Managed FortiSwitch Renaming#

When upgrading the firewall or replacing a FortiSwitch, it’s important to note that the switch names are lost. This means it is only possible to see the FortiSwitch serial number in the ‘Name’ field in the GUI, highlighting the significant impact of the upgrade on the switch names.

To rename the managed FortiSwitch in v7.4 from GUI, it is required to de-authorize the FortiSwitch and then rename it. This will cause the FortiSwitch to go offline, so this must be done during a maintenance window to avoid any outages during production time.

To add the FortiSwitch name, rename the managed FortiSwitch using the following CLI command on FortiGate:

config switch-controller managed-switch 
    rename <switch-id> to <NAME>  
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