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January 6, 2021

Technical Tip: Change the MAC addresses of FortiSwitch internal interface

Description
This article describes how to change  FortiSwitch interface mac-addresses by using the following instructions.

Solution
Login into the switch interface and change the mac-address of the required interface.
FSW # config system interface
FSW (interface) edit internal
FSW (internal) set macaddr 44:44:44:aa:aa:bb
FSW (internal) end
FSW next
FSW # exec router restart                                           <----- Restarts routing module of FortiSwitch.
FSW # diag switch  mac-address list  | grep internal
MAC: 44:44:44:aa:aa:bb  VLAN: 4094 Port: internal(port-id 53)
Note.
No reboot of FortiSwitch is required.

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