Administrative domains (ADOMs)
You can organize connected devices into ADOMs to allow you to better manage these devices. ADOMs can be organized by:
• Firmware version; group all v5.0 devices into one ADOM, and all v4.0 MR3 into another.
• Geographic regions; group all devices for a specific geographic region into an ADOM, and devices for a separate region into another ADOM.
• Admin users; group devices into separate ADOMs based for specific administrators responsible for the group of devices.
• Customers; group all devices for one customer into an ADOM, and devices for another customer into another ADOM.
• Device type; create a separate ADOM for each device type, i.e. FortiGate, FortiCarrier, and FortiSwitch.
Each admin profile can be customized to provide read-only, read-write, or restrict access to various ADOM settings. When creating new admin accounts, you can restrict which ADOMs the administrator can access, for enhanced control of your admin users. For more information on ADOM configuration and settings, see
“Administrative Domains”.