Fortinet Gate 60D - Fortiguard Analysis and Management Service Portal Web Site; Log Severity Levels

Log&Report Log severity levels
FortiGate Version 4.0 Administration Guide
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Fortinet recommends reviewing the FortiGuard Analysis and Management Service
Administration Guide because it contains very detailed information about this FortiGuard
service. This administration guide contains information about:
• registering your FortiGate unit, or multiple FortiGate units, for this FortiGuard service
• enabling this FortiGuard service on your FortiGate unit
• configuring remote management and logging and reporting.
FortiGuard Analysis and Management Service portal web site
The portal web site provides a central location for managing your information about the
FortiGate units and service account. The portal web site also allows you to view logs and
reports, including remote management services such as configuration backups.
You need a service account ID, username and password before entering the portal web
site. You receive this information when you register for the FortiGuard Analysis and
Management Service on the Fortinet support web site. After entering all appropriate
information on the Fortinet support web site, you can then log into the FortiGuard Analysis
and Management Service portal web site.
For information about registering, enabling and configuring the FortiGuard Analysis and
Management Service, see the FortiGuard Analysis and Management Service
Administration Guide.
Log severity levels
You can define what severity level the FortiGate unit records logs at when you configure
the logging location. The FortiGate unit logs all messages at and above the logging
severity level you select. For example, if you select Error, the unit logs Error, Critical, Alert
and Emergency level messages.
The Debug severity level, not shown in Table 55, is rarely used. It is the lowest log
severity level and usually contains some firmware status information that is useful when
the FortiGate unit is not functioning properly. Debug log messages are generated only if
the log severity level is set to Debug. Debug log messages are generated by all types of
FortiGate features.
Note: After upgrading your FortiGate firmware, you need to re-enter your account ID and
then update the service to re-connect to the servers that support logging and reporting. You
may need to update the service from the portal web site as well.
Note: The portal also includes remote management features. For more information about
remotely managing your FortiGate unit using the FortiGuard Analysis and Management
Service, see “System Maintenance” on page 253.
Table 55: Log severity levels
Levels Description
0 - Emergency The system has become unstable.
1 - Alert Immediate action is required.
2 - Critical Functionality is affected.
3 - Error An error condition exists and functionality could be affected.
4 - Warning Functionality could be affected.
5 - Notification Information about normal events.
6 - Information General information about system operations.