QoS assignment and rate limiting for FortiSwitch quarantined VLANs

When devices are quarantined, they are isolated from the rest of the network. However, they can still impact the network if not controlled beyond isolation. A quarantined host, which offers heavy traffic, could congest the network and create a DOS-style reduction in service to authorized hosts.

Within the quarantined VLAN, two restrictions are available within the network:

• Traffic policing (also known as rate limiting)

• QoS (Quality of Service) assignment (also known as priority assignment)

Each quarantined host's traffic can be subject to rate limiting and priority adjustment. This reduces the impact that any quarantined host can have on authorized traffic on the network.

To configure QoS assignment and rate limiting for quarantined VLANs:

1. Configure a traffic policy, or use the default "quarantine" policy:

   config switch-controller traffic-policy 
       edit "quarantine"
           set description "Rate control for quarantined traffic"
           set guaranteed-bandwidth 163840
           set guaranteed-burst 8192
           set maximum-burst 163840
           set cos-queue 0
       next
   end

2. Configure an interface:

   config system interface
       edit "qtn.aggr1"
           set vdom "root"
           set ip 10.254.254.254 255.255.255.0
           set description "Quarantine VLAN"
           set security-mode captive-portal
           set replacemsg-override-group "auth-intf-qtn.aggr1"
           set device-identification enable
           set snmp-index 30
           set switch-controller-access-vlan enable
           set switch-controller-traffic-policy "quarantine" 
           set color 6
           set interface "aggr1"
           set vlanid 4093
       next
   end

   By default, switch-controller-traffic-policy is empty. You need to apply the necessary traffic policy (not only limited to "quarantine").