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June 3, 2026
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FortiSwitch - features clarification

  • June 3, 2026
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Hello,

Could someone explain the differences from the FortiSwitch Feature Matrix for Device Detection vs Network Device Detection and the use cases for NAC Device Telemetry - is it only related to https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.2.0/new-features/612369/track-device-traffic-statistics-when-nac-is-enabled-7-2-4 , since I didnt find that much info that would give me a good understanding of the diff.

We were thinking of implementing on a bunch of FSW 148F-POE w/ FortiLink (for which the 2 above features are not available) and use NAC Lite with EMS Tags for the policies but then saw the possibility of also using Device Patterns for Device Category such as Hardware Vendor, Device Familiy, Type, OS etc and would like to know if it would work w/o those 2 features on that model or should reconsider something in the 200 series.

Thanks.