Fortios Wireless LAN Controller Data Sheet
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DATA SHEET FortiOS® Wireless LAN Controller Today’s organizations are facing numerous challenges from the Highlights campus to the branch as the network environment evolves with n Support for Wi-Fi 6 FortiAPs the rapid rise of IoT devices, demanding mobile and remote n Scale from 1 to 10,000+ APs workforce, and evolving security threats. Fortinet’s Secure n Flexible deployment models Wireless LAN Controllers are integrated into the FortiOS, a for SD-Branch, Education, purpose-built network security operating system, which forms Healthcare, and Hospitality the foundation of the FortiGate Network Security Platform. This n Integrated security solution leads to security-driven networking for wireless LANs. and management n PCI compliance capabilities for Security Fabric Integration retail stores Fortinet’s Security Fabric extends to our Secure Wireless solution n Integrated guest access providing coordinated security policies to the very edge of the management with captive wired/wireless network where there are the most vulnerabilities. portal n BYOD device finger printing and control Superior Performance n Integrated WIDS and rogue The latest wireless standards, integrated security at the edge via AP management FortiLink, client steering to 5 GHz radios and Application control services all combine to deliver the highest level of performance n Spectrum analysis and user experience. End-to-End Wireless LAN Security Integrated security services from the controller to the AP secures for the network, the clients and the applications. 1 DATA SHEET | FortiOS® Wireless LAN Controller HIGHLIGHTS Key Features and Benefits Scalable and Resilient Highly scalable and centrally managed enterprise WLAN, with integrated radio resource management to reduce co-channel interference and provide consistent WLAN performance. Integrated Security Features Extends wired security features to WLAN, unifying both wired and wireless management into a single console, providing a “Single Pane of Glass” management interface to the network. Layer-7 Application Visibility Leverage market leading features with the power of SPU-based deep packet inspection technology to deliver granular application level visibility and control. The need for secure wireless networks with intra-SSID industry-leading Application Control capability provides privacy, robust third-party certified security and advanced the fine-grained application control required to ensure the networking capabilities, is now more important than ever. Wireless LAN is performing at its best and is being utilized for Delivering the industry’s most comprehensive suite of the intended applications. security, wireless and networking services, the FortiOS enterprise-class Wireless LAN Controller is purpose-built to Industry-Leading Security leverage hardware acceleration provided by custom Fortinet FortiOS has its pedigree in Unified Threat Management and Security Processing Units (SPUs) while providing an easy to Fortinet holds more industry certifications than any other use enterprise wireless solution, in a single unified platform. vendor, providing the best-in-class unified protection with an integrated set of security services. From antivirus, web Unbeatable Flexibility to Meet all content filtering, application control, network IPS, email Deployment Needs filtering and DLP, the same security that is applied to the A wireless infrastructure must be flexible and scalable. By wired network can now be applied to the wireless LAN. Built- consolidating security and wireless network capabilities, in Wireless Intrusion Detection System capabilities further Fortinet Secure Wireless LAN Controllers significantly reduce protect the wireless LAN by detecting a vast array of RF network complexity and ultimately TCO. Fortinet’s no-VLANs™ intrusion techniques including: approach reduces complex Layer-2 requirements, eliminating § Association/ Authentication/ EAPOL Flooding the need to propagate VLAN information across the network § Broadcast deauthentication to simplify and accelerate large, scalable deployments. With a § Spoofed MAC wide range of FortiGate models to choose from, no matter the size of your network, there’s a FortiGate solution right for you. § Ad-hoc Network Detection and Containment § Wireless Bridge Detection Single Pane-of-Glass Management § Misconfigured AP Detection Integrating wired and wireless security into a single pane- § MAC OUI Checking of-glass lowers operating costs and reduces IT staff workloads by eliminating the complexities of troubleshooting Automated Rogue AP Detection a multivendor network and the need for costly training and and Suppression certification across multiple vendor products. In addition to Rogue access points pose a serious network security