Whatʼs new in FortiSwitch Manager 7.2.2

The following new features are available in FortiSwitch Manager 7.2.2:

• You can now log dynamic MAC address events. For more details, see Logging changes to MAC addresses.

• You can now configure an automation stitch by specifying a trigger and the action to be performed. The automation stitch can be triggered by logged events, switch reboots, low memory, high CPU usage, license about to expired, configuration changes, and scheduled times. The triggered action can be sending an email message, displaying an alert in the console, sending data to a uniform resource identifier (URI), running a CLI script, or performing an immediate system operation on the FortiSwitch Manager unit. For more details, see Configuring automation stitches.

• You can now use the CLI to do the following:

  • Create a template.

  • Copy a managed-switch configuration to a template.

  • Apply the template to a managed switch.

  • Apply the configuration of one managed switch to another managed switch.

  You can manually apply configuration changes to up to 10 FortiSwitch units at a time or automatically apply changes to an unlimited number of switches using switch groups. Using templates makes it easier to configure new switches and to ensure that the same changes are made consistently to all switches of the same model. For more details, see Creating and applying templates for managed-switch configurations.

• You can now specify whether your managed FortiSwitch configuration is automatically backed up each time a user logs out or before a system upgrade is started. By default, both options are disabled. For more details, see Configuring automatic backups.

• You can now use the CLI to specify how often the managed FortiSwitch unit will send IGMP version-2 queries when the IGMP-snooping querier is configured. For more details, see Configuring global IGMP-snooping settings.

• You can now specify static entries for DHCP snooping and dynamic ARP inspection (DAI) by manually associating an IP address with a MAC address in the CLI. For more details, see Configuring DHCP-snooping static entries.

• You can now use the CLI to configure the Power over Ethernet (PoE) port mode (IEEE802.3 AF, IEEE802.3 AT, or IEEE802.3 BT), port priority (critical, high, medium, or low), and port power (normal, perpetual, or perpetual fast) on managed switches. For more details, see Configuring PoE port settings.

• The Device Information column on the Switch Controller > FortiSwitch Ports page now displays the MAC address connected to that port.