Fortinet Fortigate-5000 series User Manual

FortiGate Version 3.0 MR4 Administration Guide
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Log Access Log&Report
Accessing log messages stored in memory
From the Log Access page, you can access logs stored in the FortiGate system
memory. Traffic logs are not stored in memory because of the amount of space
required to log them.
To view log messages in the FortiGate memory buffer
1 Go to Log&Report > Log Access.
2 Select the Memory tab.
3 Select a log type from the Log Type list.
Accessing log message stored in the hard disk
You can access logs stored on your FortiGate hard disk, if your FortiGate unit has
a hard disk. The logs are accessible the same way as when accessing logs stored
on the FortiAnalyzer unit. You can view, navigate, and download logs stored on
the hard disk.
To access log files on the hard disk
1 Go to Log & Report > Log Access.
2 Select the Disk tab.
3 Select a log type from the Log Type list.
Figure 279:Viewing log files stored on the FortiGate hard disk
Log Type Select the type of log you want to view. Some log files, such as the
traffic log, cannot be stored to memory due to the volume of information
logged.
File name The name(s) of the log file(s) of that type stored on the FortiGate hard
disk.
When a log file reaches its maximum size, the FortiAnalyzer unit saves
the log files with an incremental number, and starts a new log file with
the same name. For example, the current attack log is alog.log. Any
subsequent saved logs appear as alog.n, where n is the number of
rolled logs.
Size The size of the log file in bytes.
Last access
time
The day of the week, month, day, time, and year a log message packet
was last sent to by the FortiGate unit.
Clear log icon Select to clear the current log file. When you select the Clear Log icon,
you only delete the current log messages of that log file. The log file is
not deleted.
Download icon Select to download the log file or rolled log file. Select either Download
file in Normal format link or Download file in CSV format link. Select the
Return link to return to the Disk tab page. Downloading the log file only
includes current log messages.
Clear
log icon
Download
icon
View
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Delete icon

Fortinet Fortigate-5000 series Specifications

General

Brand	Fortinet
Model	Fortigate-5000 series
Category	Firewall
Language	English