Tagged: NSE5

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• 28 April 2026 FortinetNSE5FortiManagerFCPNetworkingSecurityCertification

  NSE5 Exam Syllabus: Study Roadmap (Part 1 of 10)

  Part 1 of a 10-part study series for the Fortinet NSE 5 / FCP FortiManager Administrator certification. Covers the exam logistics, the official curriculum grouped into topic buckets, and the roadmap for the rest of the series.

• 28 April 2026 FortinetNSE5FortiManagerFortiGuardScriptingAPIFCPCertification

  NSE5 Part 10: Advanced Features and Integrations

  Part 10 — the final post in the NSE5 study series. Covers the advanced features that make FortiManager more than a config pusher: FortiGuard distribution, scripting, the JSON-RPC API, SSO, and FortiAnalyzer integration.

• 28 April 2026 FortinetNSE5FortiManagerFCPConfigurationCertification

  NSE5 Part 2: Initial Configuration and System Settings

  Part 2 of the NSE5 study series — covers the day-one FortiManager configuration: network, admin access, system time, DNS, FortiGuard, OFTP, the on-disk file structure, and the diagnostic commands worth memorising before anything else.

• 28 April 2026 FortinetNSE5FortiManagerHAHigh AvailabilityFCPCertification

  NSE5 Part 3: High Availability

  Part 3 of the NSE5 study series — covers the FortiManager HA cluster: primary and secondary roles, the sync mechanics, monitor IPs, manual vs automatic failover, and what to do when the cluster splits.

• 28 April 2026 FortinetNSE5FortiManagerADOMFCPMulti-tenancyCertification

  NSE5 Part 4: Administrative Domains (ADOMs)

  Part 4 of the NSE5 study series — covers Administrative Domains: normal vs advanced ADOMs, version locking, ADOM modes, RBAC scope, and the per-ADOM revision history that underpins the rest of the FortiManager workflow.

• 28 April 2026 FortinetNSE5FortiManagerFGFMZTPFCPCertification

  NSE5 Part 5: Device Registration and Provisioning

  Part 5 of the NSE5 study series — covers device registration: the FGFM tunnel, manual vs automatic registration, model devices, zero-touch provisioning, and the install operations that turn a registered device into a managed device.

• 28 April 2026 FortinetNSE5FortiManagerTemplatesSD-WANFCPCertification

  NSE5 Part 6: Device-Level Configuration and Templates

  Part 6 of the NSE5 study series — covers the FortiManager template engine: provisioning templates, CLI templates, SD-WAN, IPsec, and certificate templates, and how they compose into a single per-device install.

• 28 April 2026 FortinetNSE5FortiManagerPolicyFCPCertification

  NSE5 Part 7: Policy and Objects

  Part 7 of the NSE5 study series — covers ADOM-level policy management: policy packages, the object database, dynamic objects, install previews, install logs, and the cleanup workflows that keep the database lean.

• 28 April 2026 FortinetNSE5FortiManagerWorkflowLockingFCPCertification

  NSE5 Part 8: Workflow, Workspace Mode and Revision Control

  Part 8 of the NSE5 study series — covers workspace mode and the workflow approval engine: ADOM locking, read/write sessions, the workflow state machine, and how to recover an ADOM that two admins are fighting over.

• 28 April 2026 FortinetNSE5FortiManagerTroubleshootingFGFMFCPCertification

  NSE5 Part 9: Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

  Part 9 of the NSE5 study series — covers the FortiManager diagnostic toolbox: device-manager diagnostics, the FGFM tunnel, install-failure forensics, oftpd, packet capture, and the debug commands worth knowing under exam pressure.