FortiLink support
FortiGate-7000 supports managing FortiSwitch devices over FortiLink. You can manage up to 300 FortiSwitch devices from one FortiGate-7000.
Use the following command to enable Fortilink support on the GUI and in the CLI:
config system global
set switch-controller enable
end
Managed FortiSwitch GUI pages appear under the WiFi & Switch Controller GUI menu.
A FortiGate-7000 manages one or more FortiSwitches through one active FortiLink. The FortiLink can consist of one physical interface or multiple physical interfaces in a LAG. To set up a FortiGate-7000 interface as a FortiLink, from the GUI go to Network > Interface, select an interface, and set the Addressing mode to Dedicated to FortiSwitch.
You can also use the following CLI command to set the 1-C1 interface to be the FortiLink:
config system interface
edit 1-C1
set auto-auth-extension-device enable
set fortilink enable
end
end
You can use any traffic interface as the FortiLink.
For more information about FortiLink support and managing FortiSwitches, see FortiSwitch devices managed by FortiOS.
FortiGate-7000 supports managing FortiSwitch devices over FortiLink. You can manage up to 300 FortiSwitch devices from one FortiGate-7000.
Use the following command to enable Fortilink support on the GUI and in the CLI:
config system global
set switch-controller enable
end
Managed FortiSwitch GUI pages appear under the WiFi & Switch Controller GUI menu on all VDOMs except mgmt-vdom.
A FortiGate-7000 manages FortiSwitches through one or more FortiLink interfaces. You must add a different FortiLink interface to each VDOM that you will use for managing FortiSwitches. The FortiLink interface can consist of one physical interface or multiple physical interfaces in a LAG.
To add a FortiLink interface:
- From the GUI, go to the VDOM for which to add the FortiLink Interface. Then go to WiFi & Switch Controller > FortiLink Interface. Give the interface a Name and click Interface members and add interfaces. Adding more than one interface creates an LACP LAG. Configure other settings as required and select Apply to save the FortiLink interface.
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From the CLI, enter the following command to add a FortiLink LAG that includes the 1-B4 and 1-B5 interfaces:
config system interface
edit fortilink-lag
set vdom root
set fortilink enable
set type aggregate
set member 1-B4 1-B5
end
end
You can use any traffic interfaces as FortiLink interfaces. Using the M1, M2, and management interfaces is not supported.
For limitations on FortiLink support, see FortiLink support limitations.
For more information about FortiLink support and managing FortiSwitches, see Switch Controller.