Technical Tip: Compatibilities of Hardware Switch with FortiGate

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Description	This article shows all the supported and non-supported hardware models for hardware switches. Hardware switch is a feature on FortiOS that it is not supported by all models.
Scope	FortiGate v6.2, v6.4, v7.0, v7.2, 7.4, 7.6
Solution	As per FortiOS 6.2.3, FortiGate models which support hardware switches are : FortiGate/FortiWifi-30E series. FortiGate/FortiWifi-50E series. FortiGate/FortiWifi-60E series. FortiGate-60F series. FortiGate-80E series. FortiGate-90E series. FortiGate/FortiWifi-92D series. FortiGate-100D series. FortiGate-100E series. FortiGate-100F series. FortiGate-300E series. FortiGate-3800D. FortiGate models that do not support hardware switch: FortiGate-80D. FortiGate-200E series. FortiGate-300D. FortiGate-400D. FortiGate-400E series. FortiGate-500D. FortiGate-500E series. FortiGate-600D. FortiGate-600E series. FortiGate-800D. FortiGate-900D. FortiGate-1000D. FortiGate-1100E. FortiGate-1200D. FortiGate-1500D. FortiGate-2200E. FortiGate-2000E/2500E. FortiGate-3000D. FortiGate-3100D. FortiGate-3200D. FortiGate-3300E. FortiGate-3400E. FortiGate-3600E. FortiGate-3700D. FortiGate-3810D/3815D. FortiGate-3960E/3980E. FortiGate-5001D FortiGate-5001E series. For hardware switch support on the latest models and firmware, one can refer to the Feature/Platform Matrix in the below links: As in v6.4.5: https://fortinetweb.s3.amazonaws.com/docs.fortinet.com/v2/attachments/aee16892-7a7a-11ea-9384-005056... As in v7.0.0: https://fortinetweb.s3.amazonaws.com/docs.fortinet.com/v2/attachments/1708f693-b330-11eb-b70b-005056... As in v7.2.1: https://fortinetweb.s3.amazonaws.com/docs.fortinet.com/v2/attachments/9a48c4e0-3442-11ed-9d74-fa163e... As in v7.4.0: https://fortinetweb.s3.amazonaws.com/docs.fortinet.com/v2/attachments/b33021d6-fe30-11ed-8e6d-fa163e...  As in v7.6.0: https://fortinetweb.s3.amazonaws.com/docs.fortinet.com/v2/attachments/ee1ebc62-b64d-11ef-9411-ae1fcf...