Recommended BGP templates
FortiManager includes recommended BGP templates that come preconfigured with FortiManager best practices recommendations for use within your environment. These templates can be used to simplify deployment of SD-WAN interconnected sites.
Once a new BGP template has been created from a recommended template, it can be edited, deleted, and/or cloned.
Meta fields can be used when configuring a recommended template's required fields to ensure that fields like Router ID are unique when the template is assigned to multiple devices. See Meta Fields.
The following BGP recommended templates are available.
|
Template Name |
Description |
|---|---|
| BRANCH_BGP_Recommended | Fortinet's recommended BGP template for branch device configurations. |
| HUB_BGP_Recommended | Fortinet's recommended BGP template for hub device configurations. |
To use a default BGP template in your environment:
- Go to Device Manager > Provisioning Templates > BGP Templates.
- Select a recommended template, and click Activate in the toolbar.
A dialog will appear where you can enter configuration details specific to your environment.
- Click OK to save your changes.
A new template is created in the template list based on the recommended template you selected and the configuration details provided. - (Optional) Edit the template to view or change the automatically configured settings.
- (Optional) Once a template has been created, it can be added to a template group. SeeTemplate groups
- Assign the new template or template group to a managed device/device group and then install the changes.
To create a recommended BGP hub template:
- Activate the HUB_BGP_Recommended template.
- Enter the following requested information.
Template Name Enter a name for the template. Enable ADVPN
Optionally, toggle this setting to enable Auto Discovery VPN (ADVPN).
Local AS
Enter the hub's local AS number.
Router ID
Enter the router ID. The router ID is the unique IP address used to identify the hub device.
Neighbor
Enter the neighbor IP and Remote AS. The neighbor IP is the IP address used while peering as a neighbor.
Neighbor Group
Enter the neighbor group's Remote AS. Neighbor Range
Enter the neighbor range Prefix. This is the network range that branch devices use to connect to the hub.
Networks
Enter the networks Prefix.
- Select OK to create the template.
To create a recommended BGP branch template:
- Activate the BRANCH_BGP_Recommended template.
- Enter the following requested information.
Template Name Enter a name for the template. Enable ADVPN
Optionally, toggle this setting to enable Auto Discovery VPN (ADVPN).
Local AS
Enter the branch's local AS number.
Router ID
Enter the router ID. The router ID is the unique IP address used to identify the branch device.
Neighbor
Enter the neighbor IP and Remote AS.
Networks
Enter the networks Prefix.
- Select OK to create the template.