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Connectivity and services widget

Connectivity and services widget

Licenses

The VM Readiness and FortiGuard Service icons in the Connectivity and Services widget display information about the licensing status and server accessibility of your FortiSandbox unit.

Hover your mouse over the status icon to view the license status and details.

Antivirus

The date that the antivirus database contract expires. If the contract expires within 15 days, a caution icon appears.

Customized VM

Customized VM license activation and initialization status.

Mail Transfer Agent Service

Mail Transfer Agent Service license activation and initialization status.

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office product activation status.

The active icon and caution icon can both appear when Microsoft Office software is activated on some enabled VMs but not activated on other enabled VMs. For more information, see Log & Report > Events > VM Events.

Real-time Zero-Day Anti-Phishing Service

Status of the Real-time Zero-Day Anti-Phishing Service Server.

Web Filtering

Status of the Web Filtering query server.

Windows Cloud VM

In a cluster environment, each VM00 unit in the cluster can purchase Windows cloud VM seat counts to expand the cluster's scan power. These cloud VM clones are local to that VM00 unit and are not shared.

Windows VM

Microsoft Windows VM license activation and initialization status.

For more information, see Log & Report > Events > VM Events.

In addition to the pre-installed default set of Windows VM images, you can also download, install, and use optional images from the Optional VMs section in the VM Image page. Extra Windows OS licenses might be needed if the unit has none available. For example, when you try to use a Windows 10 image on a FortiSandbox unit, you might need to purchase Windows 10 license keys from Fortinet. After purchase, download your license file from the Fortinet Customer Service & Support portal. Then use the Upload License link next to the Windows VM field to install the license. The system reboots and activates the newly-installed Windows guest VMs.

Connectivity and services information

The following service information is displayed:

FortiGuard Services

AI

License status of AI Engine and Model.

Anti-Phish

License and configure Status of the Real-time Zero-Day Anti-Phishing Service.

Antivirus

The date that the antivirus database contract expires. If the contract expires within 15 days, a caution icon appears.

Cloud VM

In a cluster environment, each VM00 unit in the cluster can purchase Windows cloud VM seat counts to expand the cluster's scan power. These cloud VM clones are local to that VM00 unit and are not shared.

Community

Configuration and server connection status of Community Cloud Server.

Custom VM

Customized VM activation and initialization status.

Engines

Installation status of FortiSandbox tracer and rating engine

FDN

Status of FDN download server.

MS Office

Microsoft Office product activation status.

The active icon and caution icon can both appear when Microsoft Office software is activated on some enabled VMs but not activated on other enabled VMs. For more information, see Log & Report > Events > VM Events.

Universal VM

License status of Universal VM.

VM Image

Status of FortiGuard VM Image Server connection.

VM Internet

Status of the FortiSandbox guest VM accessing the outside network. This section only displays VMs that are enabled.

VM Readiness

Web Filtering Query

Status of the Web Filtering query server.

Win VM

Microsoft Windows VM license activation and initialization status.

For more information, see Log & Report > Events > VM Events.

In addition to the pre-installed default set of Windows VM images, you can also download, install, and use optional images from the Optional VMs section in the VM Image page. Extra Windows OS licenses might be needed if the unit has none available. For example, when you try to use a Windows 10 image on a FortiSandbox unit, you might need to purchase Windows 10 license keys from Fortinet. After purchase, download your license file from the Fortinet Customer Service & Support portal. Then use the Upload License option in the System Information widget to install the license. The system reboots and activates the newly-installed Windows guest VMs.

Security Fabric

BCC

Icon displayed when enabled the configuration, indicating the status of the BCC job submission.

Device

Using different colors and tooltips to display devices connection, authorized status.

FAZ

Status of FortiAnalyzer servers’ connections

FortiClient

Using different colors and tooltips to display FortiClient connection and authorized status.

FortiNDR

Icon displayed when FortiNDR is enabled. Using different colors to display FortiNDR connection status

ICAP

Icon displayed when configured ICAP. Different colors indicate the license and submission status.

MTA

Mail Transfer Agent Service license activation and initialization status. Icon is displayed when MTA is configured. Colors indicate the license and submission status.

NetShare

Icon displayed when network share has been configured. Using different colors to display connections access status.

This widget displays information about connectivity and services. The icon color indicates whether the service is up, inaccessible, or not configured, as well as whether the license is valid, expired or not licensed.

FortiGuard Service

  • Green: The service is enabled and accessible or connected with a valid license.
  • Red: The service is inaccessible or disconnected. The service is either inaccessible, disconnected, expired or not license.
  • Gray: The service is neither configured nor enabled.

Security Fabric

  • Green: The feature is configured, accessible and has job submission.
  • Red: The feature is configured, but unauthorized, unreachable, unlicensed, expired, or inactive in the last 24 hours.
  • Gray: There is no device attached.
  • An icon is not displayed when the feature is disabled or not configured.

VM Readiness

  • Green: The VM is activated and initialized. The license is valid. The server is accessible.
  • Red: The VM has activation or initialization issue. The license is expired. The server is inaccessible.
  • Gray: The VM is neither enabled nor license. SIMNET is using.

