Special notices

Removal of switch-mgmt-mode

Starting in 7.2.0, there is no switch-mgmt-mode setting to set the FortiSwitch unit in local or fortilink mode anymore. The config switch auto-network command is used to form the ISL trunk and bring up the switch in FortiLink mode without rebooting the switch. The status of auto-network is enable by default in 7.2.x.

Additional command for FG-92D

There is an additional command available only on the FG-92D model:

config system global

set hw-switch-ether-filter {enable | disable}

end

By default, the hw-switch-ether-filter command is enabled. When the command is enabled:

• ARP (0x0806), IPv4 (0x0800), and VLAN (0x8100) packets are allowed.
• BPDUs are dropped, and no STP loop results.
• PPPoE packets are dropped.
• IPv6 packets are dropped.
• FortiSwitch devices are not discovered.
• HA might fail to form depending on the network topology.

When the hw-switch-ether-filter command is disabled, all packet types are allowed, but, depending on the network topology, an STP loop might result.

To work around this issue:

1. Use either WAN1 or WAN2 as the HA heartbeat device.
2. Disable the hw-switch-ether-filter option.