Technical Tip: Use SD-WAN intelligence for selecti...

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Article Id 201283

Description

This article describes how to be able to use the best link for communicating FortiGuard servers.

Scope

FortiGate.

Solution

Interface select method options:

auto <----- Set outgoing interface automatically.
sdwan <----- Set outgoing interface by SD-WAN or policy routing rules.
specify <----- Set outgoing interface manually.

config sys fortiguard

(fortiguard) set interface-select-method sdwan

(fortiguard) end

config sys fortiguard

(fortiguard) # show

config system fortiguard

set update-server-location usa

set sdns-server-ip "208.91.112.220"

set interface-select-method sdwan

end

config log fortiguard setting

set status enable

set interface-select-method sdwan

end

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Technical Tip: Use SD-WAN intelligence for selecting interface to use in communicating with FortiGuard servers