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Administration and management System virtual domain
Administration and management
In addition to the global properties, virtual domains share a common administrative
model. Administrators have access to all of the virtual domains on the FortiGate unit.
Administrators logging into the CLI or web-based manager always log into the root
domain and then must enter the virtual domain that they want to administer.
Management systems such as SNMP, logging, alert email, updates using the FDN,
and setting system time using NTP use addresses and routing in the root virtual
domain to communicate with the network and can only connect to network resources
that can communicate with the root virtual domain.
You can select a different management virtual domain if you want these systems to
communicate with network resources that can connect to a different virtual domain.
Virtual domains
Go to System > Virtual domain > Virtual domains to view and add virtual domains.
Figure 49: Virtual domain list
Create New Add a new virtual domain.
Current The name of the current virtual domain. Select Change to choose a different
domain. The default virtual domain is root.
Management The name of the virtual domain used for system management. Select Change
to choose a different domain.
Max. Virtual
Domains Shows the maximum number of virtual domains for this FortiGate unit.
Name The name of the virtual domain.
Current A check mark icon in this column indicates that this is the current domain.
Management A check mark icon in this column indicates that this is the domain used for
system management.
Delete icon. Select to delete a virtual domain. You cannot delete the root virtual
domain or a domain that is used for system management.