FortiSwitch ports display

The Switch Controller > FortiSwitch Ports page displays port information about each of the managed switches.

Starting in FortiSwitch Manager 7.2.2, the Device Information column on the Switch Controller > FortiSwitch Ports page displays the MAC address connected to that port after you specify in the CLI how often FortiSwitch Manager collects device information from FortiSwitch units.

To enable device information collection:

config switch-controller system

set data-sync-interval <30-1800 seconds>

end

By default, the data-sync-interval is set to 0, and no device information is collected from FortiSwitch units.

Collecting data from the FortiSwitch units is a resource-intensive process. Setting the data-sync-interval to a lower value increases the resource requirements, will slow down some management operations, and can lead to instability in large deployments when the value is too low. Fortinet recommends getting your network running and stabilized before enabling device information collection.

Click Faceplates to get the following information:

• Active ports (green)
• FortiLink port (link icon)

Each entry in the port list displays the following information:

• Port status (red for down, green for up)
• Port name
• If the port is a member of a trunk
• Access mode
• Port policy
• Enabled features
• Native VLAN
• Allowed VLANs
• Dynamic VLANs
• PoE status
• Device information
• DHCP snooping status
• Transceiver information