FortiLink support

FortiGate 7000F supports managing FortiSwitch devices over FortiLink. You can manage up to 300 FortiSwitch devices from one FortiGate 7000F.

Use the following command to enable Fortilink support on the GUI and in the CLI:

config system global

set switch-controller enable

end

From the GUI you can go to System > Feature Visibility and enable Switch Controller.

Managed FortiSwitch GUI pages appear under the WiFi & Switch Controller GUI menu on all VDOMs except mgmt-vdom.

The default configuration includes a LAG named fortilink. To manage FortiSwitch devices you must add one or more interfaces to the fortilink LAG and connect managed FortiSwitch devices to these interfaces.

FortiGate 7000F FortiLink support has the following limitations:

• You must manually set the LACP mode of the fortilink interface to static:

  config system interface

  edit fortilink

  set lacp-mode static

  end

• The FIM in slot 1 (FIM-01) must be the primary FIM. FortiLink will not work if FIM-02 is the primary FIM.

  In an HA configuration, if the FIM in slot 1 of the primary FortiGate 7000F fails, the secondary FortiGate 7000F becomes the new primary FortiGate 7000F with a functioning FIM in slot 1 and FortiLink support continues after the failover.

• The FortiGate 7000F does not support upgrading managed FortiSwitch firmware from the FortiOS Managed FortiSwitch GUI page. Instead you must use the FortiGate 7000F CLI or log into the managed FortiSwitch to upgrade managed FortiSwitch firmware.

For more information about FortiLink support and managing FortiSwitches, see the FortiLink Guide.