FortiSwitch

You can monitor the FortiSwitches in your network that are in the purview of FortiAIOps. This page displays a graphical snapshot of the FortiSwitch activity such as, the total number of FortiSwitches, their status (online/offline/unauthorized), and the deployed model details.

Diagnostics and Tools

To view the FortiSwitch statistics and diagnostics in detail, select a row and click View Details. The Status including the FortiSwitch face plate, hardware summary, general status and statistics, and configuration details is displayed.

• Ports

• Cable Test

• Logs

• Statistics

• Clients

Ports

This tab displays each port details of the specific FortiSwitch unit.

Each entry in the port list displays the following information.

Parameter	Description
Port	The name of the port (red for port down, green for port up)
Trunk	The associated trunk that the port is a member of.
Mode	The configured access mode of the port.
Port Policy	The configured port policy.
Enabled Features	The features enabled on the port.
Native VLAN	The native VLAN assigned to the port.
Allowed VLANs	The allowed VLANs set for the port.
Dynamic VLAN	The dynamic VLAN assigned to the port.
DHCP Snooping	The status of DHCP snooping status
Transceiver	The transceiver information.
Description	The port description
LLDP Profile	The associated LLDP profile.
Loop Guard	The status of the Loop Guard (enabled/disabled)
QoS Policy	The assigned QoS policy.
Security Policy	The assigned security policy.
STP	The status of STP (enabled/disabled).
STP BPDU	The status of STP BPDU Guard (enabled/disabled).
STP Root Guard	The status of STP Root Guard (enabled/disabled).

Cable Test

This is a diagnostic and troubleshooting tool to check the state of cables between the FortiSwitch and the devices connected to its physical ports. This tool does not work on fiber ports and on very short or very long cables (more than 100 meters).

All available external physical ports of the FortiSwitch are displayed. Select one or more ports and click Diagnose.

Note: Running the cable diagnostic test on a port disables it briefly. The network traffic is affected for a few seconds.

Logs

This tab displays the FortiSwitch log messages and the associated details.

Each log entry displays the following information.

Parameter	Description
Date/Time	The Date/time of log event generation.
Level	The log severity level. Emergency, Critical (red) Alert (orange) Error, Warning (blue) Notice, Information, Debug (green)
Message	The event log message that is generated.
Log Description	The description of the event log.
FortiGate Serial Number	The serial number of the associated FortiGate controller.
FortiSwitch Serial Number	The serial number of the associated FortiSwitch.
Relative Date/Time	The time lapsed since the event log was generated.
Source	The event source IP/MAC address.

Select a log message and click Details to view specific related information. This view provides the following information.

• General - Generic information about the log event such as, the date and time of event logging, the associated virtual domain, and the log description.

• Source - The details of the user.

• Message - The generated log message.

• Security - The severity level of the log event.

• Cellular - The serial number of the FortiSwitch.

• Other - Generic information such as the log event time stamp, the timezone, log type, and so on.

Statistics

This tab displays the FortiSwitch and the associated port statistics.

The Ports view provides the following information.

Parameter	Description
TX Bytes	The transmitted bytes.
TX Packets	The transmitted packets.
TX Unicast	The transmitted unicast packets.
TX Multicast	The transmitted multicast packets.
TX Broadcast	The transmitted broadcast packets.
TX Errors	The errors in transmitted packets.
TX Drops	The dropped packets in transmitted packets.
TX Oversize	The oversized packets in transmitted packets.
RX Bytes	The received bytes.
RX Packets	The received packets.
RX Unicast	The received unicast packets.
RX Broadcast	The received broadcast packets.
RX Errors	The errors in received packets.
RX Drops	The dropped packets in received packets.
RX Oversize	The oversized packets in received packets.
Undersize	The number of undersized packets.
Fragments	The number of fragments.
Jabbers	The number of jabbers.
Collisions	The number of packet collisions.
CRC Alignments	The number of CRC/alignment errors.
L3 Packets	The number of layer-3 packets.

Select a particular port and click View Trends to view a graphical representation of the trends in FortiSwitch statistics over a period of time.

The Switch view provides the following information.

Parameter	Description
CPU Usage	The % of CPU usage.
Memory Usage	The % of memory usage.
Temperature	The PCB temperature in celsius.
PoE Powerbudget	PoE power budget in watts.
PoE Power Consumption	PoE power consumption in watts.
Fan Speed	Speed of the fans on the FortiSwitch unit.

Select a particular switch and click View Trends to view a graphical representation of the trends in FortiSwitch statistics over a period of time.

Clients

This tab displays the details of the FortiSwitch clients. The following information is displayed.

Parameter	Description
Device	The client device name.
Port	The associated port details.
VLAN	The associated VLAN details.
Software OS	The client device software OS.
Hardware	The client device hardware details.