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August 25, 2025

Troubleshooting Tip: How to restart CAPWAP switch-controller daemon on FortiGate and FortiSwitch

  • August 25, 2025
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Description This article describes how to restart the switch controller process. Restarting this process could help with troubleshooting.
Scope FortiGate switch controller.
Solution

The command to restart the switch-controller daemon is the next 

 

diagnose switch-controller restart-daemon acd

 

Once the daemon is restarted, a crash should be seen with the 'diagnose debug crashlog read' command:

 

cu_acdprocess.JPG

 

The process name is cu_acd.

 

If the described command does not work, try this one:

 

fnsysctl killall cu_acd

 

The Capwap process on FortiSwitch is named cu_swtpd. The command to restart this process is as follows:

 

fnsysctl killall cu_swtpd