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Provisioning the SD-WAN configuration to your sites and viewing tasks

Provisioning the SD-WAN configuration to your sites and viewing tasks

You can add several sites with their corresponding ISP and subnets in Site. When you apply the changes, the configuration is provisioned to the FortiGates, and the SD-WAN network is configured. The status of each configuration within the topology is displayed in the Tasks.

To apply changes and view tasks:
  1. Go to SDWan Overlay > Site.

  2. Add the desired sites and their corresponding configuration. See Creating a site and Editing a site

  3. Go to SDWan Overlay > Overlay policy. Configure a desired policy. See Creating a policy.
  4. Apply the policy. See Applying policies. The sync process runs in the background.
  5. Go to SDWan Overlay > Tasks icon to view the status of each configuration task.

Failed configurations

If a configuration in the topology fails, the configuration will appear as red in Tasks. You can review information on the configuration to identify troubleshooting scenarios:

  • For suggestions on how to successfully connect an asset, select Details.

  • For information on the configuration, click View Config.

You can retry the connection for each asset from Tasks in case the issue has been resolved.

To retry a failed connection:
  1. Go to SDWan Overlay > Tasks icon to view the status of each configuration task.

  2. Identify the failed connection.

  3. Click Retry. The Retry Task dialog is displayed.

  4. Click OK.

Provisioning the SD-WAN configuration to your sites and viewing tasks

Provisioning the SD-WAN configuration to your sites and viewing tasks

You can add several sites with their corresponding ISP and subnets in Site. When you apply the changes, the configuration is provisioned to the FortiGates, and the SD-WAN network is configured. The status of each configuration within the topology is displayed in the Tasks.

To apply changes and view tasks:
  1. Go to SDWan Overlay > Site.

  2. Add the desired sites and their corresponding configuration. See Creating a site and Editing a site

  3. Go to SDWan Overlay > Overlay policy. Configure a desired policy. See Creating a policy.
  4. Apply the policy. See Applying policies. The sync process runs in the background.
  5. Go to SDWan Overlay > Tasks icon to view the status of each configuration task.

Failed configurations

If a configuration in the topology fails, the configuration will appear as red in Tasks. You can review information on the configuration to identify troubleshooting scenarios:

  • For suggestions on how to successfully connect an asset, select Details.

  • For information on the configuration, click View Config.

You can retry the connection for each asset from Tasks in case the issue has been resolved.

To retry a failed connection:
  1. Go to SDWan Overlay > Tasks icon to view the status of each configuration task.

  2. Identify the failed connection.

  3. Click Retry. The Retry Task dialog is displayed.

  4. Click OK.