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config switch-controller system

config switch-controller system

Note

This command is available for model(s): FortiGate 1000D, FortiGate 1000F, FortiGate 1001F, FortiGate 100F, FortiGate 101F, FortiGate 1100E, FortiGate 1101E, FortiGate 120G, FortiGate 121G, FortiGate 1800F, FortiGate 1801F, FortiGate 2000E, FortiGate 200E, FortiGate 200F, FortiGate 201E, FortiGate 201F, FortiGate 2200E, FortiGate 2201E, FortiGate 2500E, FortiGate 2600F, FortiGate 2601F, FortiGate 3000D, FortiGate 3000F, FortiGate 3001F, FortiGate 300E, FortiGate 301E, FortiGate 3100D, FortiGate 3200D, FortiGate 3200F, FortiGate 3201F, FortiGate 3300E, FortiGate 3301E, FortiGate 3400E, FortiGate 3401E, FortiGate 3500F, FortiGate 3501F, FortiGate 3600E, FortiGate 3601E, FortiGate 3700D, FortiGate 3700F, FortiGate 3701F, FortiGate 3960E, FortiGate 3980E, FortiGate 400E Bypass, FortiGate 400E, FortiGate 400F, FortiGate 401E, FortiGate 401F, FortiGate 40F 3G4G, FortiGate 40F, FortiGate 4200F, FortiGate 4201F, FortiGate 4400F, FortiGate 4401F, FortiGate 500E, FortiGate 501E, FortiGate 600E, FortiGate 600F, FortiGate 601E, FortiGate 601F, FortiGate 60F, FortiGate 61F, FortiGate 70F, FortiGate 71F, FortiGate 800D, FortiGate 80F Bypass, FortiGate 80F DSL, FortiGate 80F-POE, FortiGate 80F, FortiGate 81F, FortiGate 900D, FortiGate 900G, FortiGate 901G, FortiGate 90G, FortiGate 91G, FortiGate VM ARM64 for Azure, FortiGate VM ARM64 for GCP BYOL, FortiGate VM ARM64 for OCI BYOL, FortiGate VM for Aliyun PAYG, FortiGate VM for AWS PAYG, FortiGate VM for Azure BYOL, FortiGate VM for Azure PAYG, FortiGate VM for GCP BYOL, FortiGate VM for OPC BYOL, FortiGate VM64, FortiGateRugged 60F 3G4G, FortiGateRugged 60F, FortiGateRugged 70F 3G4G, FortiGateRugged 70F, FortiWiFi 40F 3G4G, FortiWiFi 40F, FortiWiFi 60F, FortiWiFi 61F, FortiWiFi 80F 2R 3G4G DSL, FortiWiFi 80F 2R, FortiWiFi 81F 2R 3G4G DSL, FortiWiFi 81F 2R 3G4G-POE, FortiWiFi 81F 2R-POE, FortiWiFi 81F 2R.

It is not available for: FortiGate 5001E1, FortiGate 5001E.

Configure system-wide switch controller settings.

config switch-controller system
    Description: Configure system-wide switch controller settings.
    set caputp-echo-interval {integer}
    set caputp-max-retransmit {integer}
    set data-sync-interval {integer}
    set dynamic-periodic-interval {integer}
    set iot-holdoff {integer}
    set iot-mac-idle {integer}
    set iot-scan-interval {integer}
    set iot-weight-threshold {integer}
    set nac-periodic-interval {integer}
    set parallel-process {integer}
    set parallel-process-override [disable|enable]
    set tunnel-mode [compatible|moderate|...]
end

config switch-controller system

Parameter

Description

Type

Size

Default

caputp-echo-interval

Echo interval for the caputp echo requests from swtp.

integer

Minimum value: 8 Maximum value: 600

30

caputp-max-retransmit

Maximum retransmission count for the caputp tunnel packets.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 64

5

data-sync-interval

Time interval between collection of switch data.

integer

Minimum value: 30 Maximum value: 1800

60

dynamic-periodic-interval

Periodic time interval to run Dynamic port policy engine.

integer

Minimum value: 5 Maximum value: 180

60

iot-holdoff

MAC entry's creation time. Time must be greater than this value for an entry to be created.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 10080

5

iot-mac-idle

MAC entry's idle time. MAC entry is removed after this value.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 10080

1440

iot-scan-interval

IoT scan interval.

integer

Minimum value: 2 Maximum value: 10080

60

iot-weight-threshold

MAC entry's confidence value. Value is re-queried when below this value.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 255

1

nac-periodic-interval

Periodic time interval to run NAC engine.

integer

Minimum value: 5 Maximum value: 180

60

parallel-process

Maximum number of parallel processes.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 128 **

1

parallel-process-override

Enable/disable parallel process override.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

disable

Disable maximum parallel process override.

enable

Enable maximum parallel process override.

tunnel-mode

Compatible/strict tunnel mode.

option

-

compatible

Option

Description

compatible

Least restrictive. Supports the widest variety of hardware and software versions.

moderate

Moderate level of security. Supports recent generations of hardware and latest software versions.

strict

Highest level of security. Supports only the latest generation of hardware and latest software version.

** Values may differ between models.

config switch-controller system

config switch-controller system

Note

This command is available for model(s): FortiGate 1000D, FortiGate 1000F, FortiGate 1001F, FortiGate 100F, FortiGate 101F, FortiGate 1100E, FortiGate 1101E, FortiGate 120G, FortiGate 121G, FortiGate 1800F, FortiGate 1801F, FortiGate 2000E, FortiGate 200E, FortiGate 200F, FortiGate 201E, FortiGate 201F, FortiGate 2200E, FortiGate 2201E, FortiGate 2500E, FortiGate 2600F, FortiGate 2601F, FortiGate 3000D, FortiGate 3000F, FortiGate 3001F, FortiGate 300E, FortiGate 301E, FortiGate 3100D, FortiGate 3200D, FortiGate 3200F, FortiGate 3201F, FortiGate 3300E, FortiGate 3301E, FortiGate 3400E, FortiGate 3401E, FortiGate 3500F, FortiGate 3501F, FortiGate 3600E, FortiGate 3601E, FortiGate 3700D, FortiGate 3700F, FortiGate 3701F, FortiGate 3960E, FortiGate 3980E, FortiGate 400E Bypass, FortiGate 400E, FortiGate 400F, FortiGate 401E, FortiGate 401F, FortiGate 40F 3G4G, FortiGate 40F, FortiGate 4200F, FortiGate 4201F, FortiGate 4400F, FortiGate 4401F, FortiGate 500E, FortiGate 501E, FortiGate 600E, FortiGate 600F, FortiGate 601E, FortiGate 601F, FortiGate 60F, FortiGate 61F, FortiGate 70F, FortiGate 71F, FortiGate 800D, FortiGate 80F Bypass, FortiGate 80F DSL, FortiGate 80F-POE, FortiGate 80F, FortiGate 81F, FortiGate 900D, FortiGate 900G, FortiGate 901G, FortiGate 90G, FortiGate 91G, FortiGate VM ARM64 for Azure, FortiGate VM ARM64 for GCP BYOL, FortiGate VM ARM64 for OCI BYOL, FortiGate VM for Aliyun PAYG, FortiGate VM for AWS PAYG, FortiGate VM for Azure BYOL, FortiGate VM for Azure PAYG, FortiGate VM for GCP BYOL, FortiGate VM for OPC BYOL, FortiGate VM64, FortiGateRugged 60F 3G4G, FortiGateRugged 60F, FortiGateRugged 70F 3G4G, FortiGateRugged 70F, FortiWiFi 40F 3G4G, FortiWiFi 40F, FortiWiFi 60F, FortiWiFi 61F, FortiWiFi 80F 2R 3G4G DSL, FortiWiFi 80F 2R, FortiWiFi 81F 2R 3G4G DSL, FortiWiFi 81F 2R 3G4G-POE, FortiWiFi 81F 2R-POE, FortiWiFi 81F 2R.

It is not available for: FortiGate 5001E1, FortiGate 5001E.

Configure system-wide switch controller settings.

config switch-controller system
    Description: Configure system-wide switch controller settings.
    set caputp-echo-interval {integer}
    set caputp-max-retransmit {integer}
    set data-sync-interval {integer}
    set dynamic-periodic-interval {integer}
    set iot-holdoff {integer}
    set iot-mac-idle {integer}
    set iot-scan-interval {integer}
    set iot-weight-threshold {integer}
    set nac-periodic-interval {integer}
    set parallel-process {integer}
    set parallel-process-override [disable|enable]
    set tunnel-mode [compatible|moderate|...]
end

config switch-controller system

Parameter

Description

Type

Size

Default

caputp-echo-interval

Echo interval for the caputp echo requests from swtp.

integer

Minimum value: 8 Maximum value: 600

30

caputp-max-retransmit

Maximum retransmission count for the caputp tunnel packets.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 64

5

data-sync-interval

Time interval between collection of switch data.

integer

Minimum value: 30 Maximum value: 1800

60

dynamic-periodic-interval

Periodic time interval to run Dynamic port policy engine.

integer

Minimum value: 5 Maximum value: 180

60

iot-holdoff

MAC entry's creation time. Time must be greater than this value for an entry to be created.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 10080

5

iot-mac-idle

MAC entry's idle time. MAC entry is removed after this value.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 10080

1440

iot-scan-interval

IoT scan interval.

integer

Minimum value: 2 Maximum value: 10080

60

iot-weight-threshold

MAC entry's confidence value. Value is re-queried when below this value.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 255

1

nac-periodic-interval

Periodic time interval to run NAC engine.

integer

Minimum value: 5 Maximum value: 180

60

parallel-process

Maximum number of parallel processes.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 128 **

1

parallel-process-override

Enable/disable parallel process override.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

disable

Disable maximum parallel process override.

enable

Enable maximum parallel process override.

tunnel-mode

Compatible/strict tunnel mode.

option

-

compatible

Option

Description

compatible

Least restrictive. Supports the widest variety of hardware and software versions.

moderate

Moderate level of security. Supports recent generations of hardware and latest software versions.

strict

Highest level of security. Supports only the latest generation of hardware and latest software version.

** Values may differ between models.