FCP case studies
FCP · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Fortinet Certified Professional (FCP) is a vendor credential for network and security practitioners who design, deploy, and operate FortiGate-based environments. Candidates typically include firewall administrators, network engineers, SOC analysts, and managed-service staff who need to prove practical skill with FortiOS rather than recall of marketing material. The FCP case studies are 5 cases and about 3,070 words.
1FortiLink Devices Missing from the Root Fabric View
An enterprise runs a FortiGate 400F at headquarters with multi-VDOM enabled: root and CORP. The FortiLink interface is a 40G aggregate in CORP, connected to two FortiSwitch 424D switches in MCLAG; 18 FortiAP 231F access points are managed from that same interface.
654 words, about 3 min2VoIP Degrades While Guest Wi-Fi Exceeds Its Shaper
An office runs a FortiGate 100F with WAN1 at 500/100 Mbps and WAN2 at 200/50 Mbps. Policy routes send VLAN 30 VoIP to WAN1, VLAN 40 guest Wi-Fi to WAN2, and VLAN 10 corporate traffic to WAN1.
645 words, about 3 min3Nested AD Groups and MFA Break SSL VPN Policy Matching
A FortiGate 200F provides SSL VPN for 150 remote users. Authentication uses LDAP to Active Directory, and MFA uses FortiAuthenticator as a RADIUS server with FortiToken push.
565 words, about 3 min4IPsec Up but Branch Subnet Overlaps HQ
Headquarters uses a FortiGate 300F with LAN 10.10.0.0/16; the subnet 10.10.20.0/24 is a local VLAN for the HQ lab. A branch FortiGate 60F uses 10.10.20.0/24 for its user LAN.
553 words, about 3 min5YouTube over QUIC Bypasses Student Web Filter
A school uses a FortiGate 100F with 1,200 student Chromebooks on VLAN 30 and 150 staff laptops on VLAN 20. Staff policy allows streaming media; student policy blocks Streaming Media and Social Networking, allows Education, and applies application control to block P2P.
653 words, about 3 min