Setting Up A Single Management Connection; Setting Up Redundant Management Connections - Fortinet FortiGate-7000E Series System Manual

Getting started with FortiGate-7000
Example mgmt interface configuration

Setting up a single management connection

You can configure and manage your FortiGate-7040 by connecting an Ethernet cable to any of the MGMT1 - 4
interfaces of the FIM in slot 1 or slot 2 and logging into the GUI using HTTPS or the CLI using SSH. The default IP
address is 192.168.1.99 and you can log in with the

Setting up redundant management connections

You can set up redundant management connections to your FortiGate-7000 by adding a static 802.3 aggregate
interface to a switch and setting up multiple connections between the switch and the FIM MGMT ports. Then connect
the switch to your network.
You do not have to change the configuration of the FortiGate-7000 to set up redundant management connections. The
following example shows connections between the MGMT1 interfaces of each FIM to a switch. The switch is configured
with a 802.3 static aggregate interface that includes two ports, one for each MGMT1 interface. The switch also
connects the MGMT1 interfaces to a management network.
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For security reasons you should add a password to the admin account before connecting the
chassis to your network.
LACP is not supported for the mgmt aggregate interface.
admin administrator account with no password.
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