Connecting To The Cli Of An Individual Fpc; Nmi Switch And Nmi Reset Commands - Fortinet FortiGate 6000F Series System Manual

FortiGate 6000F series hardware description
Fortinet USB to RJ-45 serial cable RJ-45 pinout
RJ-45
5
3
6
Tx (yellow)
Ground (green)
Rx (black)

Connecting to the CLI of an individual FPC

Use the following steps to connect to the CLI of the FPC in slot 4: (FPC04)
1. Connect the console cable supplied with your FortiGate 6000F to the console port and to your PC USB port.
2. Start a terminal emulation program on the PC. 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. Repeat pressing Ctrl-T until you have connected to FPC04. Example prompt:
<Switching to Console: FPC04 (9600)>
5. Login with an administrator name and password.
6. When your session is complete, enter the exit command to log out.

NMI switch and NMI reset commands

When working with Fortinet Support to troubleshoot problems with your FortiGate 6000F you can use the front panel
non-maskable interrupt (NMI) switch to assist with troubleshooting. Pressing this switch causes the software to dump
management board registers/backtraces to the console. After the data is dumped the management board reboots. While
the management board is rebooting, traffic is temporarily blocked. The management board should restart normally and
traffic can resume once the management board is up and running.
You can use the following command to dump registers/backtraces of one or more FPCs to the console. After the data is
dumped, the FPCs reboot. While the FPCs are rebooting, traffic is distributed to the remaining FPCs. The FPCs should
restart normally and traffic can resume once they are up and running.
execute load-balance slot nmi-reset <slot-number(s)>
Where <slot-number(s)> can be one or more FPC slot numbers or slot number ranges with no space and separated
by commas. For example:
FortiGate 6000F Series 7.0.12 System Guide
Color
Green
Black
Yellow
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
RJ-45
Fortinet Technologies Inc.
Function
Ground
Rx
Tx
13