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SD-WAN Orchestrator 6.4.1 r7 Administration Guide

General tab

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General tab

The General tab contains the following sections:

Option

Description

Name Type a name for the profile. You can use lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers 0 to 9, underscores, and dashes.
Platform Select a platform for the profile settings.
Device Role

Select PRIMARY_HUB to create a profile for primary hubs.

Select SECONDARY_HUB to create a profile for secondary hubs.

VPN Mode with Edge

Select one of the following options to connect the hub device with edge devices:

  • Select DIAL_UP to create one-to-one overlay links between the hub device and its edge devices. When you select DIAL_UP, you can enable ADVPN on the Network tab in the WAN settings.
  • Select DIAL_UP_FULL_MESH to create full-mesh overlay links on WAN ports between hub devices and edge devices in the same region.
  • Select SITE_TO_SITE to create full-mesh overlay links between the hub device and its edge devices in the same region.

VDOM Mode

Toggle on to create a profile for a FortiGate VDOM.

Toggle off to disable this feature.

Max Edge Count

Available with Hub is toggled on and VPN Mode with Edge is set to DIAL_UP.

Specify the maximum number of edge devices allowed to connect with the hub device.

Port Number

Specify the number of ports on the FortiGate. The number of ports in the FGT VM should be the same number as defined here. Otherwise conflict will occur.

Running on Cloud

Toggle on to support FortiGate Cloud.

Toggle off to disable this feature.

Comments

(Optional) Type a comment about the profile.

General tab

The General tab contains the following sections:

Option

Description

Name Type a name for the profile. You can use lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers 0 to 9, underscores, and dashes.
Platform Select a platform for the profile settings.
Device Role

Select PRIMARY_HUB to create a profile for primary hubs.

Select SECONDARY_HUB to create a profile for secondary hubs.

VPN Mode with Edge

Select one of the following options to connect the hub device with edge devices:

  • Select DIAL_UP to create one-to-one overlay links between the hub device and its edge devices. When you select DIAL_UP, you can enable ADVPN on the Network tab in the WAN settings.
  • Select DIAL_UP_FULL_MESH to create full-mesh overlay links on WAN ports between hub devices and edge devices in the same region.
  • Select SITE_TO_SITE to create full-mesh overlay links between the hub device and its edge devices in the same region.

VDOM Mode

Toggle on to create a profile for a FortiGate VDOM.

Toggle off to disable this feature.

Max Edge Count

Available with Hub is toggled on and VPN Mode with Edge is set to DIAL_UP.

Specify the maximum number of edge devices allowed to connect with the hub device.

Port Number

Specify the number of ports on the FortiGate. The number of ports in the FGT VM should be the same number as defined here. Otherwise conflict will occur.

Running on Cloud

Toggle on to support FortiGate Cloud.

Toggle off to disable this feature.

Comments

(Optional) Type a comment about the profile.