FortiGate Connector for Cisco ACI

GENERAL

Field Description / Options
Name Name of the Device
Device Package Select Device Package from drop down list
Model l FG-VM l FG-1000D l FG-1500D l FG-3700D l Unknown

Add L4-L7 Device

Field Description / Options
Mode l Single Node / HA Cluster

We only support Single Node for current release

Function Type l GoThrough (L2) l Goto (L3)

CONNECTIVITY

Field Description / Options
Physical Domain or VMM Domain Select from drop down list Domain which you should have configured during APIC Access Policies setup
APIC to Device l Out-of-Band l In-Band

CREDENTIALS

Field Description
Username <login name to the Fortigate>
Password <Password to login to Fortigate>
Confirm Password <Password to login to Fortigate>

Device 1

Field Description / Options
Management IP Address <IP address to connect to Fortigate>
Management Port l http l https https is the prefer method
Connects To l Port (Default), PC, VPC
Physical Interfaces Click on “+” sign to add interfaces connecting from APIC to FortiGate

Add L4-L7 Device

Field Description / Options
Name Select from Drop down list to select port.

(If using Port Channel, please type in the correct Port Channel name ex:PO1, PO2..etc.)

Connects To Interface that connects to the APIC
Direction l Provider l Consumer

Need to configure 2 ports

Cluster

Leave everything default.

No need to input any information for next screen, just hit “submit”.

Add L4-L7 Device

L4-L7 Device Added:

There are a number of steps that follow such as:

  • Creating a Tenant l Creating an Application Profile l Creating an Application End Point Group (EPG) l Creating Contracts

Create a Function Profile

  • Associate Physical Domains l Assign Client to EPG (Static Bindings) l Associating Contracts l Associate the Device Package with the Tenant l Deploy the Device

The instructions for these steps can be found in the Cisco Documentation at http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/aci/apic/sw/1-x/L4-L7_Services_ Deployment/guide/b_L4L7_Deploy.html


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