FortiManager Wizards – FortiManager 5.2

Installing device settings (only)

Select Install Device Settings (only) and optionally, type a comment for the device settings being installed.

Device selection

The device selection window allows you to choose the device type and then one or more devices of that type to install.

Device selection window
Validation

The validation phase will perform a check on the device and settings to be installed. Select Preview to preview installation. Select Download to open or save the preview file in .txt format.

Validation phase
Installation

The installation window displays the status of the installation process, and then lists the devices onto which the settings were installed and any errors or warning that occurred during the installation process.

Device settings successful installation window

Selecting the history icon for a specific device will open the installation history for that device. Device installation history

Installing interface policy (only)

Select Install Interface Policy (only) and optionally, type a comment for the interface policy being installed.

Install interface policy only
Device selection

The device selection window allows you to choose the device type and then one or more devices of that type to install.

Device selection window
Validation

The validation phase will perform a check on the device and settings to be installed. Select Preview to preview installation. Select Download to open or save the preview file in .txt format.

Validation phase

 

Import policy

Installation

The installation window displays the status of the installation process, and then lists the devices onto which the settings were installed and any errors or warning that occurred during the installation process.

Selecting the history icon for a specific device will open the installation history for that device.


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4 thoughts on “FortiManager Wizards – FortiManager 5.2

  1. Piccolo

    Hi, with add model device, whats is the best practices to add a lot of fortigates ? Load basic config with the fortimanager ip ? Thanks

    Reply
    1. Mike Post author

      My personal preference is to have a base config that configures the WAN IP of the device (if static) and inputs the FortiManager address. Once it phones home to the Manager I just have the Manager push the appropriate configuration. Obviously, this works better in environments that can withstand some small downtime. Though you could stand a deployment like this up in parallel and then just migrate over.

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