Working With Vdoms And Global Settings; Adding Interfaces To A Vdom - Fortinet Fortigate-5000 series Administration Manual

Using virtual domains

Working with VDOMs and global settings

Adding interfaces to a VDOM

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When you log in as admin and virtual domains are enabled you are automatically
in global configuration, as demonstrated by the VDOM option under System.
Select System > VDOM to work with virtual domains.
Figure 22: VDOM list
Create New Select to add a new VDOM. Enter the new VDOM name and
select OK.
The VDOM must not have the same name as an existing VDOM,
VLAN or zone. The VDOM name can be a maximum of 11
characters long without spaces.
Management Change the management VDOM to the selected VDOM. The
management VDOM is indicated in brackets. The default
management VDOM is root.
If more than one VDOM is selected when Set Management is
selected, the VDOM appearing first in the table will be assigned
as the management VDOM. For more information see
the Management VDOM" on page
Delete Delete the selected VDOM.
You cannot delete the root VDOM.
Switch Select to enter that VDOM.
You can see which VDOM you are currently in by looking at the
left side of the screen at the bottom where the name of the VDOM
is displayed. The global settings screen does not have any
VDOM name in this location.
Name The name of the VDOM.
Operation Mode The VDOM operation mode, either NAT or Transparent.
Interfaces The interfaces associated with this VDOM, including virtual
interfaces.
Management Virtual Indicates which VDOM is the management domain. All non-
management domains are indicated with a "no".
Domain
A VDOM must contain at least two interfaces. These can be physical or virtual
interfaces such as VLAN subinterfaces. By default, all physical interfaces are in
the root virtual domain.
As of FortiOS v3.0 MR1, inter-VDOM routing enables you to communicate
between VDOMs internally without using a physical interface. This feature is only
configurable with the CLI. For information on configuring inter-VDOM interfaces,
see the FortiGate CLI Reference
Configuring VDOMs and global settings
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