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Adding FortiGate devices to FortiManager

Adding FortiGate devices to FortiManager

In this section, you will add two FortiGate devices to use for the datacenters and two FortiGate devices to use for the branch offices.

Adding FortiGate devices to FortiManager involves the following steps:

  1. Creating device groups
  2. Adding FortiGates to device groups
  3. Retrieving FortiGate device configuration
  4. Importing device policies and mapping interfaces
  5. Creating meta fields
  6. Setting meta field values for all FortiGates

Adding FortiGate devices to FortiManager

In this section, you will add two FortiGate devices to use for the datacenters and two FortiGate devices to use for the branch offices.

Adding FortiGate devices to FortiManager involves the following steps:

  1. Creating device groups
  2. Adding FortiGates to device groups
  3. Retrieving FortiGate device configuration
  4. Importing device policies and mapping interfaces
  5. Creating meta fields
  6. Setting meta field values for all FortiGates