Setting Up Management Connections; Adding A Password To The Admin Administrator Account - Fortinet FortiGate-7030E System Manual

Getting started with FortiGate-7000

Setting up management connections

When your FortiGate-7000 first starts up, the MGMT1 to MGMT4 interfaces of the FIM are part of a static 802.3
aggregate interface with a default IP address of 192.168.1.99. On the GUI or CLI the 802.3 aggregate interface is
named mgmt .
Example mgmt interface configuration
You can configure and manage your FortiGate-7030 by connecting an Ethernet cable to any of the MGMT1 - 4
interfaces of the FIM 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

Adding a password to the admin administrator account

For security purposes one of the first things you should do is add a password to the admin account.
Depending on your firmware version, when you first log into the GUI you maybe presented with an option to change the
admin account password.
From the GUI, access the Global GUI and go to
Change Password .
From the CLI:
config global
config system admin
edit admin
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admin administrator account with no password.
For security reasons you should add a password to the admin account before connecting the
chassis to your network.
System > Administrators , edit the admin account, and select
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