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About the FortiGate-300A

About the FortiGate-300A

About this document

Document conventions

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The FortiGate-300A Multi-Threat Security system provides performance,
flexibility, and security necessary to protect today's growing small and medium
sized enterprise networks. The FortiGate-300A platform features two 10/100/1000
tri-speed ethernet ports for networks running at or upgrading to gigabit speeds
and 4 user-definable 10/100 interfaces.
Figure 1: FortiGate-300A
This document explains how to install and configure your FortiGate unit onto your
network. This document also includes how to install and upgrade new firmware
versions on your FortiGate unit.
This document contains the following chapters:
• Installing – Describes setting up and powering on a FortiGate unit.
• Configuring – Provides an overview of the operating modes of the FortiGate
unit and how to integrate the FortiGate unit into your network.
• Advanced configuration
on the FortiGate unit to enhance network protection, including antivirus,
antispam, firewall configuration and logging.
• FortiGate Firmware
firmware for the FortiGate device.
The following document conventions are used in this guide:
• In the examples, private IP addresses are used for both private and public IP
addresses.
• Notes and Cautions are used to provide important information:
Note: Highlights useful additional information.
Caution: Warns you about commands or procedures that could have unexpected or
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undesirable results including loss of data or damage to equipment.
CONSOLE USB
Esc Enter
– Describes additional configuration you can perform
– Describes how to install, update, restore and test
FortiGate-300A FortiOS 3.0 MR6 Install Guide
Introduction
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