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Servers

The Servers widget displays a list of the servers managed by this FortiNAC Manager. Servers are listed in alphanumeric order.

Available functions:

View server properties and status. See table below.
Add or remove managed servers using the Create New and Delete buttons. See Adding servers at the bottom of this page.
Access the individual server's Administration UI using the Open Server UI button. Important: Administrator user must exist on both the Manager and FortiNAC server in order to access. See Login procedure.
Manually push global objects from the Manager to the selected Server using the Synchronize button. Upon manual synchronization, all information on the FortiNAC Server that is shared globally with the FortiNAC Manager is overwritten. For details on Server synchronization, see Network control manager.

Field	Definition
Name	Name of the appliance on which FortiNAC is running.
Product	Software that is installed and running on the appliance.
IP Address	IP Address of the appliance being managed.
Status	Indicates the current status of each appliance displayed. Statuses include: Running — Appliance and software are running. Not Reachable — Dashboard cannot communicate with the server. Management Down — Appliance is running but the software is down. Running - Idle — Appliance and software are up and running but there is currently no activity. Running - In Control — Appliance and software are up and running. This appliance is in control vs. an appliance that may be the secondary appliance for high availability. Running - Not In Control — Applies in a High Availability environment, where a secondary server is ready to take over in the event of a failure on the primary server. Indicates that the appliance and software are running, but are not in control.

Adding Servers

In the Manager Administration UI, navigate to the Dashboard.
Locate the Servers widget. If not listed, add to the Dashboard. See Adding widgets.
Select Create New in the Servers widget and add the FortiNAC server IP address.

Servers

The Servers widget displays a list of the servers managed by this FortiNAC Manager. Servers are listed in alphanumeric order.

Available functions:

View server properties and status. See table below.

Add or remove managed servers using the Create New and Delete buttons. See Adding servers at the bottom of this page.

Access the individual server's Administration UI using the Open Server UI button. Important: Administrator user must exist on both the Manager and FortiNAC server in order to access. See Login procedure.

Manually push global objects from the Manager to the selected Server using the Synchronize button. Upon manual synchronization, all information on the FortiNAC Server that is shared globally with the FortiNAC Manager is overwritten. For details on Server synchronization, see Network control manager.

Field

Definition

Name

Name of the appliance on which FortiNAC is running.

Product

Software that is installed and running on the appliance.

IP Address

IP Address of the appliance being managed.

Status

Indicates the current status of each appliance displayed. Statuses include:

Running — Appliance and software are running.

Not Reachable — Dashboard cannot communicate with the server.

Management Down — Appliance is running but the software is down.

Running - Idle — Appliance and software are up and running but there is currently no activity.

Running - In Control — Appliance and software are up and running. This appliance is in control vs. an appliance that may be the secondary appliance for high availability.

Running - Not In Control — Applies in a High Availability environment, where a secondary server is ready to take over in the event of a failure on the primary server. Indicates that the appliance and software are running, but are not in control.

Adding Servers

In the Manager Administration UI, navigate to the Dashboard.

Locate the Servers widget. If not listed, add to the Dashboard. See Adding widgets.

Select Create New in the Servers widget and add the FortiNAC server IP address.