FortiSwitch

FortiGate uses FortiLink to manage FortiSwitch. FortiLink allows the FortiGate to fully manage a FortiSwitch as if it was simply part of the FortiGate. VLAN tags are provisioned automatically, and trunks don't need to be configured—the FortiGate and FortiSwitch act as a unified device.

Following is an overview of the procedure:

1. Remove FortiLink ports from the LAN hardware switch. See Removing ports from the LAN hardware switch interface.
2. Configure the FortiLink interface. See Configuring the FortiLink interface.
3. Enable the switch controller feature. See Enabling switch controller.
4. Connect the FortiLink ports to the FortiSwitch. See Connecting FortiLink ports to switch ports.
5. Verify FortiGate is managing the FortiSwitch. See Verifying managed FortiSwitches.
6. Create VLANs in the switch controller. See Configuring VLANs in the switch controller .
7. Assign VLANs to switch ports. See Assigning VLANs to switch ports.
8. Enable FortiSwitch features. See Enabling FortiSwitch features.