Administrative Domains (ADOMs)
You can organize connected devices into ADOMs to allow you to better manage these devices. ADOMs can be organized by:
• Firmware version: group all v5.2/v5.0 devices into one ADOM, and all v4.3 into another.
• Geographic regions: group all devices for a specific geographic region into an ADOM, and devices for a separate region into another ADOM.
• Administrator users: group devices into separate ADOMs based for specific administrators responsible for the group of devices.
• Customers: group all devices for one customer into an ADOM, and devices for another customer into another ADOM.
FortiMail, FortiWeb, FortiSwitch, FortiCache, FortiSandbox, Chassis, and FortiCarrier devices are automatically placed in their own ADOMs.
Each administrator profile can be customized to provide read-only, read/write, or restrict access to various ADOM settings. When creating new administrator accounts, you can restrict which ADOMs the administrator can access, for enhanced control of your administrator users. For more information on ADOM configuration and settings, see Administrative Domains .

Managing devices
To manage a device, you must add it to the FortiManager system. You also need to enable Central Management on the managed device. You can add an existing operational device, an unregistered device, or provision a new device.
Once a device has been added to the ADOM in the Device Manager tab, the configuration is available within other tabs in the FortiManager system including Policy & Objects , Log View, Event Management, and Reports.
This section includes the following topics:
Adding a device Replacing a managed device Editing device information Refreshing a device Install policy package and device settings Importing and exporting device lists Setting unregistered device options
Adding a device
You can add individual devices, or multiple devices. When adding devices using the Add Device wizard you have more configuration options then using the Add Multiple option.
For a device which is currently online, use the Add Device wizard, select Discover , and follow the steps in the wizard. Adding an existing device will not result in an immediate connection to the device. Device connection happens only when you successfully synchronize the device. To provision a new device which is not yet online, use the Add Device wizard, but select Add Model Device instead of Discover .
Adding an operating FortiGate HA cluster to the Device Manager is similar to adding a standalone device. Type the IP address of the master device, the FortiManager handles a cluster as a single managed device.
To add a device to an ADOM:
1. Select the ADOM from the drop-down list.
2. Select the Add Device icon in the toolbar. The Add Device wizard opens.
3. Select Discover for a device which is online. Select Add Model Device to provision a device which is not yet online.
Follow the steps in the wizard to add the device to the ADOM.