Fortinet fortigate-1000 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Contents

  3
• Introduction

  7
  • About the FortiGate units

    7
    • FortiGate-200

      7
    • FortiGate-300

      8
    • FortiGate-400

      8
    • FortiGate-500

      8
    • FortiGate-1000

      8
    • Register your FortiGate unit

      8
  • Fortinet Family Products

    9
    • FortiGuard Subscription Services

      9
    • FortiClient

      9
    • FortiMail

      9
    • FortiAnalyzer

      10
    • FortiReporter

      10
    • FortiBridge

      10
    • FortiManager

      10
  • About this document

    10
    • Document conventions

      11
      • Typographic conventions

        11
  • Fortinet documentation

    11
    • Fortinet Tools and Documentation CD

      13
    • Fortinet Knowledge Center

      13
    • Comments on Fortinet technical documentation

      13
  • Customer service and technical support

    13
• Installing the FortiGate unit

  15
  • Package Contents

    15
    • FortiGate-200

      15
      • Mounting

        16
    • FortiGate-300

      16
      • Mounting

        17
    • FortiGate-400

      17
      • Mounting

        18
    • FortiGate-500

      18
      • Mounting

        18
    • FortiGate-1000

      19
      • Mounting

        19
    • Air Flow

      20
    • Mechanical loading

      20
  • Powering on the FortiGate unit

    20
    • Powering off the FortiGate unit

      21
  • Connecting the FortiGate unit

    22
    • Web-based manager

      22
    • Front control buttons and LCD

      22
    • Command line interface

      22
    • Connecting to the web-based manager

      22
      • System Dashboard

        23
    • Command line interface

      23
    • Connecting to the CLI

      23
  • LCD front control buttons

    24
    • Using the front control buttons and LCD

      25
• Factory defaults

  27
  • Factory default NAT/Route mode network configuration

    27
  • Factory default Transparent mode network configuration

    28
  • Factory default firewall configuration

    28
  • Factory default protection profiles

    29
  • Restoring the default settings

    30
    • Restoring the default settings using the web-based manager

      30
    • Restoring the default settings using the CLI

      30
• Configuring the FortiGate unit

  31
  • Planning the FortiGate configuration

    31
    • NAT/Route mode

      31
    • NAT/Route mode with multiple external network connections

      32
    • Transparent mode

      33
  • Preventing the public interface from responding to ping requests

    34
  • NAT/Route mode installation

    35
    • Preparing to configure the FortiGate unit in NAT/Route mode

      35
    • DHCP or PPPoE configuration

      36
    • Using the web-based manager

      36
      • Adding a default route

        37
      • Verifying the web-based manager configuration

        37
      • Verify the connection

        37
    • Using the front control buttons and LCD

      38
      • Verifying the front control buttons and LCD configuration

        39
      • Verify the connection

        39
    • Using the command line interface

      39
      • Configuring the FortiGate unit to operate in NAT/Route mode

        39
      • Adding a default route

        41
    • Connecting the FortiGate unit to the network(s)

      41
    • Configuring the networks

      42
  • Transparent mode installation

    43
    • Preparing to configure Transparent mode

      43
    • Using the web-based manager

      43
    • Using the front control buttons and LCD

      44
      • Verifying the front control buttons and LCD configuration

        44
      • Verify the connection

        45
    • Using the command line interface

      45
      • Reconnecting to the web-based manager

        46
    • Connecting the FortiGate unit to your network

      46
      • Verify the connection

        46
  • Next steps

    47
    • Set the date and time

      47
    • Updating antivirus and IPS signatures

      48
      • Updating antivirus and IPS signatures from the web-based manager

        48
      • Updating the IPS signatures from the CLI

        49
      • Scheduling antivirus and IPS updates

        49
      • Adding an override server

        50
• FortiGate Firmware

  53
  • Upgrading to a new firmware version

    53
    • Upgrading the firmware using the web-based manager

      53
    • Upgrading the firmware using the CLI

      54
  • Reverting to a previous firmware version

    55
    • Reverting to a previous firmware version using the web-based manager

      55
    • Reverting to a previous firmware version using the CLI

      56
  • Installing firmware images from a system reboot using the CLI

    57
    • Restoring the previous configuration

      60
  • Testing a new firmware image before installing it

    60
• Index

  63