Description | This article describes how to add an existing and used interface to an SD-WAN zone. |
Scope | FortiGate, SD-WAN. |
Solution |
By default, adding an interface to an SD-WAN zone should only be a couple of clicks away. However, some wish to add an existing and used interface in a newly created (or possibly existing) SD-WAN zone.
Below is a demonstration of how to add a new interface to the zone.
Port4 is a new interface with no references:
Under Network -> SD-WAN, select Create New -> SD-WAN Member -> OK.
The interface is already added on the virtual-wan link zone.
In this case, an admin wanted to add the existing WAN interface, which is port1. Note that this interface was already used as this was the only WAN that the admin initially had.
This is because port1 has references which may include policy config, VPN config, VIP config and etc.
To resolve this, all references should be deleted or moved to a different interface until the number of references becomes 0, and the port can be added on the zone interface.
Deleted references:
A new SD-WAN member was created, and port1 is now visible on the drop-down list:
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