Device profiles
A device profile is a subset of a model device configuration. Each device or device group will be able to be linked with a device profile. When linked, the selected settings will come from the profile, not from the Device Manager database.
By default, there is one generic profile defined. Device profiles are managed in a similar manner to policy packages. You can use the context menus to create new device profiles.
Device profiles supports the following settings:
• DNS: Networking options including DNS servers and local domain name
• Time settings: NTP server settings
• Alert Email: Configure SMTP server settings
• Admin Settings: Configure central management, web administration ports, timeout settings, and other web administration settings.
• SNMP: Configure SNMPv1, v2c and v3 settings.
• Replacement messages: Customize replacement messages at a global level. You can customize per VDOM replacement messages.
• Log Settings: Configure logging and archiving to FortiAnalyzer/FortiManager or a syslog server.
You can create or delete profiles with a context menu by right-clicking the profile. You can also select specific devices that will be associated with the profile. You can link a device to the device profile using the Add Device Wizard from the device’s dashboard in device manager, or by right-clicking and editing the profile and selecting the devices.
Installation considerations
Device profiles should be applied to a device (database) during the install operation. There are three types of installations:
• Device Settings only: the device profile should be applied first.
• Policy Packages and Device Settings: the device profile make be applied after the policy package is copied.
• Interface Policy only: the device profile should be applied in the same way as other global settings are handled, depending on whether or not VDOMs are enabled.
During the installation wizard, you will be prompted to choose which devices to install. After selecting device settings only, you will be presented with a list of devices that is pre-filtered based on whether or not the device database is modified.