Technical Tip: Enable Physical and Logical Topology in Fabric View

Description

This article describes how to enable Physical and Logical Topology in Fabric View.

Scope

FortiManager, FortiGate.

Solution

By default, Fabric View will not show options for both Physical and Logical Topology.

1. To enable these features in FortiManager, first configure a Security Fabric in one of the managed FortiGates.

2. After the Security Fabric is configured, make sure it shows correctly in the Device Manager. If it does not, proceed to manually retrieve it.

3. Checking Fabric View will automatically enable both the Physical and Logical Topology sections:

Troubleshooting:

1. Make sure FortiGate and FortiManager are compatible with each other by consulting the compatibility matrix tool: 
2. If the topology is not displayed, run the following debug commands and share the captured output with TAC:

diag debug service sys 255
diag debug service csf 255
diag debug application scheduled 255
diag debug app securityconsole 255
diag debug application gui 255

diag debug enable

3. Capture debug logs with the GUI debugger tool for FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer: Technical Tip: How to debug GUI issues in FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer.