Using The Front Control Buttons And Lcd; Using The Command Line Interface; Changing To Transparent Mode Using The Cli - Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-800 Installation And Configuration Manual

Transparent mode installation

Using the front control buttons and LCD

Using the command line interface

Changing to Transparent mode using the CLI

FortiGate-800 Installation and Configuration Guide
This procedure describes how to use the control buttons and LCD to configure
Transparent mode IP addresses. Use the information that you recorded in
page 59 to complete this procedure. Starting with Main Menu displayed on the LCD,
use the front control buttons and LCD:
1 Press Enter three times to configure the
management interface IP address.
2 Set the manager interface IP address.
Use the up and down arrow keys to increase or decrease the value of each IP address
digit. Press Enter to move to the next digit. Press Esc to move to the previous digit.
Note: When you enter an IP address, the LCD always shows three digits for each part of the
address. For example, the IP address 192.168.100.1 appears on the LCD as 192.168.100.001.
The IP address 192.168.23.45 appears as 192.168.023.045.
3 After you set the last digit of the IP address, press Enter.
4 Use the down arrow to highlight Netmask.
5 Press Enter and set the management IP Netmask.
6 After you set the last digit of the Netmask, press Enter.
7 Press Esc to return to the Main Menu.
8 Repeat these steps to configure the default gateway, if required.
As an alternative to the setup wizard, you can begin the initial configuration of the
FortiGate unit using the command line interface (CLI). To connect to the CLI, see
"Connecting to the command line interface (CLI)" on page
you gathered in Table 16 on page 59
1 Make sure that you are logged into the CLI.
2 Switch to Transparent mode. Enter:
set system opmode transparent
After a few seconds, the login prompt appears.
3 Type admin and press Enter.
The following prompt appears:
Type ? for a list of commands.
4 Confirm that the FortiGate unit has switched to Transparent mode. Enter:
get system status
The CLI displays the status of the FortiGate unit. The last line shows the current
operation mode.
Operation mode: Transparent
Using the front control buttons and LCD
29. Use the information that
to complete the following procedures.
Table 16 on
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