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About the FortiGate-800/800F

About the FortiGate-800/800F

About this document

Document conventions

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The FortiGate-800/F Multi-Threat Security system provides the performance,
flexibility, and security necessary to protect today's most demanding large
enterprise networks. The FortiGate-800 can be deployed as a high performance
antivirus and web content filtering gateway, or as a complete network protection
solution leveraging firewall, VPN, IPS and antispam capabilities. The FortiGate-
800 Multi-Threat Securiy system features four 10/100/1000 tri-speed ethernet
ports for networks running at gigabit speeds and four user-definable 10/100 ports
that provide granular security through multi-zone capabilities, allowing
administrators to segment their network into zones and create policies between
zones.
Figure 1: FortiGate-800 and FortiGate-800F
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800F
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 – Describes how to install, update, restore and test
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.
I N T E R N A L E X T E R N A L D M Z HA
Esc Enter
P W R
P W R
I N T E R N A L E X T E R N A L D M Z HA
Esc Enter
– Describes additional configuration you can perform
FortiGate-800 and 800F FortiOS 3.0 MR6 Install Guide
Introduction
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