Doubts about FortiLink over L3 network
Hi team,
I have some doubts about integrating remote FortiSwitches to FortiGate. I have read this document, but I still have doubts:
This is my topology:
SW-1 and SW-2 are not a stack, they are independent switches. SW-1 and SW-2 internal IPs (192.168.1.x) can reach FGT FortiLink IP 10.10.1.1. I will use in-band management for the FortiSwitches (the internal IPs).
On the FortiSwitch, will these be the commands for SW-1?
config switch-controller global
set ac-discovery-type static
set source-ip 192.168.1.2 <<<< in-band internal IP?
config ac-list
edit 1
set ipv4-address 10.10.1.1 <<<< FortiLink IP in FortiGate?
next
end
end
Am I correct? In FortiGate do I only need to configure FortiLink interface with IP 10.10.1.1 and DHCP server disabled?
For SW-2, will the commands be the same just changing source-ip?
There is the "In-band management section" followed by "To configure a FortiSwitch unit to operate in a layer-3 network". It says:
If you configure static discovery, you need to create a static inter-switch link (ISL) trunk and then enable or disable automatic VLAN configuration on the manually created (static) ISL trunk.
Why do I need a ISL trunk? Does it apply to my topology?
Please help, I know FortiGates but I am new on FortiSwitches.
PS: I will have FortiManager as well. In this case I don't know if the FortiSwitches will have to be integrated in FortiGate, and then FortiGate integrated in FortiManager. Or the FortiSwitches will be managed directly with FortiManager without FortiGate.
Regards,
Julián