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    • Administration Guide

    Home FortiManager 6.4.1 Administration Guide
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    Add a VDOM to a device

    Add a VDOM to a device

    To add a VDOM to a managed FortiGate device, right-click on the content pane for a particular device and select Add VDOM from the pop-up menu. There are two types of VDOM modes available: Split-Task VDOM and Multi VDOM.

    The number of VDOMs you can add is dependent on the device model. For more information, see the Maximum Values Table in the Fortinet Document Library.

    Split-Task VDOM Mode

    The Split-Task VDOM mode creates two VDOMs automatically: FG-traffic and root. Additional VDOMs cannot be added.

    FG-traffic is a regular VDOM and can contain policies, UTM profiles and it will handle the traffic like the no-VDOM mode. The root VDOM is only for management and it cannot have policies or profiles.

    To add a Split-Task VDOM to a FortiGate device:
    1. Go to Device Manager > Device & Groups.
    2. In the tree menu, click the group. The devices in the group are displayed in the content pane.
    3. In the content pane, right-click a device and select Add VDOM.
    4. Click Split-Task VDOM.

    Multi VDOM Mode

    The Multi VDOM mode allows you to create multiple VDOMs as per your license.

    To add a Multi VDOM to a FortiGate device:
    1. Go to Device Manager > Device & Groups.
    2. In the tree menu, click the group. The devices in the group are displayed in the content pane.
    3. In the content pane, right-click a device and select Add VDOM.
    4. Click Multi VDOM
    5. The Create New Virtual Domain window opens.

    6. Configure the following options, and click OK.

      VDOM Name

      Type a name for the new virtual domain.

      Description

      Optionally, enter a description of the VDOM.

      Enable

      Select to enable the VDOM.

      Operation Mode

      Select either NAT or Transparent.

      NGFW Mode

      Select either Profile-based or Policy-based.

      Interface Members

      Click to select each port one by one.

    Kubernetes Service must be enabled on the server side for AWS, Azure, OCI and, GCP for Kubernetes to function for the particular cloud platform. Once the service is enabled, Kubernetes can be configured for the particular cloud platform in FortiManager.

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    Add a VDOM to a device

    Add a VDOM to a device

    To add a VDOM to a managed FortiGate device, right-click on the content pane for a particular device and select Add VDOM from the pop-up menu. There are two types of VDOM modes available: Split-Task VDOM and Multi VDOM.

    The number of VDOMs you can add is dependent on the device model. For more information, see the Maximum Values Table in the Fortinet Document Library.

    Split-Task VDOM Mode

    The Split-Task VDOM mode creates two VDOMs automatically: FG-traffic and root. Additional VDOMs cannot be added.

    FG-traffic is a regular VDOM and can contain policies, UTM profiles and it will handle the traffic like the no-VDOM mode. The root VDOM is only for management and it cannot have policies or profiles.

    To add a Split-Task VDOM to a FortiGate device:
    1. Go to Device Manager > Device & Groups.
    2. In the tree menu, click the group. The devices in the group are displayed in the content pane.
    3. In the content pane, right-click a device and select Add VDOM.
    4. Click Split-Task VDOM.

    Multi VDOM Mode

    The Multi VDOM mode allows you to create multiple VDOMs as per your license.

    To add a Multi VDOM to a FortiGate device:
    1. Go to Device Manager > Device & Groups.
    2. In the tree menu, click the group. The devices in the group are displayed in the content pane.
    3. In the content pane, right-click a device and select Add VDOM.
    4. Click Multi VDOM
    5. The Create New Virtual Domain window opens.

    6. Configure the following options, and click OK.

      VDOM Name

      Type a name for the new virtual domain.

      Description

      Optionally, enter a description of the VDOM.

      Enable

      Select to enable the VDOM.

      Operation Mode

      Select either NAT or Transparent.

      NGFW Mode

      Select either Profile-based or Policy-based.

      Interface Members

      Click to select each port one by one.

    Kubernetes Service must be enabled on the server side for AWS, Azure, OCI and, GCP for Kubernetes to function for the particular cloud platform. Once the service is enabled, Kubernetes can be configured for the particular cloud platform in FortiManager.

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