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System status – Fortinet FortiGate 50A User Manual

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FortiGate-50A Installation and Configuration Guide Version 2.50

FortiGate-50A Installation and Configuration Guide

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System status

You can connect to the web-based manager and view the current system status of the
FortiGate unit. The status information that is displayed includes the current firmware
version, the current virus and attack definitions, and the FortiGate unit serial number.

If you log into the web-based manager using the admin administrator account, you
can make any of the following changes to the FortiGate system settings:

Changing the FortiGate host name

Changing the FortiGate firmware

Manual virus definition updates

Manual attack definition updates

Backing up system settings

Restoring system settings

Restoring system settings to factory defaults

Changing to Transparent mode

Changing to NAT/Route mode

Restarting the FortiGate unit

Shutting down the FortiGate unit

If you log into the web-based manager with another administrator account, you can
view the system settings including:

Displaying the FortiGate serial number

Displaying the FortiGate up time

All administrative users can also go to the Monitor page and view FortiGate system
status. System status displays FortiGate system health monitoring information,
including CPU and memory status, session and network status.

System status

All administrative users can also go to the Session page and view the active
communication sessions to and through the FortiGate unit.

Session list