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Devices
The Devices module is your inventory of network hardware — switches, routers, firewalls, access points, UPSs, and anything else on the network. Each device gets a detail page that adapts to its type, showing the ports, interfaces, and status that make sense for that kind of equipment.
Devices are added automatically by discovery or manually, and monitored by the Site Collector at their site.
Reading the devices list
The list is a status view, not just an inventory. Alongside name, type, site and group each row shows:
| Column | Means |
|---|---|
| Load | Current utilisation. |
| Traffic in / out | Live throughput. |
| Uptime 7d | Availability over the last seven days. |
| Issues | Currently-firing alerts for that device — not open tickets, and not historical problems. |
Issues is the one worth knowing: a zero there means nothing is alerting right now, which is not the same as nothing being wrong.
In this section
- Understanding device types
- Adding a device
- Reading interface and port stats
- Running on-demand scans
- Viewing device logs
- Backing up device configuration
- FortiGate firewalls
- Linking a device to an asset