FortiManager
FortiManager offers all the necessary tools to manage and orchestrate Fortinet Secure SD-WAN solutions. You can quickly deploy thousands of edge locations, trigger changes to entire groups of devices, and consistently define security and SD-WAN policies throughout your environment.
FortiManager reduces administration and workload costs with smart features, such as device discovery, device group creation by administration domain, audit, and management of complex SD-WAN architecture.
FortiManager can be leveraged as a physical appliance in the capacity of an on-premises high-performance manager. FortiManager can also be leveraged as a virtual machine in public or private cloud implementations. This enables the ability to scale when needed. Lastly, FortiManager can be leveraged as a SaaS offering service directly from Fortinet—ideal for those looking for an OpEx-enabled implementation.
The key features are:
- Single console management: manage FortiGates and any subordinate FortiSwitch, FortiAP, and FortiExtender devices. Provide signature updates to FortiMail, FortiSandbox, and FortiClient.
- Multi-tenancy and administrative domains (ADOMs): separate customer data and manage domains with ADOMs to be compliant and operationally effective.
- Centralized policy and device management: centrally manage up to 100,000+ devices and policies, such as firewalls, switches, and access points.
- Zero touch provisioning: automate workflows and configurations for Fortinet firewalls, switches, and wireless infrastructure.
- Secure SD-WAN provisioning and monitoring: provision and monitor Secure SD-WAN from one console across your network, branch offices, or campuses.
- Enterprise-grade high availability and integration: automate backups to up to five nodes with streamlined software and security updates for all managed devices.
- Security automation: reduce complexity and costs by leveraging automated REST API, scripts, connectors, and automation stitches.
This section includes the following information about some of these key features: