FortiGate-4000 Installation and Configuration Guide Version 2.50
FortiGate-4000 Installation and Configuration Guide 101
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