Introduction to FortiManager

Centralized Management:

--> Forti Manager is a centralized Management tool which allows you to manage several FortiGate devices.

--> Instead of logging into each and every FortiGate device individually, with the help of FortiManager we can manage all of the devices at the same time.

--> Scales from few to thousand devices with easy to understand graphical user interface.

Configuration Changes:

--> Fortimanager provides the history of configuration changes made on FortiGate devices.

--> It is possible to schedule new configuration changes or go back to the previous configuration by using FortiManager.

--> FortiManager allows you to Quickly create and modify policies/objects with an easy graphical user interface.

Fortiguard Updates:

--> Instead of each and every device getting fortiguard updates from Internet, Fortimanager act as local fortiguard distribution network server which provides fortiguard updates to all the managed devices.

Firmware Upgrades:

--> FortiManager also provides firmware upgrades for managed devices.

Script Support:

--> FortiManager supports CLI and TCL based scripts for installing configuration on fortigate devices.

Integration with FortiAnalyzer:

--> FortiManager also act as Forti Analyzer which allows you to store log information from managed devices.

--> FortiManager also allows you to generate SQL based reports.

--> FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer both are having similar hardware and software.

--> We can use FortiManager as FortiAnalyzer but for only less volume of logs as it needs memory for other features such as FortiGuard updates and configuration management.

--> It is better to use separate FortiAnalyzer if you are having high volumes of log data.

VPN Manager:

--> FortiManager allows you to implement and deploy VPN configuration on managed FortiGate devices.

Seamless Deployment using ADOMS:

--> FortiManager allows management of large deployments easily and securely by grouping devices based upon geographic or functional administrative domains (ADOMs).

--> Administrative domains (ADOMs) allows the administrator to create groupings of devices for administrators to monitor and manage

--> Managed devices are assigned to an ADOM and one or more administrators are assigned to one or more ADOMs.

Device Support:

--> FortiManager provides support for following devices,

i) Fortigate

ii) Forti Carrier

iii) Forti Analyzer

iv) Forti Cache

v) Forti Client

vi) Forti Web

vii) Forti DDOS

viii) Forti Sandbox

ix) Forti Mail

Ref: Fortinet.com

Md.Kareemoddin

CCIE # 54759