About this document
This document describes how to configure and manage your FortiManager system and the devices that it manages.
The FortiManager system documentation assumes you have one or more FortiGate units, you have FortiGate unit documentation, and you are familiar with configuring your FortiGate units before using the FortiManager system. Where FortiManager system features or parts of features are identical to FortiGate unit, the FortiManager system documentation refers to the FortiGate unit documentation for further configuration assistance with that feature.
This document contains the following information:
• What’s New in v4.0 MR3 lists and describes some of the new features and changes in FortiManager v4.0 MR3 and Patch Releases 1 to 7.
• Using the Web-based Manager introduces the FortiManager Web-based Manager interface that is used to manage and configure supported Fortinet units and FortiClient agents, and to view FortiGate unit configuration, device status, system health, real time logs, and historical logs.
• Administrative Domains (ADOMs) describes ADOMs that can define sets of devices to be controlled by one or more administrators.
• System Settings describes how to control and monitor the operation of the FortiManager system, including network settings, managing firmware revisions, configuration backup and administrator access.
• Device Management describes adding, configuring and managing devices, Virtual Domains (VDOMs) and working with device groups.
• Policies and Objects describes policy workflow, provisioning, policy packages, objects and dynamic objects.
• VPN Console describes how to configure a VPN and firewall policies.
• Java-based Administration Client introduces the FortiManager java-based administration client tool that can used to manage and configure supported devices and FortiClient agents.
• Working with Scripts describes how to create and manage scripts from devices that are in operation. Administrators can use functions, such as the configure function, the debug function, the show function, and the get function, to manage devices using scripts.
• FortiGuard Services describes how to use the FortiManager system as a local update server for AV and IPS signatures and a on-site FDN server for FortiGuard Web Filtering and Email Filter services.
• Real-time Monitor describes how to monitor the status of a number of devices, system alerts and device log.
• FortiClient Manager describes how to use the FortiClient Manager to centrally manage FortiClient agents.
• High Availability describes how to configure and manage a FortiManager high availability clusters.