Connecting the FortiGate 6000F to ground

The FortiGate 6000F appliance includes a ground terminal on the FortiGate 6000F back panel. The ground terminal provides two connectors to be used with a double-holed lug such as Thomas & Betts PN 54850BE. This connector must be connected to a local ground connection.

You need the following equipment to connect the FortiGate 6000F to ground:

• An electrostatic discharge (ESD) preventive wrist strap with connection cord.
• One green 6 AWG stranded wire with listed closed loop double-hole lug suitable for minimum 6 AWG copper wire, such as Thomas & Betts PN 54850BE.

To connect the FortiGate 6000F chassis to ground

1. Attach the ESD wrist strap to your wrist and to an ESD socket or to a bare metal surface on the FortiGate 6000F.
2. Make sure that the FortiGate 6000F and ground wire are not energized.
3. Connect the green ground wire from the local ground to the ground connector on the FortiGate 6000F.
4. Secure the ground wire to the FortiGate 6000F.
5. Optionally label the wire GND.