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FortiGate-7000E Handbook

Getting started with FortiGate-7000E

Getting started with FortiGate-7000E

Begin by installing your FortiGate-7000E chassis in a rack and installing FIM interface modules and FPM processing modules in it. Then you can power on the chassis and all modules in the chassis will power up.

Whenever a chassis is first powered on, it takes about 5 minutes for all modules to start up and become completely initialized and synchronized. During this time the chassis will not allow traffic to pass through and you may not be able to log into the GUI, or if you manage to log in, the session could time out as the FortiGate-7000E continues starting up.

Review the PSU, fan tray, System Management Module (SMM), FIM, and FPM LEDs to verify that everything is operating normally. Wait until the chassis has completely started up and synchronized before making configuration changes.

When the system has initialized, you have a few options for connecting to the FortiGate-7000E GUI or CLI:

  • Log in to the GUI by connecting the MGMT1 interface of the FIM in slot 1 to your network. Then browse to https://192.168.1.99.
  • Log in to the CLI by connecting the MGMT1 interface of the FIM in slot 1 to your network. Then use an SSH client to connect to 192.168.1.99 and use the same admin account to log in.
  • Log in to the primary FIM CLI by connecting to the RJ-45 RS-232 Console 1 serial port on the System Management Module (SMM) with settings: BPS: 9600, data bits: 8, parity: none, stop bits: 1, flow control: none.

The FortiGate-7000E ships with the following factory default configuration.

Option Default Configuration
Administrator Account User Name admin
Password

(none) For security reasons you should add a password to the admin account before connecting the FortiGate-7000E to your network.

From the GUI, access the Global GUI and go to System > Administrators, edit the admin account, and select Change Password.

From the CLI:

config global

config system admin

edit admin

set password <new-password>

end

MGMT1 IP/Netmask 192.168.1.99/24 (the MGMT1 interface is part of the mgmt redundant interface that also includes MGMT2, MGMT3, and MGMT4).

All configuration changes must be made from the primary FIM GUI or CLI and not from the secondary FIM or the FPMs.

All other management communication (for example, SNMP queries, remote logging, and so on) use the management aggregate interface and are handled by the primary FIM.

Getting started with FortiGate-7000E

Begin by installing your FortiGate-7000E chassis in a rack and installing FIM interface modules and FPM processing modules in it. Then you can power on the chassis and all modules in the chassis will power up.

Whenever a chassis is first powered on, it takes about 5 minutes for all modules to start up and become completely initialized and synchronized. During this time the chassis will not allow traffic to pass through and you may not be able to log into the GUI, or if you manage to log in, the session could time out as the FortiGate-7000E continues starting up.

Review the PSU, fan tray, System Management Module (SMM), FIM, and FPM LEDs to verify that everything is operating normally. Wait until the chassis has completely started up and synchronized before making configuration changes.

When the system has initialized, you have a few options for connecting to the FortiGate-7000E GUI or CLI:

  • Log in to the GUI by connecting the MGMT1 interface of the FIM in slot 1 to your network. Then browse to https://192.168.1.99.
  • Log in to the CLI by connecting the MGMT1 interface of the FIM in slot 1 to your network. Then use an SSH client to connect to 192.168.1.99 and use the same admin account to log in.
  • Log in to the primary FIM CLI by connecting to the RJ-45 RS-232 Console 1 serial port on the System Management Module (SMM) with settings: BPS: 9600, data bits: 8, parity: none, stop bits: 1, flow control: none.

The FortiGate-7000E ships with the following factory default configuration.

Option Default Configuration
Administrator Account User Name admin
Password

(none) For security reasons you should add a password to the admin account before connecting the FortiGate-7000E to your network.

From the GUI, access the Global GUI and go to System > Administrators, edit the admin account, and select Change Password.

From the CLI:

config global

config system admin

edit admin

set password <new-password>

end

MGMT1 IP/Netmask 192.168.1.99/24 (the MGMT1 interface is part of the mgmt redundant interface that also includes MGMT2, MGMT3, and MGMT4).

All configuration changes must be made from the primary FIM GUI or CLI and not from the secondary FIM or the FPMs.

All other management communication (for example, SNMP queries, remote logging, and so on) use the management aggregate interface and are handled by the primary FIM.