FortiLink mode over a layer-3 network

 

In some cases, the requirement is to bring up a FortiSwitch in FortiLink mode, but the FortiSwitch is not directly connected to the FortiGate.

There is a layer 3 network between FortiGate and FortiSwitch.

 

Read the below link before starting the configuration:

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortiswitch/7.2.4/fortilink-guide/801182/fortilink-mode-over-a-la…

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortiswitch/7.0.8/devices-managed-by-fortios/801182/fortilink-mod…

 

Note that the layer3 FortiLink config has changed from the 7.2.x version and above.

 

Refer to the below configuration:

FortiGate v7.2.4.

FortiSwitch v7.2.3.

 

 

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Fortigate FGSP

https://kb.fortinet.com/kb/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=FD46111&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_KCARTICLE_1_1&dialogID=164542366&stateId=0%200%20164540878%27

https://kb.fortinet.com/kb/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=FD46242&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_KCARTICLE_1_1&dialogID=164542366&stateId=0%200%20164540878%27

Ansible – Fortigate

Ansible :

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_loops.html
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/YAMLSyntax.html
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/fortios_system_email_server_module.html#status

https://help.github.com/en/github/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/setting-your-commit-email-address

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/48859

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/vault.html

IOS:

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_ios.html
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/connection/network_cli.html

Fortigate:

Modules (overzicht)
https://ftnt-ansible-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/fortios_modules.html
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/fortios_ipv4_policy_module.html

https://galaxy.ansible.com/fortinet/fortios
https://pypi.org/project/fortiosapi/
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/fortios_alertemail_setting_module.html
https://ftnt-ansible-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/fortios_playbooks/fortios_alertemail_setting.html

Fortios playbooks

Policy’s

Fortigate RestAPI Config Backup – FortiOS 6.0.4

Fortinet & SNMP

NPU info : https://help.fortinet.com/cli/fos50hlp/54/Content/FortiOS/fortiOS-cli-ref-54/config/system/npu.htm 

https://help.fortinet.com/fos60hlp/60/Content/FortiOS/fortigate-hardware-acceleration/NP6.htm

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/6.0.5/hardware-acceleration/177344/np6-and-np6lite-acceleration

Fortigate MIB:

OIDs for the Fortinet-FortiGate-MIB

SNMPb

https://sourceforge.net/projects/snmpb/