running on the appliance. |
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IP Address |
IP Address of the appliance being managed. |
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Status |
Indicates the current status of each appliance displayed. Statuses include: Running — Appliance and software are running. Not Reachable — Dashboard cannot communicate with the server. Management Down — Appliance is running but the software is down. Running - Idle — Appliance and software are up and running but there is currently no activity. Running - In Control — Appliance and software are up and running. This appliance is in control vs. an appliance that may be the secondary appliance for high availability. Running - Not In Control — Applies in a High Availability environment, where a secondary server is ready to take over in the event of a failure on the primary server. Indicates that the appliance and software are running, but are not in control. |
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Views |
P Icon — Displays the Properties view of the selected server. Properties view includes Server Name and IP Address. Server Icon — Logs into the selected server and displays the first window in the FortiNAC software. This view displayed is based on your user permissions. |
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Delete Server Button |
Allows you to remove managed servers. If you delete a server, the FortiNAC Server will become standalone. All global information becomes local and can be modified. |
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Synchronize Server |
Allows you to manually synchronize a single FortiNAC Server. |
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Add Button |
Allows you to add servers to be managed. |
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Refresh button |
Allows you to manually refresh the information in the panel. You can also select the refresh interval from the drop-down list to automatically refresh the information. |
License Information
The License Information panel displays the type and total number of licenses purchased. In addition, this summary indicates the number of licenses being used at any given time. Events can be generated on individual appliances and set to trigger alarms when license usage reaches or exceeds 75% of total licenses and when usage reaches 100% of total licenses. These thresholds are configurable on individual appliances.
Click the drop-down arrow to the left of the license type to expand a breakdown of licenses by server. Blue numbers to the right of the server name are links to a detailed list of how that license type is being used. See Licenses in use detail.
Summary Information
Displays information about your FortiNAC Control Manager.
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Host Name |
Name of the appliance on which FortiNAC Control Manager is running. |
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Status |
Indicates the current status of the appliance displayed. Statuses include: Running — Appliance and software are running. Not Reachable — Dashboard cannot communicate with the server. Management Down — Appliance is running but the software is down. Running - Idle — Appliance and software are up and running but there is currently no activity. Running - In Control — Appliance and software are up and running. This appliance is in control vs. an appliance that may be the secondary appliance for high availability. Running - Not In Control — Applies in a High Availability environment, where a secondary server is ready to take over in the event of a failure on the primary server. Indicates that the appliance and software are running, but are not in control. |
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Product |
Software that is installed and running on the appliance. |
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Version |
Version number of the software listed under Product. |
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Appliance |
Model number of the appliance for which data is displayed. |
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Firmware |
Version number of the internal appliance specific software installed on the displayed appliance. |
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Refresh button |
Allows you to manually refresh the information in the panel. You can also select the refresh interval from the drop-down list to automatically refresh the information. |
Performance
This dashboard panel displays performance information for your software and CPU.
Hardware
The system uses as much RAM as is available. The underlying operating system is optimized to use RAM as efficiently as possible. Swap space is configurable, but only by Customer Support. The sum total of space available in RAM and available in swap represents the total amount of virtual memory available on the system. The disk space representing each directory on the file system is displayed.
Software
Memory is allocated to each of the internal loader processes in the FortiNAC appliance (e.g., the "slave loader" and the "master loader"). The amount of memory allocated to these processes varies from platform to platform, and is configurable, but only by Customer Support.
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System Start Time |
Time the software was started. |
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System Up Time |
Amount of time the software has been running. |
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Process |
Processes that are currently running. If a process is not running it is not displayed. Possible processes include:
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Threads |
Number of threads being used by a particular process. |
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Total Memory |
Total Memory allocated for each process. |
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Free Memory |
Portion of Total Memory not being used for each process. |
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Used Memory |
Percentage of total memory being used for each process. The amount of memory allocated. |
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Refresh button |
Allows you to manually refresh the information in the panel. You can also select the refresh interval from the drop-down list to automatically refresh the information. |
CPU Usage
The graph contained in this tab displays the percentage of CPU Usage. The data contained within the graph is not stored and is based on data points retrieved at each refresh interval.
Alarms
The Alarm panel displays a subset of the information available on the Alarms View. It provides an at a glance view of alarms that have been triggered by events. The list is filtered to limit the number and type of alarms displayed. You can Acknowledge or Clear alarms and view alarm details. See Alarms view and Add or modify alarm mapping for additional information.
The Latest Alarms tab displays each alarm with date, time, and the elements affected. Elements include items such as, MAC Address or IP Address. Click the Acknowledge button to indicate that you are aware of the selected alarm. Click the Clear button to remove the selected alarm from the database.
Set Latest Alarms Filter
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Click the Set Filter button on the Latest Alarms Tab.
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In the Filter window, click in the Display Latest drop-down list and select the number of alarms to display. The maximum is 100.
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To filter by Severity, mark the Severity check box with a check mark to enable it and select the severity level from the drop-down list. Levels include Critical, Minor, Warning and Informational.
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To display Acknowledged Alarms, mark that check box with a check mark to enable it.
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Click OK. Filter settings are displayed on the Alarms panel to the right of the Set Filter button.
Filter settings are stored for each user.
View Alarm Details
- Select an alarm from the list displayed in the Latest Alarms tab.
- Click the Details button.
- Click Acknowledge to mark the alarm as acknowledged.
- Click Clear to remove the alarm from the database.
- Click Close to return to the Dashboard.
Statistics
The Statistics tab displays alarm totals by severity. In addition, each total is broken down into Acknowledged and Unacknowledged alarms. Alarms can be marked as Acknowledged to indicate that a user is aware of the alarm. You can clear alarms that are no longer needed. Cleared alarms are not included in totals.
The Set Filter button allows you to choose the number of days of data that will be tallied by this Statistics screen. Depending on the age time selected in the FortiNAC Properties window and your archive and purge schedule, you may not be able to view data for the number of days selected on the Statistics tab. For example, the default age time for events and alarms is seven days. If you select nine days on the Statistics tab, you may not be able to see data for all nine days. See Database archive for information on age time. Filter settings are stored for each Admin user.
Set Statistics Filter
- Click the Set Filter button on the Statistics tab.
- Type the number of days to go back and collect data.
- Click OK.
If the number of days is too large, you may see a warning indicating the number of days selected for the age time in the FortiNAC Properties window. If the Age Time for purging alarm data is set to 7 days and you select 30 days for the filter, the panel will display data for as many days as it can access within the range selected.
Charts
The Charts tab provides a chart of alarms per day for the last 24 days. Depending on the age time settings in the FortiNAC Properties window and the archive and purge schedule, you may not have 24 days of data available. Use the Show check boxes across the bottom of the chart to select the alarms to display. The graphical representation of the alarms can be either a line or a stacked bar. Use the Chart Type options at the bottom of the window to change the graphic.
