Introduction
FortiManager centralized management appliances deliver the essential tools needed to effectively manage, and monitor your Fortinet-based security infrastructure.
Using the FortiManager system, you can:
• configure multiple FortiGate units (including FortiGate, FortiWiFi, FortiGate-Virtual Machine), FortiCarrier units, and FortiSwitch units,
• segregate management of large deployments easily and securely by grouping devices and agents into geographic or functional administrative domains (ADOMs),
• configure and manage VPN policies,
• monitor the status of managed devices,
• view device logs and generate reports,
• update the Antivirus and IPS (attack) signatures,
• provide Web Filtering and Email Filtering services to the licensed devices as a local FortiGuard Distribution Network (FDN) server.
• revision control and firmware images management of managed devices.
FortiManager systems scale to manage up to 5,000 devices, and virtual domains (VDOMS) from a single FortiManager interface. FortiManager is designed for medium to large enterprises, and managed security service providers. FortiManager system architecture emphasizes reliability, scalability, ease of use, and easy integration with third-party systems.
This section contains the following topics: