Common FortiSwitch Topologies: Ring and MCLAG

In this video we will cover two common FortiSwitch topologies when managed by FortiGate firewall.
0:00 Topology #1 - Ring Topology
1:55 Topology #2 - MCLAG
4:54 Considerations
6:13 Topology #1 Configuration + testing
11:39 Topology #2 Configuration + testing

[@PowerOfDeathZ]

Thanks for sharing this, would really love if you could show 2 Tier or 3 Tier MClag setups and also in your future videos maybe more about SecOps like FortiSIEM and FortiSOAR?

[@jhippl]

this has been so very helpful

[@80andybrown80]

Great Video.

[@karolkrzyzyk2859]

nice video. Coul you please show also Multi-tier ICL MCLAG topology . I have a case where HA FG cluster is installed, connected to two FS like on your video and to those two I have connect two pairs of FS (each two are connected via ICL-MCLAG).

[@luizmello2535]

Great video! In the ring topology, can I connect another Fortiswitch to one of these switches outside the ring topology? For example, if I connect an FS148F to just one port (standalone) of the FS-224E, will it work?

[@tothepointfortinet3823]

So a standalone configured 148f being connected to one of the 224E units? Sure you could do that, if configured correctly there shouldn't be a problem

[@lindembertofontes2479]

How can I configure the fortiswich mclag without a fortigate controller?

[@sridharbvnl2101]

can pls show VDOM setup on Fortigate ?