Managed FortiSwitch Renaming

[Dan_Eng52]

Hi guys, 

I hope you're well. 

I want to rename a managed FortiSwitch but when I attempt to do this I get the below error: 

I have done this many times in the past this way and have never received this error, the FortiSwitch is currently running 7.4.3 and the FortiGate 7.2.9. 

In the past when I have done this, it has been with switches I have manually authorized and configured from scratch however, with this since it was a larger install I pre-configured the FortiGate switch-controller with all my switch configurations that is the only difference I can think of. 

Does anyone have any ideas if it is possible still? 

Regards, 
Dan. 

[akumar02]

Hello @Dan_Eng52 ,

What is your FortiOS version?
You can still do it using the following article:
https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortiswitch/7.6.0/fortilink-guide/59264/defining-names-for-manage...
https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Managed-FortiSwitch-hostname-config-on-7-4...

I believe you are logged in as a super-admin user to make these changes. 

Can you remove the "-" from the new name and use a simple name (e.g. switch123) and test again?

[Dan_Eng52]

Hi Akumar02, 

I hope you're well. 

I am logged in as a super-admin but unfortunately using a simple naming convention has not worked and I still receive the same error message:

We are currently running FortiOS 7.2.9 and FortiSwitchOS 7.4.3 I have done this many times before without any issues so not too sure if this is just because I am running this version. 

Many thanks, 

Dan.

[dwivedis]

Hello, 

You can rename the switches by navigating as below:

FortiGate --> WiFi&Switch controller --> Managed Switch --> select the switch and right click --> click on edit --> Give new name

Find the attached for screenshot.

[Dan_Eng52]

Hi dwivedis, 

Thanks for your response. 

I have already done this within the GUI but this doesn't actually change the name within the managed switch-controller CLI only in the GUI. In the managed switch controller I used to be able to run the rename <original switch name> to <new switch name> and this would change the name from being a serial number to something more memorable in CLI. 

I'm thinking this could be a bug as I have a number of other firewalls running different version and I was able to succesfully run this command and make the name change. 

Regards, 

Dan.