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November 10, 2016

Technical Note: How to configure a FortiGate to be managed by one FortiManager but a different one for FortiGuard related services

  • November 10, 2016
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Description
This article describes the steps to configure a FortiGate to be managed by one FortiManager but a different one for FortiGuard related services.

Solution
To use FortiManager as a Management server only.
config system central-management
set type fortimanager
set fmg <fmg_ip>
next

To use FortiManager as a FortiGuard server only.
config system central-management
config server-list
edit <id>
set server-type update rating
set server-address <fmg_ip>
next
end
end

To use FortiManager as a FortiGuard server and FortiGuard server.
config system central-management
set type fortimanager
set fmg <fmg_ip1>
config server-list
edit <id>
set server-type update rating
set server-address <fmg_ip2>
next
end
end

where fmgip1 could be equal or different to fmgip2.

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