Useful commands

Executing ping/traceroute:

ping host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
traceroute host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

To get interfaces and MAC address:

show interface all
show arp all

Display routing table:

show routing route

Getting system information:

show system info

Getting performance status:

show system statistics session    (Throughput)
show system resources             (Top equivalent)
show running resource-monitor     (Historical)

Sample log filter examples to use in GUI:

(addr.src in 192.168.1.10) and (port.dst eq 21)
(from/member eq 'trust') and (source/member eq 'Host1')

Reading the system log:

less mp-log master.log

Validate if specified traffic will match any firewall/nat rule

test security-policy-match from trust to untrust source 10.4.70.48 destination 200.1.2.100 destination-port 80 protocol 6
test nat-policy-match source 10.1.0.1 destination 200.1.2.100 destination-port 21 protocol 6

To view current host objects based on FQDN or to update the list:

show dns-proxy fqdn
request system fqdn show
request system fqdn refresh force yes

Display current connections through the firewall and get detailed info for a specific one:

show session all filter state active
show session id xxxxx

Filtering and closing active connections:

show session all filter source x.x.x.x
show session all filter application xxxxxx
clear session id xxxxx

Change the virtual system

set system setting target-vsys ?

To commit the candidate version of configuration:

commit partial vsys vsys1 device-and-network excluded 

Check pending changes:

Click on the Device tab > Config audit
Select a candidate config on the right

To validate if the candidate version is consistent (validating syntax and semantics):

validate full

To commit even with errors:

commit force

Troubleshoot IPSec VPN issues:

show vpn gateway
show vpn ike-sa
debug ike global on debug
less mp--log ikemgr.log

Reboot/Shutdown the device

request restart/shutdown system
On GUI click on Device tab > Setup link > Operations tab