Introduction To Fortiddos-Cm - Fortinet FortiDDoS Series Release Notes

FortiDDoS-CM

Introduction to FortiDDoS-CM

FortiDDoS Central Manager (FortiDDoS-CM) VM Release 5.3.0 is available as an application running on the
following virtual machine applications:
Cirtix Hypervisor (XenServer)
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Hypervisor
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KVM
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VMware ESX/ESXi, including VSphere client, Workstation and Fusion
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Xen Open Source
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FortiDDoS-CM manages both common parameters across all FortiDDoS appliances in its configuration as well as
individual appliance parameters, without the need to login to each device.
FortiDDoS-CM allows you to centrally manage any number of FortiDDoS devices depending on the license type -
'Up to 10 FortiDDoS appliances' or 'Unlimited FortiDDoS appliances'.
In this release, all FortiDDoS appliances managed by FortiDDoS-CM must be the same model (FDD-1200B and
FDD-2000B are treated as the same model) and use same 5.3.0 firmware. Managing groups of different models
can be accomplished with separate FortiDDoS-CM configurations, which can be saved and reloaded as required
to switch between groups of appliances.
This release does not support the following:
Centralized graphical views or reporting - All graphs are viewed on the individual appliances through the
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FortiDDoS-CM GUI. Centralized attack reporting can be done via FortiAnalyzer and FortiSIEM.
In addition:
While individual appliances can be set to automatically backup their configurations, only manual
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appliance configuration backup can be done from the FortiDDoS-CM.
Appliance configuration restoral and firmware upgrades must be done via direct logon to the appliance.
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For additional documentation, see
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http://docs.fortinet.com/fortiddos.
Introduction to FortiDDoS-CM
FortiDDoS 5.3.0 Release Notes
Fortinet Technologies Inc.