FortiSwitch for Small & Enterprise Business

Fortinet’s Ethernet switches can be managed standalone or integrate directly into the Fortinet Security Fabric via the FortiLink protocol. Fortinet offers a security-centric approach to Ethernet networking. Through integrating Ethernet switch management into your FortiGate deployment via FortiLink,

Fortinet’s Ethernet switches can be managed standalone or integrate directly into the Fortinet Security Fabric via the FortiLink protocol. FortiLink is a key supporting technology of the FortiSwitch, that enable its ports to become extensions of the FortiGate security appliance. When connected via FortiLink the security polices of the FortiSwitch can mirror the FortiGate making Firewall interfaces and Switch ports equally secure. Centralized management through the FortiGate simplifies deployment and provisioning of FortiSwitch with no touch auto-discovery, one click VLAN and security policy assignment. With an integrated access layer, the FortiGate provides consolidated visibility and reporting easing management and troubleshooting. These features are included and have no licensing fee. FortiSwitch can also be managed without a FortiGate and for these types of deployments at scale our FortiSwitch Manager supports up to 2500 switches utilizing a similar network design as FortiGate managed, but without security.