Maps

The Maps page displays the Assets map.

The Attacks map is not supported in this release.

A simple fabric connector configuration connects to your Security Fabric with its workloads and allows FortiPolicy to immediately perform initial discovery of all network objects and assets in your infrastructures. After initial discovery, FortiPolicy performs continuous discovery, in perpetuity. All discovered assets in the Security Fabric are visualized in the Assets map.

The ASSETS tab provides both lists and visualizations of all discovered assets resulting from FortiPolicy continuous discovery of the Security Fabric. Lists are expandable; click the + symbol to expand a list segment; click the minus symbol to hide list segments. Use the Search field to find assets by name and display associated details. Expand the lists to drill deep into Security Fabric assets.

The expandable list uses a distinct mapping structure and hierarchy per infrastructure. As you click the map list to expand it, the visualization to the right displays the structures and embedded hierarchy correspondingly:

Security Fabric > FortiGate > VDOM > FortiSwitch > Workload port

To use the Assets map:

• In the map visualizations area, click any entity to display more information.

• The solid white circles in the visualization displays always represent workload ports.

  Most workloads have exactly one port, which means the number of circles represent the number of workloads most of the time. However, there are cases called multi-homed, where a workload might have multiple ports. These different ports of the same workload can be dispersed over other switches on the map. So sometimes the number of circles shown might be larger than the number of actual workloads. The numbers shown in the upper right of each structure indicates the actual, total number of ports in that level of the hierarchy. When a multi-homed workload is selected on the Assets tree, all ports of that workload are highlighted on the map. A double-click on a workload port or structure automatically pans and zooms the view to center on that object.

• Clicking on any structure or entity, such as a VDOM or a circle workload port, displays a Properties window on the right side of the screen. Workload port properties include a list of all ports per workload.

• Hover your mouse over any entity to reveal a quick tooltip display of its name and other identifiers.

• Use the zoom slider on the lower right to adjust the display.

• Select the Show Layers checkbox to display the color-coded heat map for insertion modes. When layers are enabled, workloads are overlaid by the color code for their current insertion mode: orange for TAP mode; purple for SEGMENT mode; green for MICROSEGMENT mode; gray for EXCLUDED; and white for NO INSERTION.

• Drag the view finder box area on the lower right to select a specific area for display.