FortiSwitch Stand Alone Configuration in a Cisco Environment

[@GerardRoy-cr1uo]

Hey Mark, Can you show me how to connect a FortiSwitch 424E directly to a Cisco ASR1001, I am having an issue making this work. I can access the ASR thru the fortiswitch and I can also access the fortiswitch, both with IP's on my vlan1, I need to connect to a vlan 4 and a vlan 35 but not working.

[@rodolfohernandez4088]

Thanks so much, good guide. I have the same scenario with the trunk over SFP ports, but I can't make it ping to the gateway, even when the static route has been created. Also, every time I tried to change the "internal" interface native-vlan, to be able to admin the switch later from any port, shows me this error:
Native Vlan id cannot be same as system interface vlan. Conflicting SVI: VLAN-709object set operator error, -56 discard the settingCommand fail. Return code -56

[@elvizofernandes9445]

I had the same issue, I added the IP on the VLAN interface rather than on the internal interface and changed the static route to work only on the management vlan. it then could ping and work

[@richardInNL]

Is the static route the same as what Cisco call the Default Gateway? I assume FortiSwitch cannot do L3.

[@itcusolutions6035]

Thanks! No, this is a legitimate static route. This Fortinet can perform basic L3 static routing. Unlike Cisco L2 switches where the default gateway is the same as a computer default gateway and does not allow additional routing.

[@ashraf912]

Great vid, amazing explanation, would appreciate it if you could show us LACP config, and HA in fortinet switches, not sure if they support stack, vlt/vpc , or just configure a trunk between 2 fortiswitches for HA.

[@itcusolutions6035]

Thanks, I still don't have two Fortinet switches, but I could do a video between Fortinet and HPE switch. Future video and thanks!

[@zaminibishov5673]

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