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Concentrator

Concentrator

Concentrator list

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In a hub-and-spoke configuration, connections to a number of remote peers radiate
from a single, central FortiGate unit. Site-to-site connections between the remote
peers do not exist; however, VPN tunnels between any two of the remote peers can
be established through the FortiGate unit "hub".
In a hub-and-spoke network, all VPN tunnels terminate at the hub. The peers that
connect to the hub are known as "spokes". The hub functions as a concentrator on the
network, managing all VPN connections between the spokes. VPN traffic passes from
one tunnel to the other through the hub.
You define a concentrator to include spokes in the hub-and-spoke configuration.
To define a concentrator
1 Go to VPN > IPSEC > Concentrator.
2 Follow the guidelines in these sections:
• "Concentrator list" on page 266
• "Concentrator options" on page 267
Figure 134:IPSec VPN concentrator list
Create New
Concentrator Name The names of existing IPSec VPN concentrators.
Members
Delete and Edit
icons
• MD5, type a 32-character hexadecimal number (0-9, a-f) separated
into two segments of 16 characters.
• SHA1, type 40-character hexadecimal number (0-9, a-f) separated
into one segment of 16 characters and a second segment of 24
characters.
If the tunnel will be included in a hub-and-spoke configuration, you may
select the concentrator from the list. The hub must be added to the
FortiGate configuration before it can be selected here. See
"Concentrator" on page
Select Create New to define a new concentrator for an IPSec hub-and-
spoke configuration.
The tunnels that are associated with the concentrator.
Delete or edit a concentrator configuration.
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