Fortinet FortiGate 5140-R Chassis Manual page 13

FortiGate-5140 chassis
FortiGate-5140-R Chassis Guide
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Figure 7: Connecting to a shelf manager serial port
5140SAP
To connect to the shelf manager CLI using a shelf alarm panel serial port
1 Connect the Fortinet console cable to the shelf alarm panel Serial 1 or Serial 2 port
(see Figure 7).
2 Connect the Fortinet console cable to your PC or other device RS-232 console port.
3 Start a terminal emulation program (for example, HyperTerminal) on the management
computer. Use these settings:
Baud Rate (bps)
Data bits
Parity
Stop bits
Flow Control
4 Press enter to connect to the CLI.
5 At the login prompt enter the shelf manager user name and password.
The default user name is root with no password.
When you log into the shelf manager CLI you are logging into a Linux shell as root. You
can begin entering commands at the # prompt:
#
To add or change the shelf manager root account password
For enhanced security you should use the following steps to add a password for the shelf
manager root account.
1 At the # prompt enter the following Linux command to add a password for the root
account:
# passwd
SERIAL 2 (Secondary
Shelf Manager)
SERIAL1 (Primary
FortiGate-5140 Shelf Alarm Panel
Shelf Manager)
SERIAL 1 SERIAL 2
Fortinet
RJ-45 to
9-pin
Console
Cable
9600
8
None
1
None
Shelf manager command line interface (CLI)
ALARM
To PC
RS-232
Console
Port
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