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FortiSwitch offline

Hi all,

I have added one FortiSwitch, but it always offline, how to get it online?

Staff

Hi @focus11 ,
Have a look at this troubleshooting guide as it might help :

New Member

it was fortilink is not up, please check physical connection.

Staff

Is "auto-discovery-fortilink" enabled on the interfaces members of the fortlink?

Staff

Hello
I would suggest you to please factory reset the switch (exe factoryreset) and follow the link to add the switch again:
https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-How-to-add-connect-FortiSwitch-to-FortiGate-on-any/ta-p/270600

Thank you!

New Member

I have tried this seems doesn't work.

Staff & Editor

Hi @focus11,

Have you tried different cables and different ports? Do you see any link lights?

Regards,

New Member

Yes, with different cables and different ports and port lights was normally, just the switch offline.

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