Chapter 19 Virtual Domains : Inter-VDOM routing : Inter-VDOM configurations
  
Inter-VDOM configurations
By using fewer physical interfaces to inter-connect VDOMs, inter-VDOM links provide you with more configuration options.
None of these configurations use VLANs to reduce the number of physical interfaces. It is generally assumed that an internal or client network will have its own internal interface and an external interface to connect to its ISP and the Internet.
These inter-VDOM configurations can use any FortiGate model with possible limitations based on the number of physical interfaces. VLANs can be used to work around these limitations.
In the following inter-VDOM diagrams, red indicates the physical FortiGate unit, grey indicate network connections external to the FortiGate unit, and black is used for inter-VDOM links and VDOMs.
This section includes the following topics:
Standalone VDOM configuration
Independent VDOMs configuration
Management VDOM configuration
Meshed VDOM configuration