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FortiVoice Phone System Administration Guide

Managing FXO gateways

Managing FXO gateways

The FortiVoice foreign exchange office (FXO) gateway works in conjunction with the FortiVoice phone system to expand resources and support additional analog phone lines. With the FortiVoice FXO gateway, you connect your analog phone lines to your FortiVoice phone system.

FXO gateways can be auto discovered by the FortiVoice unit once they connect to it. You can also manually add gateways to be managed by the FortiVoice unit.

The supported Fortinet FXO gateway model is FortiVoice Gateway GO08.

To deploy a FXO gateway

For detailed instructions about deploying a FXO gateway, see the FortiVoice FXO Gateway Deployment Guide.

To view and manage added FXO gateways

  1. Go to Managed System > Gateway > FXO Gateway.
  2. Select one of the following actions:

GUI field

Description

Actions

Apply configuration

Select a gateway from the list and click this option to apply the FortiVoice FXO gateway configuration file to this gateway and reboot the gateway immediately.

View configuration

Select a gateway from the list and click this option to display the configuration file applied to this gateway.

Unmanaged Gateway

Click to display the gateways auto discovered by the FortiVoice unit. For more information, see Viewing unmanaged gateways.

Fetch Device Info

Select a branch FortiVoice unit from the list and click this option to retrieve its information.

Upgrade

Now

Select a gateway and this option to upgrade it now.

Custom Time

Select a gateway and this option to upgrade it later.

Managing FXO gateways

Managing FXO gateways

The FortiVoice foreign exchange office (FXO) gateway works in conjunction with the FortiVoice phone system to expand resources and support additional analog phone lines. With the FortiVoice FXO gateway, you connect your analog phone lines to your FortiVoice phone system.

FXO gateways can be auto discovered by the FortiVoice unit once they connect to it. You can also manually add gateways to be managed by the FortiVoice unit.

The supported Fortinet FXO gateway model is FortiVoice Gateway GO08.

To deploy a FXO gateway

For detailed instructions about deploying a FXO gateway, see the FortiVoice FXO Gateway Deployment Guide.

To view and manage added FXO gateways

  1. Go to Managed System > Gateway > FXO Gateway.
  2. Select one of the following actions:

GUI field

Description

Actions

Apply configuration

Select a gateway from the list and click this option to apply the FortiVoice FXO gateway configuration file to this gateway and reboot the gateway immediately.

View configuration

Select a gateway from the list and click this option to display the configuration file applied to this gateway.

Unmanaged Gateway

Click to display the gateways auto discovered by the FortiVoice unit. For more information, see Viewing unmanaged gateways.

Fetch Device Info

Select a branch FortiVoice unit from the list and click this option to retrieve its information.

Upgrade

Now

Select a gateway and this option to upgrade it now.

Custom Time

Select a gateway and this option to upgrade it later.