Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-1000A, Install Manual

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FortiGate-1000A/AFA2 FortiOS 3.0 MR6 Install Guide
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Contents

Contents..............................................................................................  1

Introduction ........................................................................................  5

Register your FortiGate unit .............................................................................  5

About the FortiGate-1000A/AFA2.....................................................................  6

About this document.........................................................................................  6

Document conventions..................................................................................  7
Typographic conventions ..............................................................................  7

Further Reading .................................................................................................  7

Fortinet Knowledge Center ...........................................................................  8
Comments on Fortinet technical documentation...........................................  8

Customer service and technical support ........................................................  9

Installing ...........................................................................................  11

Environmental specifications.........................................................................  11

Cautions and warnings ...................................................................................  12

Grounding ...................................................................................................  12
Rack mount instructions..............................................................................  12
Mounting .....................................................................................................  12

Plugging in the FortiGate................................................................................  14

Connecting to the network ..........................................................................  15

Turning off the FortiGate unit.........................................................................  15

Configuring.......................................................................................  17

NAT vs. Transparent mode .............................................................................  17

NAT mode ...................................................................................................  17
Transparent mode.......................................................................................  18

Connecting to the FortiGate unit....................................................................  18

Connecting to the web-based manager ......................................................  18
Connecting to the CLI .................................................................................  19

Configuring NAT mode ...................................................................................  20

Using the web-based manager ...................................................................  20

Configure the interfaces........................................................................  20
Configure a DNS server........................................................................  21
Adding a default route and gateway .....................................................  21
Adding firewall policies .........................................................................  22

Using the CLI ..............................................................................................  23

Configure the interfaces........................................................................  23