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Article Id 292613
Description This article describes how to add an interface to a Hardware switch that is present in a different VDOM.
Scope FortiGate v6.4+.
Solution

Adding an interface to the Hardware switch in the GUI only allows the addition of interfaces present in the same VDOM as the Hardware Switch.


It is possible to see the same in the image below:

 

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Checking the HW-SW1 in GUI only gives the option to add internal5, which belongs to VDOM-A. It does not allow to add internal1, which is present in root VDOM:

 

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To add an interface that is present in different VDOMs, use CLI.

Here are the commands to use to add internal1 (present in root VDOM) to HW-SW1 (present in VDOM A) in this example:


config system virtual-switch
    edit HW-SW1
        config port
            edit internal1
        end

 

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The interface is added to the Hardware switch:

 

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