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FortiGate-7000 Handbook
What's new for FortiGate-7000 5.6.12
What's new for FortiGate-7000 5.6.11
What's new for FortiGate-7000 v5.6.7
What's new for FortiGate-7000 5.6.6
FortiGate-7000 overview
FortiGate-7060E
FortiGate-7040E
FortiGate-7030E
FIM-7901E interface module
FIM-7904E interface module
FIM-7910E interface module
FIM-7920E interface module
FPM-7620E processing module
Getting started with FortiGate-7000
Multi VDOM mode
Confirming startup status
Configuration synchronization
FortiGate-7000 dashboard widgets
Setting up management connections
Adding a password to the admin administrator account
Using data interfaces for management traffic
Setting the MTU for a data interface
Replacing a failed FPM or FIM
Connecting to module CLIs using the System Management Module
Failover in a standalone FortiGate-7000
Changing data interface network settings
Resetting to factory defaults
Restarting the FortiGate-7000
Packet sniffing for FIM and FPM packets
Managing individual FortiGate-7000 FIMs and FPMs
Special management port numbers
HA mode special management port numbers
Managing individual FIMs and FPMs from the CLI
Firmware upgrades
Firmware upgrade basics
Verifying that a firmware upgrade is successful
Upgrading the firmware running on individual FIMs or FPMs
Upgrading FIM firmware
Upgrading FPM firmware
Installing FIM firmware from the BIOS after a reboot
Installing FPM firmware from the BIOS after a reboot
Synchronizing FIMs and FPMs after upgrading the primary FIM firmware from the BIOS
Load balancing and flow rules
Setting the load balancing method
Flow rules for sessions that cannot be load balanced
Determining the primary FPM
SSL VPN load balancing
FortiOS Carrier GTP load balancing
Adding a flow rule to support DHCP relay
Default configuration for traffic that cannot be load balanced
FortiGate-7000 IPsec VPN
Configuring the FortiGate-7000 as a dialup IPsec VPN server
Troubleshooting
FortiGate-7000 high availability
Failover protection
Device failure
Module failure
Link failure
Session failover
Primary FortiGate-6000 recovery
Before you begin configuring HA
Connect the M1 and M2 interfaces for HA heartbeat communication
Basic FortiGate-7000 HA configuration
Verifying that the cluster is synchronized
Setting up HA management connections
Firmware upgrades
Distributed clustering
Modifying heartbeat timing
Session failover (session-pickup)
Primary FortiGate-7000 selection
Primary FortiGate-7000 selection and override
Link failover (port monitoring or interface monitoring)
Remote link failover
FortiGate-7000 support for VRRP
ICAP support
SSL mirroring support
FortiGate-7000 v5.6.12 special features and limitations
FortiGate-7000 v5.6.11 special features and limitations
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FortiGate-7000 Load balancing commands
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What's new for FortiGate-7000 v5.6.7
What's new for FortiGate-7000 v5.6.7
The following new features have been added to FortiGate-7000 v5.6.7 build 4214:
The FortiGate-7000 supports 64000 explicit proxy web proxy users.
The HA group ID range is now from 0 to 31 (was 0 to 15).
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What's new for FortiGate-7000 v5.6.7
The following new features have been added to FortiGate-7000 v5.6.7 build 4214:
The FortiGate-7000 supports 64000 explicit proxy web proxy users.
The HA group ID range is now from 0 to 31 (was 0 to 15).
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Table of Contents
What's new for FortiGate-7000 5.6.12
What's new for FortiGate-7000 5.6.11
What's new for FortiGate-7000 v5.6.7
What's new for FortiGate-7000 5.6.6
FortiGate-7000 overview
FortiGate-7060E
FortiGate-7040E
FortiGate-7030E
FIM-7901E interface module
FIM-7904E interface module
FIM-7910E interface module
FIM-7920E interface module
FPM-7620E processing module
Getting started with FortiGate-7000
Multi VDOM mode
Confirming startup status
Configuration synchronization
FortiGate-7000 dashboard widgets
Setting up management connections
Adding a password to the admin administrator account
Using data interfaces for management traffic
Setting the MTU for a data interface
Replacing a failed FPM or FIM
Connecting to module CLIs using the System Management Module
Failover in a standalone FortiGate-7000
Changing data interface network settings
Resetting to factory defaults
Restarting the FortiGate-7000
Packet sniffing for FIM and FPM packets
Managing individual FortiGate-7000 FIMs and FPMs
Special management port numbers
HA mode special management port numbers
Managing individual FIMs and FPMs from the CLI
Firmware upgrades
Firmware upgrade basics
Verifying that a firmware upgrade is successful
Upgrading the firmware running on individual FIMs or FPMs
Upgrading FIM firmware
Upgrading FPM firmware
Installing FIM firmware from the BIOS after a reboot
Installing FPM firmware from the BIOS after a reboot
Synchronizing FIMs and FPMs after upgrading the primary FIM firmware from the BIOS
Load balancing and flow rules
Setting the load balancing method
Flow rules for sessions that cannot be load balanced
Determining the primary FPM
SSL VPN load balancing
FortiOS Carrier GTP load balancing
Adding a flow rule to support DHCP relay
Default configuration for traffic that cannot be load balanced
FortiGate-7000 IPsec VPN
Configuring the FortiGate-7000 as a dialup IPsec VPN server
Troubleshooting
FortiGate-7000 high availability
Failover protection
Device failure
Module failure
Link failure
Session failover
Primary FortiGate-6000 recovery
Before you begin configuring HA
Connect the M1 and M2 interfaces for HA heartbeat communication
Basic FortiGate-7000 HA configuration
Verifying that the cluster is synchronized
Setting up HA management connections
Firmware upgrades
Distributed clustering
Modifying heartbeat timing
Session failover (session-pickup)
Primary FortiGate-7000 selection
Primary FortiGate-7000 selection and override
Link failover (port monitoring or interface monitoring)
Remote link failover
FortiGate-7000 support for VRRP
ICAP support
SSL mirroring support
FortiGate-7000 v5.6.12 special features and limitations
FortiGate-7000 v5.6.11 special features and limitations
FortiGate-7000 v5.6.7 special features and limitations
FortiGate-7000 v5.6.6 special features and limitations
FortiGate-7000 Load balancing commands
Change log