Connecting To The Smc Sdi Cli Of The Fpm Module In Slot 3; Changing The Smm Admin Account Password - Fortinet FortiGate-7030E System Manual

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5. Login with an administrator name and password.

The default is

admin with no password.

For security reasons, it is strongly recommended that you change the password.

6. When your session is complete, enter the exit command to log out.

Connecting to the SMC SDI CLI of the FPM module in slot 3

Use the following steps to connect to the System Management Module SMC SDI CLI:

1. Using the console cable supplied with your FortiGate-7000, connect the SMM Console 1 port on the FortiGate-

7000 to the USB port on your management computer.

2. Start a terminal emulation program on the management computer. Use these settings:

Baud Rate (bps) 9600, Data bits 8, Parity None, Stop bits 1, and Flow Control None.

3. Press Ctrl-T to enter console switch mode.

4. Press Ctrl-R to switch to the SMM SMC SDI CLI switching mode.

5. Repeat pressing Ctrl-R until you have connected to slot 3. Example prompt:

6. Login with an administrator name and password.

The default administrator name and password are

For security reasons, it is strongly recommended that you change the password.

7. You can begin entering commands at the admin@FPM03-MC # prompt.

8. When your session is complete, enter the exit command to log out.

Use the following procedure to change the SMM admin account password.

1. Enter the following command to show all users and their user IDs.

user list

The output should show that the

2. Use the command user set password <user-id> [<password>] to add a password for the admin

account. For example:

user set password 2 <password>

3. Enter and confirm a new password for the admin account.

The password should be between 5 and 20 characters long and should include a combination of upper and lower

case letters and numbers.

You can change the admin account password at any time.

FortiGate-7030E 6.2.3 System Guide

admin / admin .

admin user has a user ID of 2.

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