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Introduction
Welcome and thank you for selecting Fortinet products for your network configuration.
This guide contains information about the administration of a FortiSwitch unit in standalone
mode. In standalone mode, a FortiSwitch is managed by connected directly to the unit, either
using the web-based manager (also known as the GUI) or the CLI.
If you will be managing your FortiSwitch unit using a FortiGate, please see the guide Managing
a FortiSwitch unit with a FortiGate.
Supported Models
This guide is for all FortiSwitch models that are supported by FortiSwitchOS. This includes the
following models:
FortiSwitch-28C, FortiSwitch-108D-POE, FortiSwitch-124D, FortiSwitch-124D-POE,
FortiSwitch Rugged-124D, FortiSwitch-224D-POE, FortiSwitch-324B-POE,
FortiSwitch-348B, FortiSwitch-448B, FortiSwitch-1024D, FortiSwitch-1048D, and
FortiSwitch-3032D
Before You Begin
Before you start administrating your FortiSwitch unit, it is assumed that you have completed the
initial configuration of the FortiSwitch unit, as outlined in the QuickStart Guide for your
FortiSwitch model and have administrative access to the FortiSwitch unit’s web-based manager
and CLI.
How this Guide is Organized
This guide is organized into the following chapters:
• System Settings contains information about the initial configuration of your FortiSwitch unit.
• Ports contains information on configuring your FortiSwitch’s ports.
• 802.1x contains information on using 802.1x protocol.
• LACP Mode contains information on using a FortiSwitch in Link Aggregation Control
Protocol (LACP) mode.
• TACACS contains information on using TACACS authetication with your FortiSwitch unit.
• Power over Ethernet contains information on using Power over Ethernet (PoE) with your
FortiSwitch.
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