Changing Data Interface Network Settings; Adding A Password To The Admin Administrator Account; Resetting To Factory Defaults - Fortinet FortiGate-6000F Series System Manual

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and so on. You can also add VLANs to the interfaces in mgmt-vdom and create a LAG that includes the mgmt1 and
mgmt2 interfaces.
You can use the root VDOM for data traffic and you can also add more VDOMs as required, depending on your Multi
VDOM license.

Changing data interface network settings

To change the IP address of any FortiGate-6000F data interface:
From the GUI access the Global GUI and go to
l
and other settings.
From the CLI:
l
config system interface
edit <interface-name>
set ip <ip-address> <netmask>
end

Adding a password to the admin administrator account

For security purposes one of the first things you should do is add a password to the admin account.
Depending on your firmware version, when you first log into the GUI you maybe presented with an option to change the
admin account password.
From the GUI, access the Global GUI and go to
Change Password .
From the CLI:
config global
config system admin
edit admin
set password <new-password>
end

Resetting to factory defaults

At any time during the configuration process, if you run into problems, you can reset the FortiGate-6000F to factory
defaults and start over. From the primary FIM CLI enter:
config global
execute factoryreset
FortiGate-6000F 6.4.2 System Guide
Network > Interfaces . Edit any interface to change its IP address
System > Administrators , edit the admin account, and select
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