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System monitoring
FortiRecorder provides several methods, such as SNMP traps, system logs, and realtime
dashboard, for you to monitor the system status and diagnose system problems.
The dashboard
Monitor > System Status > Status
appears when you log in to the web UI. It contains a
dashboard with widgets that each indicates performance level or other system statuses.
The Sessions tab displays the active TCP/UDP sessions to and from FortiRecorder.
The Console tab allows you to use the CLI commands.
To access the dashboard, you must have an administrator account. Operator accounts do not
have permission. For details, see
.
SNMP traps & queries
You can configure the FortiRecorder appliance’s simple network management protocol (SNMP)
agent to allow queries for system information and to send traps (alarms or event messages) to
the computer that you designate as its SNMP manager. In this way you can use an SNMP
manager to monitor the FortiRecorder appliance.
Before you can use SNMP, you must activate the FortiRecorder appliance’s SNMP agent and
add it as a member of at least one community. You must also enable SNMP access on the
network interface through which the SNMP manager connects. (See
On the SNMP manager, you must also verify that the SNMP manager is a member of the
community to which the FortiRecorder appliance belongs, and compile the necessary
Fortinet-proprietary management information blocks (MIBs) and Fortinet-supported standard
MIBs. For information on MIBs, see
.
To configure the SNMP agent via the web UI
1.
Add the MIBs to your SNMP manager so that you will be able to receive traps and perform
queries. For instructions, see the documentation for your SNMP manager.
2.
Go to
System > Configuration > SNMP.
Failure to configure the SNMP manager as a host in a community to which the FortiRecorder
appliance belongs, or to supply it with required MIBs, will make the SNMP monitor unable to
query or receive traps from the FortiRecorder appliance.
