How this guide is organized

This FortiAuthenticator Administration Guide contains the following sections:

• Setup describes initial setup for standalone and HA cluster FortiAuthenticator configurations.
• System describes the options available in the system menu tree, including: network configuration, administration settings, and messaging settings.
• Authentication describes how to configure built-in and remote authentication servers and manage users and user groups.
• Port-based Network Access Control describes how to configure the FortiAuthenticator unit for IEEE 802.1X Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) authentication methods, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and MAC-based device authentication.
• Fortinet Single Sign-On describes how to use the FortiAuthenticator unit in a Single Sign On (SSO) environment.
• RADIUS Single Sign-On describes how to use the FortiAuthenticator unit RADIUS accounting proxy.
• Monitoring describes how to monitor SSO and authentication information.
• Certificate Management describes how to manage X.509 certificates and how to set up the FortiAuthenticator unit to act as an Certificate Authority (CA).
• Logging describes how to view the logs on your FortiAuthenticator unit.
• Troubleshooting provides suggestions to resolve common problems.