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Created on ‎12-26-2025 10:14 AM

FortiSwitch offline

I am using the FortiGate VM version and found that the built-in FortiLink is unable to connect to the FortiSwitch, consistently showing as offline. Could you please advise on how to resolve this issue? thanks!

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Created on ‎12-28-2025 08:04 AM

Did you follow this guide.

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate-Cloud/Technical-Tip-Setting-up-FortiSwitch-FortiLink-Man...

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