This release introduces AI-ARRP, an advanced AI-driven system that automates and optimizes wireless channel distribution across Access Points monitored by FortiAIOps. By leveraging historical telemetry and network insights, the AI engine makes precise, data-driven channel decisions. Once enabled on the FortiGate, the engine analyzes RF conditions to select the optimal channel and automatically pushes the recommendation to the FortiGate for application to the FortiAPs.

The new AI-ARRP window includes four widgets to help you understand radio health and why channel changes occurred:

• Impacted Radio Forecast

• Radio Health Summary

• Channel Change Events

• Channel Change Reason

You can also perform the following actions manually:

• Optimize: Instantly triggers channel planning for a specific radio.

• Enable AI-ARRP: Activates the AI feature for standard radios that have reported issues in the last hour.

• View Details: Opens a panel with in-depth statistics for a selected Access Point.

This release introduces Wi-Fi Maps, a significant upgrade to the previous mapping feature. It offers a modern, standard interface consistent with other Fortinet products and provides real-time visualization of FortiAP status on custom floor plans.

Key improvements include full compatibility with Ekahau, enabling the seamless import and export of .esx files for site, building, and AP management. Additionally, an enhanced Locate feature allows administrators to instantly pinpoint Access Points and wireless clients on the map from any wireless management screen.

This release introduces the Managed FortiExtenders window, providing a comprehensive dashboard for monitoring device health through high level summaries and in depth diagnostics. The interface is organized into four primary tabs:

• FortiExtenders: Features visual summaries via donut charts alongside a detailed device table.

• FortiExtender SSIDs: Lists configuration details, including Name, SSID, Type, Security, IP/Netmask, and associated FortiGate information.

• Profiles: Displays profile settings such as Name, Model, Mode, and VDOM details.

• Data Plans: Tracks configured cellular plans, covering Carrier, APN, Capacity, Monthly Cost, Billing Date, and device association.

This release introduces the ability to acknowledge alerts, giving you control over false positives and known issues. Acknowledging an event suppresses notifications and prevents it from negatively impacting SLA metrics.

You can create time-bound rules to suppress specific events from AI Insights > Impacted SLA window. To view, edit, pause, or resume acknowledgement rules, a new window, namely Event Acknowledgement is now available.

A new Acknowledged Events dashboard widget in the Summary dashboard provides a quick summary of suppressed alerts by type.

This release adds an AI Insights tab to the Diagnostics and Tools window for Access Points, Wireless Clients, and FortiSwitches. This feature analyzes performance metrics to identify root causes of network issues, helping administrators maintain high service levels.

The system provides a high-level SLA Health Score categorized as follows:

• Good for a score more 70

• Fair for a score between 30 and 70

• Bad for a score less than 30

The following metrics are available:

• Access Points and Wireless Clients: AP Health, Roaming, Coverage, Throughput, Connection Failure, and Time To Connect.

• FortiSwitches: Switch Network, Switch Throughput, Switch Health/Uptime, and Switch Connection Failure.

This release introduces improved tools for tracking client performance trends and managing device access.

Diagnostics and Tools

The Diagnostics and Tools pane is updated with the following changes:

• The Performance tab now includes an RSSI Chart to track signal strength trends and a Data Rate Chart to monitor uplink/downlink speeds.

• The expand section now displays Data Rate summaries (including MCS Indexes) and Roaming Capabilities (Optimized, Fast, and Assisted).

• Action Buttons:

  • Quarantine: To add a device to the blocklist.

  • Disassociate: To disconnect a client from its Access Point.

Wireless Dashboard

The Wireless dashboard now features a Client Connectivity widget, designed to provide a quick overview of client connection health. It displays the total number of clients connected over a specified interval, categorized by their specific status or capabilities.

FortiAI is now enhanced to support packet capture analysis. You can upload PCAP or PCAPNG files directly to FortiAI to receive key observations and ask follow-up questions for deeper insights.

Additionally, FortiAI can trigger real-time packet captures on specific interfaces, allowing you to download the resulting data for further use.

A new Fabric Connectors window is now introduced under Security Fabric to manage the deployment mode. Deployment Mode determines how FortiAIOps discovers and communicates with network devices.

Two deployment modes are displayed:

• Standalone FortiGates: In this mode, FortiAIOps operates independently and connects directly to individual FortiGates.
  Note: This is the default mode.
  

• FortiManager: A centralized mode where FortiAIOps connects to FortiManager using the Fabric Connector rather than communicating with devices individually.
  Note: This mode requires FortiManager version 7.6.7 or 8.0.0, which will be released at a later date.

FortiAIOps now supports the automatic provisioning of admin accounts upon successful SAML authentication. This release introduces the Auto Create Admin setting, which requires the selection of a Default Admin Profile. Upon successful login, the system automatically generates an admin account with the assigned profile permissions.

These accounts are persistent. They remain in the database indefinitely after logout and must be deleted manually if no longer required.