Basic Configuration; Web-Based Manager - Fortinet FortiSwitch-5003B System Manual

Basic configuration

Basic configuration

Web-based Manager

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At any time during the configuration process, if you run into problems, you can reset the
FortiSwitch-5003B board to the factory defaults and start over. From the CLI enter
execute factory-reset.
Use the information in this section to configuration basic configuration settings that
connect the FortiSwitch-5003B board to your network.
1 Connect the FortiSwitch-5003B MGMT interface to a management computer Ethernet
interface.
2 Configure the management computer to be on the same subnet as the MGMT
interface. To do this, change the IP address of the management computer to
192.168.1.2 and the netmask to 255.255.255.0.
3 To access the FortiSwitch-5003B web-based manager, start a web browser and type
the address https://192.168.1.99
4 Type admin in the Name field and select Login.
To change the administrator password
1 Go to the Administrators dashboard widget.
2 Edit the admin administrator, select Change Password and enter and confirm a new
password.
To change the management IP address and administrative access
1 Go to the Management Port dashboard widget.
2 Select Change.
3 Enter a new IP address and netmask for the MGMT interface.
4 Change administrative access as required.
5 Select OK.
If you change the MGMT interface IP address you need to browse to this new IP
address to reconnect to the web-based manager.
To configure base channel interfaces
1 Go to Switch > Base Channel > Port and configure physical port settings such as
adding a description of the interface or bringing the interface up or down and
configure static trunking.
2 Go to Switch > Base Channel > Interface to configure the base channel interface's
native VLAN and allowed VLANs.
To configure fabric channel interfaces
1 Go to Switch > Fabric Channel > Port to add a description of the interface or bring the
interface up or down. For interfaces that support it you can change the interface
speed and configure static trunking, LACP(802.3ad) trunking or Forti-trunking.
2 Go to Switch > Fabric Channel > Interface to change the interface's native VLAN and
allowed VLANs, and enable or disable the spanning tree protocol (STP) on the
interface.
Quick Configuration Guide
FortiSwitch-5003B System Guide
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