FortiLink support
FortiGate 6000F supports managing FortiSwitch devices over FortiLink. You can manage up to 300 FortiSwitch devices from one FortiGate 6000F.
Use the following command to enable Fortilink support on the GUI and in the CLI:
config system global
set switch-controller enable
end
From the GUI you can go to System > Feature Visibility and enable Switch Controller.
Managed FortiSwitch GUI pages appear under the WiFi & Switch Controller GUI menu on all VDOMs except mgmt-vdom.
The default configuration includes a LAG named fortilink. To manage FortiSwitch devices you must add one or more interfaces to the fortilink LAG and connect managed FortiSwitch devices to these interfaces.
The FortiGate 6000F has the following FortiLink support limitation:
- FortiGate-6000 does not support upgrading managed FortiSwitch firmware from the FortiOS Managed FortiSwitch GUI page. Instead you must use the FortiGate-6000 CLI or log into the managed FortiSwitch to upgrade managed FortiSwitch firmware.
For more information about FortiLink support and managing FortiSwitches, see the FortiLink Guide.