Unique, unbeatable design

At the same time, this architecture maintains a centralized approach for full monitoring, management, analytics, and reporting capabilities over the entire enterprise deployment. To achieve this, FortiManager acts as a single pane of glass to simplify operations. The following image demonstrates how each FortiGate edge device communicates with centralized components, but maintains all control-plane functionality at the edge. Transport-agnostic link support, SD-WAN core capabilities and services, and NGFW services are all delivered throughout the enterprise without dependency for control-plane input from an external device.