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Administration Guide

FortiSwitch Manager

FortiSwitch Manager

The FortiSwitch Manager pane allows you to manage FortiSwitch devices that are controlled by FortiGate devices that are managed by FortiManager. You can use FortiSwitch Manager for the following modes of management:

  • Central management of managed switches
  • Per-device management of managed switches

The panes available in the FortiSwitch Manager tree menu depend on whether you have central management or per-device management enabled.

When central management is enabled, the FortiSwitch Manager pane includes the following in the tree menu:

Managed FortiSwitches

Displays unauthorized and authorized FortiSwitch devices. You can view, authorize, and edit authorized switches, as well as apply templates to switches.

FortiSwitch Templates

View, create, and edit FortiSwitch templates, VLANs, security policies, and custom commands. Templates can also be imported.

FortiSwitch VLANs

Configure FortiSwitch VLANs.

FortiLink settings

Configure FortiLink settings templates.

VDOM Settings

View and edit VDOM settings.

Port Policies

Configure FortiSwitch security and dynamic port policies.

LLDP Profiles

Configure LLDP profiles. See Creating LLDP profiles.

QoS

Configure QoS Policies, Egress Queue Policies, IP Precedence/DSCP, and 802.1p. See Creating QoS policies.

Custom commands

Create custom commands using the CLI.

When per-device management is enabled, the FortiSwitch Manager module includes the following in the tree menu:

Managed FortiSwitches

Displays unauthorized and authorized FortiSwitch devices. You can view, authorize, and edit authorized switches as well as configure ports for each managed switch.

View, create, and edit VLANs, Port Policies, NAC Policies, LLDP Policies, QoS, and Custom Commands.

Use the CLI to configure switches in the CLI Configurations tab.

FortiSwitch Manager

The FortiSwitch Manager pane allows you to manage FortiSwitch devices that are controlled by FortiGate devices that are managed by FortiManager. You can use FortiSwitch Manager for the following modes of management:

  • Central management of managed switches
  • Per-device management of managed switches

The panes available in the FortiSwitch Manager tree menu depend on whether you have central management or per-device management enabled.

When central management is enabled, the FortiSwitch Manager pane includes the following in the tree menu:

Managed FortiSwitches

Displays unauthorized and authorized FortiSwitch devices. You can view, authorize, and edit authorized switches, as well as apply templates to switches.

FortiSwitch Templates

View, create, and edit FortiSwitch templates, VLANs, security policies, and custom commands. Templates can also be imported.

FortiSwitch VLANs

Configure FortiSwitch VLANs.

FortiLink settings

Configure FortiLink settings templates.

VDOM Settings

View and edit VDOM settings.

Port Policies

Configure FortiSwitch security and dynamic port policies.

LLDP Profiles

Configure LLDP profiles. See Creating LLDP profiles.

QoS

Configure QoS Policies, Egress Queue Policies, IP Precedence/DSCP, and 802.1p. See Creating QoS policies.

Custom commands

Create custom commands using the CLI.

When per-device management is enabled, the FortiSwitch Manager module includes the following in the tree menu:

Managed FortiSwitches

Displays unauthorized and authorized FortiSwitch devices. You can view, authorize, and edit authorized switches as well as configure ports for each managed switch.

View, create, and edit VLANs, Port Policies, NAC Policies, LLDP Policies, QoS, and Custom Commands.

Use the CLI to configure switches in the CLI Configurations tab.