Building Software-Defined Networks with FortiOS 6.0

 

With enterprises directly accessing the internet, it’s becoming critical to deploy next-generation security strategies along with enabling multi-path WAN to improve application performance. 

FortiGate SD-WAN replaces separate WAN routers, WAN optimization, and security devices with a single solution that is application-aware, offers automatic WAN path control and multi-broadband support.  It improves application performance, reduces WAN Operating expenses and minimizes management complexity.

 

In this 2 hour hands-on lab, you will learn how to:

 

• Software-defined networking (SDN) applies to software control of wide area networks in an enterprise environment
• To implement application control and traffic shaping over SD-WAN
• FortiManager can enable unified policy across thousands of enterprise branches
• FortiDeploy can enable zero-touch deployment
• To configure virtualized products supporting WAN aggregation while gaining hand-on experience

 

Centralized Management with FortiManager

 

From small business to large enterprises, and even managed service providers, all networks have been forced to evolve with the changing business landscape.  As networks continue to evolve, organizations struggle to keep ahead.  Too many solutions with varying management tools strain already overworked security teams.

 

How can you handle the rapid transformation of networks so that you can manage them efficiently and effectively?

 

FortiManager provides a single pane-of glass view across the entire Fortinet Security Fabric. FortiManager also lets you maintain control over your FortiGate, FortiSwitch, and FortiAP topologies through an easy-to-use and centralized management console.
 

In this 2 hour hands-on lab, you will learn how to:
 

• Introduce the benefits of central management and provide an overview of FortiManager
• Administer FortiManager with different ADOMs, create admin profiles and accounts, set up for multiple organizations, and perform role-based administration
• Deploy multiple FortiGates with the FortiManager
• Create policies for multiple devices and push those policies to FortiGate devices