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Interface
System Network
Figure 32: Interface list - regular administrator view
Figure 33: Interface list - admin view with virtual domains enabled
Create New
Switch Mode
Select Create New to create a VLAN subinterface.
On models 800 and higher, you can also create an IEEE 802.3ad
aggregated interface.
Select to change between switch mode and interface mode. Switch
mode has the internal ports all on one interface. Interface mode gives
each port its own configurable interface.
Before switching modes, all references to ‘internal’ interfaces must be
removed.
This option is visible only on models 100A and 200A for Rev2.0 and
higher. Switch mode is also visible on the FortiGate-60B and
FortiWiFi-60B. For more information see “Switch Mode” on page 82.
show backplane
interfaces
Select to make the two backplane interfaces visible as port9 and port10.
Once visible these interfaces can be treated as regular physical
interfaces.
This option is available only on 5000 models.
Description icon The tooltip for this icon displays the Description field for this interface.
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