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Solutions and technologies

Solutions and technologies

Fortinet Secure SD-WAN consists of several components:

  • FortiGate NGFW, which runs FortiOS, is the core of Secure SD-WAN
  • Fortinet ZTNA Access Proxy, which runs natively in FortiOS, starting in FortiOS 7.0
  • FortiManager for the orchestration and management plane
  • FortiAnalyzer for advanced analytics and automation
  • FortiPortal to provide a scalable and flexible customer self-service portal

Fortinet Secure SD-WAN solution can be extended to Secure SD-Branch. SD-Branch consists of the following components:

  • FortiSwitch to provide security on the wired LAN edge
  • FortiAP to provide WiFi access to users

Another essential component is FortiDeploy, which allows zero touch deployment and provisioning of the entire SD-WAN and SD-Branch solution.

The following image shows the components of the Fortinet Secure SD-WAN and SD-Branch solution. Fortinet is the only vendor that comprehensively covers the entire solution, with a consistent security posture for WAN security and access layer security.

The design principles and use cases described in this document are based on the following software version for each component:

  • FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiAP, and FortiSwitch version 6.4
  • FortiPortal version 6.0

This section includes the following topics:

Solutions and technologies

Solutions and technologies

Fortinet Secure SD-WAN consists of several components:

  • FortiGate NGFW, which runs FortiOS, is the core of Secure SD-WAN
  • Fortinet ZTNA Access Proxy, which runs natively in FortiOS, starting in FortiOS 7.0
  • FortiManager for the orchestration and management plane
  • FortiAnalyzer for advanced analytics and automation
  • FortiPortal to provide a scalable and flexible customer self-service portal

Fortinet Secure SD-WAN solution can be extended to Secure SD-Branch. SD-Branch consists of the following components:

  • FortiSwitch to provide security on the wired LAN edge
  • FortiAP to provide WiFi access to users

Another essential component is FortiDeploy, which allows zero touch deployment and provisioning of the entire SD-WAN and SD-Branch solution.

The following image shows the components of the Fortinet Secure SD-WAN and SD-Branch solution. Fortinet is the only vendor that comprehensively covers the entire solution, with a consistent security posture for WAN security and access layer security.

The design principles and use cases described in this document are based on the following software version for each component:

  • FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiAP, and FortiSwitch version 6.4
  • FortiPortal version 6.0

This section includes the following topics: