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FortiLAN Cloud User Guide

User Interface Overview

User Interface Overview

This section covers the following UI topics:

FortiLAN Cloud Home page

The FortiLAN Cloud home page view can be filtered based on the following criteria.

  • Summary: This panel displays data for both FortiSwitches and FortiAPs deployed in all networks in your account.
  • Wireless: This panel displays data for wireless networks managed by FortiLAN Cloud.
  • Switch: This panel displays data for FortiSwitch networks managed by FortiLAN Cloud.

To perform the following tasks, select the drop-down menu from the displayed user name and click My Account.

- Modifying a FortiLAN Cloud account

- Changing the password of a FortiLAN Cloud account

- Enabling two-factor authentication for FortiLAN Cloud

- Removing a user from a FortiLAN Cloud account

- Activating the multi-tenancy feature

To view what's new in the current release, click FortiLAN Cloud Feature Reference.

To view the license status, click License Status.

To access the FortiLAN Cloud documentation, click Product Documentation.

To access the following additional options, click Settings.

  • To add and manage Email and external IDP authenticated users, click Manage Account Access.
  • To manage (enable/disable) email alert preferences for specific notifications for your account, click Manage Notifications.
  • To switch to a different account, select Change FortiLAN Account.
  • To send feedback to the FortiLAN Cloud team, select Feedback.

To deploy and manage a device in FortiLAN Cloud, click Devices.

  • The Devices tab displays the claimed/un-deployed devices and allows you to deploy them.
  • The Deployed Devices tab displays fully deployed devices to networks or external ACs.
    Note: If the Deployed Time is Not Available, it implies that FortiLAN Cloud could not determine the time instant at which the device was deployed to a network.
  • The FortiZTP Devices tab displays devices deployed to FortiLAN Cloud through FortiZTP. Select one or more devices and click Deploy to Network to deploy them to a network. These devices are then moved to the Deployed Devices tab after deployment is complete.

You can apply the license to the listed devices, select unlicensed or license-expired devices and click Apply License. To remove the applied license, click Remove License. To export the device details from all 3 tabs in a CSV, JSON, or text format; click Export As. You can select multiple inventory rows at a given time to use the available options.

To view statistics and visualization for the overall network including the total number of FortiSwitches and FortiAPs and the data consumed by each.

To view FortiAP information and subsequent levels such as AP, radio, client, information on radio health, and SSIDs. Hover over these charts to view details.

To view FortiSwitch information and statistics such as number of VLANs, critical events, clients, and data usage.

This list shows FortiLAN Cloud networks. To access a FortiLAN Cloud network, click the network name. A separate tab opens for that FortiLAN Cloud network. See FortiLAN Cloud Network page.

To rename, delete, or clone a FortiLAN Cloud network, click Actions. See Managing networks on FortiLAN Cloud.

FortiLAN Cloud Network page

Multiple FortiAPs and FortiSwitches can be managed within a network. For example, an office environment that has multiple floors could have a FortiAP/FortiSwitch network for each floor managing its own set of devices.

For information about adding a network, see Managing networks on FortiLAN Cloud.

For more information on managing the FortiAP devices, see Managing FortiAP.

For more information on managing the FortiSwitch devices, see Managing FortiSwitch.

User Interface Overview

This section covers the following UI topics:

FortiLAN Cloud Home page

The FortiLAN Cloud home page view can be filtered based on the following criteria.

  • Summary: This panel displays data for both FortiSwitches and FortiAPs deployed in all networks in your account.
  • Wireless: This panel displays data for wireless networks managed by FortiLAN Cloud.
  • Switch: This panel displays data for FortiSwitch networks managed by FortiLAN Cloud.

To perform the following tasks, select the drop-down menu from the displayed user name and click My Account.

- Modifying a FortiLAN Cloud account

- Changing the password of a FortiLAN Cloud account

- Enabling two-factor authentication for FortiLAN Cloud

- Removing a user from a FortiLAN Cloud account

- Activating the multi-tenancy feature

To view what's new in the current release, click FortiLAN Cloud Feature Reference.

To view the license status, click License Status.

To access the FortiLAN Cloud documentation, click Product Documentation.

To access the following additional options, click Settings.

  • To add and manage Email and external IDP authenticated users, click Manage Account Access.
  • To manage (enable/disable) email alert preferences for specific notifications for your account, click Manage Notifications.
  • To switch to a different account, select Change FortiLAN Account.
  • To send feedback to the FortiLAN Cloud team, select Feedback.

To deploy and manage a device in FortiLAN Cloud, click Devices.

  • The Devices tab displays the claimed/un-deployed devices and allows you to deploy them.
  • The Deployed Devices tab displays fully deployed devices to networks or external ACs.
    Note: If the Deployed Time is Not Available, it implies that FortiLAN Cloud could not determine the time instant at which the device was deployed to a network.
  • The FortiZTP Devices tab displays devices deployed to FortiLAN Cloud through FortiZTP. Select one or more devices and click Deploy to Network to deploy them to a network. These devices are then moved to the Deployed Devices tab after deployment is complete.

You can apply the license to the listed devices, select unlicensed or license-expired devices and click Apply License. To remove the applied license, click Remove License. To export the device details from all 3 tabs in a CSV, JSON, or text format; click Export As. You can select multiple inventory rows at a given time to use the available options.

To view statistics and visualization for the overall network including the total number of FortiSwitches and FortiAPs and the data consumed by each.

To view FortiAP information and subsequent levels such as AP, radio, client, information on radio health, and SSIDs. Hover over these charts to view details.

To view FortiSwitch information and statistics such as number of VLANs, critical events, clients, and data usage.

This list shows FortiLAN Cloud networks. To access a FortiLAN Cloud network, click the network name. A separate tab opens for that FortiLAN Cloud network. See FortiLAN Cloud Network page.

To rename, delete, or clone a FortiLAN Cloud network, click Actions. See Managing networks on FortiLAN Cloud.

FortiLAN Cloud Network page

Multiple FortiAPs and FortiSwitches can be managed within a network. For example, an office environment that has multiple floors could have a FortiAP/FortiSwitch network for each floor managing its own set of devices.

For information about adding a network, see Managing networks on FortiLAN Cloud.

For more information on managing the FortiAP devices, see Managing FortiAP.

For more information on managing the FortiSwitch devices, see Managing FortiSwitch.