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FortiGate-800 and 800F FortiOS 3.0 MR6 Install Guide
01-30006-0455-20080131
Contents.............................................................................................. 3
Introduction ........................................................................................ 7
Register your FortiGate unit ............................................................................. 7
About the FortiGate-800/800F........................................................................... 8
About this document......................................................................................... 8
Document conventions.................................................................................. 8
Typographic conventions .............................................................................. 9
Further Reading ................................................................................................. 9
Fortinet Knowledge Center ......................................................................... 10
Comments on Fortinet technical documentation ......................................... 10
Customer service and technical support ...................................................... 10
Installing ........................................................................................... 11
Environmental specifications......................................................................... 11
Cautions and warnings ................................................................................... 12
Grounding ................................................................................................... 12
Rack mount instructions .............................................................................. 12
Mounting ..................................................................................................... 12
Plugging in the FortiGate................................................................................ 14
Connecting to the network .......................................................................... 14
Turning off the FortiGate unit......................................................................... 15
Configuring....................................................................................... 17
NAT vs. Transparent mode ............................................................................. 17
NAT mode ................................................................................................... 17
Transparent mode ....................................................................................... 18
Connecting to the FortiGate unit.................................................................... 18
Connecting to the web-based manager ...................................................... 18
Connecting to the CLI ................................................................................. 19
Configuring NAT mode ................................................................................... 20
Using the web-based manager ................................................................... 20
Configure the interfaces........................................................................ 20
Configure a DNS server........................................................................ 21
Adding a default route and gateway ..................................................... 21
Adding firewall policies ......................................................................... 22
Using the CLI .............................................................................................. 23
Configure the interfaces........................................................................ 23
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