threat reducing operating costs, a single pane of glass provides by creating a leakage point where sensitive data such as complete visibility of clients, access points, switches and, credit card information can be siphoned off the network. For security services, ensuring consistent security and control this reason, the PCI DSS and other data security standards policies are applied across the enterprise. often mandate proactive monitoring and suppression of rogue APs. The FortiGate Rogue AP on-wire detection engine Sophisticated Application Control uses various correlation techniques to determine if a Rogue Wireless bandwidth is a precious shared medium and it is AP is connected to the network. This automated process critical that business applications receive priority on the continuously monitors for unknown APs and automatically wireless LAN. FortiOS Application Control is built-in to the suppresses any found to be unauthorized. Wireless LAN controller and uses deep Layer-7 inspection with over 4,000 application signatures to provide bandwidth guarantees and prioritization of critical applications. This 2 2 DATA SHEET | FortiOS® Wireless LAN Controller FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS Band Steering Captive Portal Band steering makes more efficient use of your available Browser-based authentication for guest users is also wireless network by sending clients to the bands where supported via SSL enabled captive portal. This built-in they are most efficiently served. FortiOS allows the user to captive portal allows for HTML login page customization as assign bands to clients based on their capabilities. Without well as guest account provisioning and management via an band steering, a dual-band client could associate on either integrated guest management portal. FortiOS also supports the 2.4 GHz or the 5 GHz channels, leading to overcrowding the universal access method (UAM) for integrating with third- on one band or the other depending on device preferences. party external captive portal servers as well as two-factor With band steering, you can direct some of this traffic to your authentication with the FortiToken One Time Password (OTP) band of choice. Another example of using band steering is to solution. separate devices by their importance (or the importance of the types of traffic they will be passing on your network). You Device Fingerprinting can leave all clients with low priority profiles on the 2.4 GHz Device fingerprinting allows the collection of various channels (where bandwidth is not a concern) and move attributes about a device connecting to the network. The clients to the 5 GHz band to achieve higher data rates. collected attributes can fully or partially identify individual devices, including the client’s OS, device type, and browser Automatic Radio Resource Provisioning being used. Device Fingerprinting can provide more FortiOS DARRP (Distributed Automatic Radio Resource information for the station and allows system administrators Provisioning) technology ensures the wireless infrastructure to be more aware of the types of devices in use and take is always optimized to deliver maximum performance. Fortinet actions if necessary. APs enabled with this advanced feature continuously monitor the RF environment for interference, noise, and signals from Spectrum Analysis neighboring APs, enabling the FortiGate WLAN Controller to Get detailed RF information to understand what interfering determine the optimal RF power levels for each AP on the devices are in your area by using an existing AP radio for network. When a new AP is provisioned, DARRP also ensures spectrum analysis. Several graphical depictions are available that it chooses the optimal channel, without administrator including Signal Inteferencce, Spectragram, and Interferer list. intervention. Authentication Role Derivation Complete Secure Wireless LAN Architecture Policy Enforcement n Captive Portal, 802.1x, Temporary Guest Access n User and Device Identification, Authorization Wireless & Network Security n User and Device based policies, Application Control Traffic Shaping n Rogue AP Mitigation, Wireless Intrusion Detection n User and Application Based Wireless QOS Visibility & Audit Trail n Detailed Network and Threat Visibility, Compliance Reporting Corporate Network 3 DATA SHEET | FortiOS® Wireless LAN Controller SPECIFICATIONS WIRELESS CONTROLLER WIRELESS CONTROLLER Networking Wireless Access and Authentication Bonjour Gateway Ability to monitor and control Apple’s Bonjour Protocol Access – Authentication IEEE 802.1x (EAP, Cisco-LEAP, PEAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, Methods EAP-SIM, EAP-AKA) DHCP Integrated DHCP server RFC 2716 PPP EAP-TLS VLANs Interface and trunk RFC 2865 RADIUS authentication SSID to VLAN mapping RFC 3579 RADIUS support for EAP Dynamic VLAN Support RFC