How to Monitor FortiGate Firewall ?
Fortigate Monitoring
This post covers Fortigate Monitoring using i-Vertix to ensure optimal network performance and security. Fortinet’s FortiGate is a series of integrated security appliances that provide a wide range of security and networking functions. Monitoring Fortigate devices is crucial as these devices are designed to protect networks from several cyber threats, ensure secure connectivity, and offer advanced features for network management. Because of their versatility, they are widely used in both enterprise and service provider environments. Above all, FortiGate monitoring is essential for maintaining optimal performance and security in these diverse environments.
Additionally, FortiGate devices are managed through Fortinet’s FortiManager for centralized administration and FortiAnalyzer for logging and reporting. The Fortinet ecosystem also includes additional security solutions, such as FortiWeb (web application firewall), FortiMail (email security), and FortiSandbox (sandboxing for advanced threat detection).
Monitoring Fortigate is easy with i-Vertix
Many of our customers popularly use Fortinet devices. i-Vertix IT Monitoring provides you with preconfigured plugins:
In detail, for each FortiGate it is possible to monitor different aspects, using the SNMP protocol (also version 3), or for some functionalities, communication via Rest API is required. the complete list follows:
Protocols used: Rest API
- HA status
- Health
- Licenses
- System
Protocols used: SNMP
- AP usage
- Cluster status
- CPU usage
- Disk usage
- Hardware status
- Interfaces
- IPS statistics
- Memory usage
- SD-WAN
- Sessions
- Signature updates
- Uptime
- VDOM usage
- Virus events
- VPN status
Fortigate Configuration
Configuration is straightforward; create a new host and enter information about the device to be monitored, or utilize Network Discovery and Mapping L2/L3 to automatically detect all SNMP devices in the infrastructure. The FortiGate plugin monitors the system health of a Fortinet FortiGate firewall, including classical aspects such as CPU, memory, hardware components, and interface traffic.
VPN and Performance Monitoring
The VPN service provides information on the number of connected users, IPSec UP and Down tunnels, and traffic in and out. In case of problems, one can track the health of VPN connections. Furthermore, IT Monitoring generates performance graphs for each metric that can be viewed in the Resource View. IT Monitoring continuously monitors the performance of SDWAN links, including metrics such as latency, jitter, packet loss, and throughput. It tracks the performance of individual links as well as the overall performance of SDWAN paths.
WLAN and Access Point Monitoring
Furthermore, for customers utilizing the FortiGate firewall as their WLAN controller, i-Vertix IT Monitoring extends its offerings focused on monitoring access points. This includes monitoring crucial data regarding their status, configuration settings, and performance metrics, including device health.
Do you need more info?
We remind you that if you want more information and to get to know i-Vertix solutions better,
you can always contact us at sales@i-vertix.com or, if you prefer, you can call us directly at +39 0471 1430170.
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