FortiADCManager Connector

Central Management allows the FortiADC to be connected to a FortiADCManager. Multiple FortiADCs can be managed by the FortiADCManager. If you have large networks with multiple FortiADCs, with the FortiADCManager you can simplify the configuration of these FortiADCs (for example, setting multiple FortiADCs to the same configuration), and view all of their logs and statistics together.

The FortiADCManager is a powerful tool that gives you more effective control over your FortiADCs.

This guide will show you how to enable central management on your particular FortiADC by connecting to the FortiADCManager as a Fabric Connector. You will enter the IP address of your manager, then enable Central Management, therefore allowing the FortiADCManager to manage your FortiADC.

See the FortiADCManager handbook.

Basic configuration of two FortiADCs linked to a Manager

To enable a FortiADCManager Connector:

1. Go to Security Fabric > Fabric Connectors.
2. Double-click FortiADCManager.
3. Configure the following Fabric Device Settings:
   

   Settings	Description
   Type	The type of the Central Management None—Initial State of CM Agent. FortiADCManager—The FortiADC is connected to the Manager. Note: The Type is None by default.
   Address	The IP address or hostname of the FortiADCManager. Note: The IP address should be empty by default.
   Interval	How often the FortiADC tries to connect to the Manager. Default 10 seconds. Range 10- 120.
   Register	Enable/disable register to FortiADCManager. This will enable/disable the connection to the FortiADCManager. This is disabled by default.
   Management Status	The connection status of the FortiADC. Online—ADC Manager successfully connects to CM Server. Offline—ADC Manager failed to connect CM Server. It can happen at the first connection trial or if ADC Manager lost the connection. Note: ADC Manager updates info to CM Server every minute and will make state as Offline when it does not get response 2 times. Reject—Occurs when ADC Manager tries to connect with ‘State is not None’ and CM Server does not have the record of this ADC(identify by license). The connection will be rejected by CM Server.

4. Click Save.

Note: When register is enabled, modifying other central management settings is forbidden. Other central management settings are grayed out. Furthermore, a warning message is shown when on login.

When the FortiADC is set to Read-Only mode, all configurations can only be viewed, even when the admin access profile has Read-Write permission.

When trying to write configurations in Read Only, the error message is shown:

The CM Agent state change log can be found in System Logs.