Managing FortiSwitch units

FortiSwitch units, when used in managed mode, support only the default administrative access HTTPS port (443).

Starting in FortiSwitch Manager 7.2.0, zero-touch management is now more efficient for new FortiSwitch units. When a new FortiSwitch unit is started, by default, it will connect to the available manager, which can be FortiSwitch Manager, a FortiGate device, or FortiLAN Cloud. Only one manager can be used at a time. The FortiSwitch configuration does not need to be backed up before the FortiSwitch unit is managed, and the FortiSwitch unit does not need to be restarted when it becomes managed. All ports are enabled for auto discovery. The “internal” interface is the DHCP client in all FortiSwitch models.

This section covers the following topics:

• Optional configuration required before discovering and authorizing FortiSwitch units
• Discovering
• Optional management configuration