200F Management port best practise

[rezafathi]

Hi

I have all my interface vlans on my 200f port1 and I am looking for a way to config mgmt port to connect to fortigate. What should i do?

[ndumaj · Accepted solution]

Hi Rezafathi,

You can configure:

config system interface

    edit mgmt
        set dedicated-to management
end
Please review the following articles:
https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-FortiGate-dedicated-mgmt-feature-Out-of-ba...
https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Use-MGMT-port-inside-the-firewall-policy/t...

-BR-

[rezafathi]

My 200f firewall has already have that feature enabled by default. Currently I can not access mgmt port without a static route (0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0 mgmt)

[ndumaj]

Did you access it after adding the static route?
-BR-

[rezafathi]

Yes

[ndumaj]

Great, nice to know about that for next time.

Thanks