Connecting To The Smc Sdi Cli Of The Fpm In Slot 3; Changing The Smm Admin Account Password; Connecting To The Smm Using An Ipmi Tool - Fortinet FortiGate-7000E Series System Manual

FortiGate-7060E System Management Modules
Connecting to the SMC SDI CLI of the FPM in slot 3
Use the following steps to connect to the FortiOS CLI of the FPM in slot 3:
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:
<Switching to Console: FIM03-MC (9600)>
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.

Changing the SMM admin account password

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.
Connecting to the SMM using an IPMI tool
You can install an IPMI tool on a management computer and then use this tool to send IPMI commands over your
network to the SMM MGMT interface. The IPMI tool allows you to communicate with the SMM by entering
IPMI commands. The IPMI commands are the same as the CLI commands described in this chapter but include
parameters such as the MGMT interface IP address and SMM administrator username and password.
For example, you can use the following IPMI command to change the SMM MGMT interface IP address:
sudo ipmitool -I lanplus -H <mgmt-ip> -k gkey -U <username> -P <password> lan set 4 ipaddr
172.20.120.30
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admin / admin .
admin user has a user ID of 2.
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