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Administration Guide

Sites

Sites

Use the Sites tab to view and configure organization site information.

The table displays the following information for each site:

  • Name: The site name, unique within the organization's sites.

  • Email: The primary contact email.

  • VDOMs: The VDOMs assigned to this site.

  • APs: FortiAP devices assigned to this site.

  • FortiSwitches: FortiSwitches assigned to this site.

To configure sites for an organization:
  1. In the Sites tab:
    1. Click Create to create a new site.

    2. Select a site and click Edit to edit a site.

      When editing a site, the fields are same as those that appear when creating a site.

  2. In the form, enter or update the following information:

    Field

    Required

    Description

    Name

    Y

    Enter a name for the site, which must be unique across this organization's sites.

    Contact Name

    Y

    Enter the name of the organization contact for this site.

    Email

    Y

    Enter the email address of the organization contact for this site.

    Phone

    N

    Enter the phone number of the organization contact for this site.

    Sandbox

    N

    Enable or disable sandbox capability for all the selected devices.

    An extra license is required for each device that you enable with sandbox.

    Managed FortiGates

    N

    Select the FortiGate devices to associate with this site. Ensure that you add only the devices with the correct ADOM for this organization.

    Use the search box to filter the choices available.

    Select a device and then select the pen icon to give the device an alias to prevent customers from knowing the configuration.

    Managed FortiSwitches

    N

    Select the FortiSwitch devices to associate with this site.

    Use the search box to filter the choices available.

    Select a device and then select the pen icon to give the device an alias.

    Managed FortiAPs

    N

    Select the FortiAP devices to associate with this site.

    Use the search box to filter the choices available.

    Select a device and then select the pen icon to give the device an alias.

  3. Click Save.

To delete sites, select sites and click Delete.

Sites

Sites

Use the Sites tab to view and configure organization site information.

The table displays the following information for each site:

  • Name: The site name, unique within the organization's sites.

  • Email: The primary contact email.

  • VDOMs: The VDOMs assigned to this site.

  • APs: FortiAP devices assigned to this site.

  • FortiSwitches: FortiSwitches assigned to this site.

To configure sites for an organization:
  1. In the Sites tab:
    1. Click Create to create a new site.

    2. Select a site and click Edit to edit a site.

      When editing a site, the fields are same as those that appear when creating a site.

  2. In the form, enter or update the following information:

    Field

    Required

    Description

    Name

    Y

    Enter a name for the site, which must be unique across this organization's sites.

    Contact Name

    Y

    Enter the name of the organization contact for this site.

    Email

    Y

    Enter the email address of the organization contact for this site.

    Phone

    N

    Enter the phone number of the organization contact for this site.

    Sandbox

    N

    Enable or disable sandbox capability for all the selected devices.

    An extra license is required for each device that you enable with sandbox.

    Managed FortiGates

    N

    Select the FortiGate devices to associate with this site. Ensure that you add only the devices with the correct ADOM for this organization.

    Use the search box to filter the choices available.

    Select a device and then select the pen icon to give the device an alias to prevent customers from knowing the configuration.

    Managed FortiSwitches

    N

    Select the FortiSwitch devices to associate with this site.

    Use the search box to filter the choices available.

    Select a device and then select the pen icon to give the device an alias.

    Managed FortiAPs

    N

    Select the FortiAP devices to associate with this site.

    Use the search box to filter the choices available.

    Select a device and then select the pen icon to give the device an alias.

  3. Click Save.

To delete sites, select sites and click Delete.