Created on
12-29-2025
09:13 AM
Edited on
01-05-2026
01:12 AM
By
Jean-Philippe_P
| Description |
This article describes the cause of an issue where it is not possible to configure an OSPF passive interface in certain versions. |
| Scope | FortiManager v7.4. |
| Solution |
Add an OSPF passive interface configuration from Device Manager -> Router -> OSPF -> Advanced Options, but the FortiGate configuration status does not change to Modified.
Test scenario: Add only an OSPF passive interface configuration entry from Device Settings -> Router -> OSPF -> Advanced options.
After, return to Device & Groups and confirm that the FortiGate configuration status does not show Modified.
Root cause: There are two places to configure OSPF passive interfaces, which leads to a mismatch in status reporting. The two locations are Device Manager -> FortiGate Dashboard -> Router -> OSPF -> Advanced options and Device Manager -> FortiGate Dashboard -> CLI Configurations -> Router -> OSPF.
Workaround: Configure the passive interface when creating the OSPF interface, or configure it from the Device Manager -> FGT Dashboard -> CLI Configuration -> Router -> OSPF.
OSPF interfaces configuration:
Navigate to Device Manager -> FortiGate Dashboard -> CLI Configuration -> Router -> OSPF:
Starting from v7.4.7, the passive interface setting under Advanced options was removed because it conflicted with the passive interface setting within the OSPF interface configuration. |
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