Connectivity and services widget

Connectivity and services widget

Licenses

The VM Readiness and FortiGuard Service icons in the Connectivity and Services widget display information about the licensing status and server accessibility of your FortiSandbox unit.

Hover your mouse over the status icon to view the license status and details.

Antivirus

The date that the antivirus database contract expires. If the contract expires within 15 days, a caution icon appears.

Customized VM

Customized VM license activation and initialization status.

Mail Transfer Agent Service

Mail Transfer Agent Service license activation and initialization status.

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office product activation status.

The active icon and caution icon can both appear when Microsoft Office software is activated on some enabled VMs but not activated on other enabled VMs. For more information, see Log & Report > Events > VM Events.

Real-time Zero-Day Anti-Phishing Service

Status of the Real-time Zero-Day Anti-Phishing Service Server.

Web Filtering

Status of the Web Filtering query server.

Windows Cloud VM

In a cluster environment, each VM00 unit in the cluster can purchase Windows cloud VM seat counts to expand the cluster's scan power. These cloud VM clones are local to that VM00 unit and are not shared.

Windows VM

Microsoft Windows VM license activation and initialization status.

For more information, see Log & Report > Events > VM Events.

In addition to the pre-installed default set of Windows VM images, you can also download, install, and use optional images from the Optional VMs section in the VM Image page. Extra Windows OS licenses might be needed if the unit has none available. For example, when you try to use a Windows 10 image on a FortiSandbox unit, you might need to purchase Windows 10 license keys from Fortinet. After purchase, download your license file from the Fortinet Customer Service & Support portal. Then use the Upload License link next to the Windows VM field to install the license. The system reboots and activates the newly-installed Windows guest VMs.

Connectivity and services information

The following service information is displayed:

FortiGuard Services

AI

License status of AI Engine and Model.

Anti-Phish

License and configure Status of the Real-time Zero-Day Anti-Phishing Service.

Antivirus

The date that the antivirus database contract expires. If the contract expires within 15 days, a caution icon appears.

Cloud VM

In a cluster environment, each VM00 unit in the cluster can purchase Windows cloud VM seat counts to expand the cluster's scan power. These cloud VM clones are local to that VM00 unit and are not shared.

Community

Configuration and server connection status of Community Cloud Server.

Custom VM

Customized VM activation and initialization status.

Engines

Installation status of FortiSandbox tracer and rating engine

FDN

Status of FDN download server.

MS Office

Microsoft Office product activation status.

The active icon and caution icon can both appear when Microsoft Office software is activated on some enabled VMs but not activated on other enabled VMs. For more information, see Log & Report > Events > VM Events.

Universal VM

License status of Universal VM.

VM Image

Status of FortiGuard VM Image Server connection.

VM Internet

Status of the FortiSandbox guest VM accessing the outside network. This section only displays VMs that are enabled.

VM Readiness

Web Filtering Query

Status of the Web Filtering query server.

Win VM

Microsoft Windows VM license activation and initialization status.

For more information, see Log & Report > Events > VM Events.

In addition to the pre-installed default set of Windows VM images, you can also download, install, and use optional images from the Optional VMs section in the VM Image page. Extra Windows OS licenses might be needed if the unit has none available. For example, when you try to use a Windows 10 image on a FortiSandbox unit, you might need to purchase Windows 10 license keys from Fortinet. After purchase, download your license file from the Fortinet Customer Service & Support portal. Then use the Upload License option in the System Information widget to install the license. The system reboots and activates the newly-installed Windows guest VMs.

Security Fabric

BCC

Icon displayed when enabled the configuration, indicating the status of the BCC job submission.

Device

Using different colors and tooltips to display devices connection, authorized status.

FAZ

Status of FortiAnalyzer servers’ connections

FortiClient

Using different colors and tooltips to display FortiClient connection and authorized status.

FortiNDR

Icon displayed when FortiNDR is enabled. Using different colors to display FortiNDR connection status

ICAP

Icon displayed when configured ICAP. Different colors indicate the license and submission status.

MTA

Mail Transfer Agent Service license activation and initialization status. Icon is displayed when MTA is configured. Colors indicate the license and submission status.

NetShare

Icon displayed when network share has been configured. Using different colors to display connections access status.

This widget displays information about connectivity and services. The icon color indicates whether the service is up, inaccessible, or not configured, as well as whether the license is valid, expired or not licensed.

FortiGuard Service

  • Green: The service is enabled and accessible or connected with a valid license.
  • Red: The service is inaccessible or disconnected. The service is either inaccessible, disconnected, expired or not license.
  • Gray: The service is neither configured nor enabled.

Security Fabric

  • Green: The feature is configured, accessible and has job submission.
  • Red: The feature is configured, but unauthorized, unreachable, unlicensed, expired, or inactive in the last 24 hours.
  • Gray: There is no device attached.
  • An icon is not displayed when the feature is disabled or not configured.

VM Readiness

  • Green: The VM is activated and initialized. The license is valid. The server is accessible.
  • Red: The VM has activation or initialization issue. The license is expired. The server is inaccessible.
  • Gray: The VM is neither enabled nor license. SIMNET is using.