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Management Ports
Management Ports
This chapter contains information about the initial configuration of your FortiSwitch unit.
Configuring the Management Ports
Using the web-based manager:
First start by editing the default internal interface’s configuration.
1.
Go to System > Network > Interface and edit the internal interface.
2.
Assign an IP/Netmask.
3.
Set Administrative Access to use the desired protocols to connect to the interface.
4.
Select OK.
Next, create a new interface to be used for management.
1.
Go to System > Network > Interface and select Create New to create a management VLAN.
2. Give the interface an appropriate name.
3.
Set Interface to internal.
4.
Set a VLAN ID.
5.
Assign an IP/Netmask.
6.
Set Administrative Access to use the desired protocols to connect to the interface.
7.
Select OK.
Using the CLI:
config system interface
edit internal
set ip <address>
set allowaccess <access_types>
set type physical
next
edit <name>
set ip <address>
set allowaccess <access_types>
set interface internal
set vlanid 10
end
end
Example Configurations
The following are four example configurations for management ports, with the CLI syntax shown to create them.
12 FortiSwitchOS-3.2.0