Hot Swapping A Dc Psu; Connecting The Fortigate 6000F To Ground - Fortinet FortiGate 6000F Series System Manual

FortiGate 6000F series hardware description
6. Make sure the power wires are secured using tie wraps if required.
7. If required, label the black wire -48V.
8. If required, label the red wire RTN.
9. Turn on power to the PSU.
10. Verify that the PSU status LED is solid green meaning that the PSU is powered up and operating normally.

Hot Swapping a DC PSU

Follow these steps to safely hot swap a DC PSU.
1. Attach an ESD wrist strap to your wrist and to an ESD socket or to a bare metal surface on the chassis or frame.
2. Turn off the power being supplied to the DC PSU to be hot swapped.
3. Disconnect the power cable from the FortiGate 6000F DC PSU by pressing the release tab and unplugging the
cable.
4. To remove the PSU, press the latch towards the handle until the PSU is detached then pull it out of the chassis.
5. Insert a replacement PSU into the chassis and slide it in until it locks into place.
6. Plug power cord into the FortiGate 6000F PSU connector.
Slide the connector in until the release tab clicks, locking the cable in place.
7. Turn on power to the PSU.
8. Verify that the PSU status LED is solid green meaning that the PSU is powered up and operating normally.

Connecting the FortiGate 6000F to ground

The FortiGate 6000F appliance includes a ground terminal on the FortiGate 6000F back panel. The ground terminal
provides two connectors to be used with a double-holed lug such as Thomas & Betts PN 54850BE. This connector must
be connected to a local ground connection.
You need the following equipment to connect the FortiGate 6000F to ground:
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) preventive wrist strap with connection cord.
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One green 6 AWG stranded wire with listed closed loop double-hole lug suitable for minimum 6 AWG copper wire,
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such as Thomas & Betts PN 54850BE.
FortiGate 6000F Series 7.0.12 System Guide
You can hot swap a PSU without powering down the FortiGate 6000F as long as one PSU
continues to be connected to power and operating normally.
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