Shelf Manager CLI
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Connecting to a shelf manager serial port
Fortinet
USB to RJ-45
RS-232
Console
Cable
To PC
USB
Port
FortiGate-5144C
Shelf Manager
To connect to the shelf manager CLI
1.
Using the USB to RJ-45 RS-232 console cable supplied with your FortiGate-5144C, connect the console port on the
shelf manager to a USB port on your management computer.
2.
Start a terminal emulation program on the management computer. Use these settings:
Baud Rate (bps) 9600 or 115200, Data bits 8, Parity None, Stop bits 1, and Flow Control None.
3.
Press Enter to connect to the CLI.
4.
At the login prompt enter
root
as the user name with no password.
For security reasons, it is strongly recommended that you add a password for the root account.
5.
When you log into the shelf manager CLI you are logging into a Linux shell as
root
. You can begin entering
commands at the
#
prompt.
Connecting to the shelf manager CLI from an Ethernet network
You can connect to the shelf manager CLI by connecting the shelf manager front panel front panel Ethernet interface to
a network. If your chassis has two shelf managers, connect both of them to the same Ethernet network. Connect to the
CLI by using Telnet to connect to the shelf manager IP address. The default shelf manager IP address is 192.168.0.2. If
your chassis has two shelf managers, the active shelf manager is the only one that you can connect to. At the login
prompt enter
root
as the user name with no password. For security reasons, it is strongly recommended that you add a
password for the root account. When you log into the shelf manager CLI you are logging into a Linux shell as
root
. You
can begin entering commands at the
#
prompt.
You can also connect to the shelf manager CLI through the chassis backplane but this
requires a shelf manager configuration change (see
Changing the shelf manager switch
configuration to prevent Ethernet loops on page 15
).
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