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.
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:
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:
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