Viewing the system dashboard System Status
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Figure 34: Alert Message Console
The following types of messages can appear in the Alert Message Console:
To configure the Alert Message Console
You can configure the alert message console settings to control what types of messages
are displayed on the console.
1 Go to System > Status > Dashboard.
2 Select the Edit icon in the Alert Message Console title bar.
3 Select the types of alerts that the Alert Message Console should display.
By default, all alert types are enabled.
History View all alert messages.
Edit Configure Alert Message Console settings.
Refresh Update displayed information.
Close Close the module.
Acknowledge
this message
Select to remove this message.
The Acknowledge icon is also available for each alert message in the History
window.
System restart The system restarted. The restart could be due to operator
action or power off/on cycling.
System shutdown An administrator shut down the FortiGate unit from the
web-based manager or CLI.
Firmware upgraded by
<admin_name>
The named administrator upgraded the firmware to a more
recent version on either the active or non-active partition.
Firmware downgraded by
<admin_name>
The named administrator downgraded the firmware to an older
version on either the active or non-active partition.
FortiGate has reached connection
limit for <n> seconds
The antivirus engine was low on memory for the duration of
time shown and entered conserve mode. Depending on model
and configuration, content can be blocked or can pass
unscanned under these conditions.
Found a new FortiAnalyzer
Lost the connection to FortiAnalyzer
Shows that the FortiGate unit has either found or lost the
connection to a FortiAnalyzer unit. See “Remote logging to a
FortiAnalyzer unit” on page 710.
New firmware is available from
FortiGuard
An updated firmware image is available to be downloaded to
this FortiGate unit.
History
Edit
Refresh
Close
Acknowledge this
message