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Contents
FortiGate-50B FortiOS 3.0 MR6 Install Guide
01-30006-0444-20080131
Contents.............................................................................................. 1
Introduction ........................................................................................ 5
Register your FortiGate unit ............................................................................. 5
About the FortiGate-50B ................................................................................... 6
About this document......................................................................................... 6
Document conventions.................................................................................. 6
Typographic conventions .............................................................................. 7
Further Reading ................................................................................................. 7
Fortinet Knowledge Center ........................................................................... 8
Comments on Fortinet technical documentation ........................................... 8
Customer service and technical support ........................................................ 8
Installing ............................................................................................. 9
Environmental specifications........................................................................... 9
Cautions and warnings ................................................................................... 10
Grounding ................................................................................................... 10
Rack mount instructions .............................................................................. 10
Mounting ..................................................................................................... 11
Plugging in the FortiGate................................................................................ 11
Connecting to the network .......................................................................... 11
Turning off the FortiGate unit......................................................................... 12
Configuring....................................................................................... 13
NAT vs. Transparent mode ............................................................................. 13
NAT mode ................................................................................................... 13
Transparent mode ....................................................................................... 14
Connecting to the FortiGate unit.................................................................... 14
Connecting to the web-based manager ...................................................... 14
Connecting to the CLI ................................................................................. 15
Configuring NAT mode ................................................................................... 16
Using the web-based manager ................................................................... 16
Configure the interfaces........................................................................ 16
Configure a DNS server........................................................................ 17
Adding a default route and gateway ..................................................... 17
Adding firewall policies ......................................................................... 18
Using the CLI .............................................................................................. 19
Configure the interfaces........................................................................ 19
Configure a DNS server........................................................................ 20
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