Technical Note: FortiGate connection status colour indicator on FortiAnalyzer device manager tab

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Description

This article provides a brief description of the FortiGate connection indicators shown on the FortiAnalyzer on the Device Manager tab.

Scope

FortiAnalyzer v5.0 and 5.2.

Solution

The following screenshot of the device manager tab shows the FortiGate devices connected to a FortiAnalyzer.   In the “Logs” column there is a colour coding of red, green and orange/yellow.

Green colour indicates that there are logs coming from FortiGate/VDOMs.

Orange or Yellow colour indicates there are no logs are coming within 15 minutes.

Red colour indicates there are no logs coming within 1 hour.