Description
Solution
There are two ways to view the product and appliance Type of the FortiNAC appliance:
• Administrative UI
• CLI
1) Administrative UI.
- Navigate to the Dashboard.
- If the Summary panel is not visible, select 'Add Panel' in 'Summary'.
In the Summary panel, 'Product' (Product type) and 'Appliance' (Appliance type) are listed.
Example of an older unit, FortiNAC was named 'Network Sentry' prior version 8.3:
Login to CLI and observe the login banner. Alternatively, type the following command:
This article describes How to identify network sentry product and appliance type.
Solution
There are two ways to view the product and appliance Type of the FortiNAC appliance:
• Administrative UI
• CLI
1) Administrative UI.
- Navigate to the Dashboard.
- If the Summary panel is not visible, select 'Add Panel' in 'Summary'.
In the Summary panel, 'Product' (Product type) and 'Appliance' (Appliance type) are listed.
Example of an older unit, FortiNAC was named 'Network Sentry' prior version 8.3:
Status: RunningDashboard example of a hardware unit with 8.8.0.1704 running on it.
Product: Network Sentry Server
Version: 8.0
Appliance: VM-NS500CA
Firmware: 6.0.6.86
2) CLI.
Login to CLI and observe the login banner. Alternatively, type the following command:
> sysinfo
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Recognized platform: Linux
Distribution: CentOS Linux release 7.7.1908 (Core)
OS Kernel: 3.10.0-1062.18.1.el7.x86_64
Home directory: /root
Terminal type: xterm
Product Type: NetworkControlApplicationServer
Product Family: NetworkSentry
Appliance Type: FortiNAC FN5HCA
Engine Version: 8.8.0.1704
Build Date: Mon 01-Jun-2020
Firmware Version: 6.3.1.30
Firmware Date: 2018-10-09
