Getting started

 

 

 

 

 

Table 1: FortiGate-500A LED indicators

 

 

 

 

 

LED

State

Description

 

 

 

 

 

Power

Green

The FortiGate unit is powered on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

The FortiGate unit is powered off.

 

 

 

 

 

LAN (L1, L2,

Amber

The correct cable is in use and the connected equipment has

 

L3, L4), 1, 2, 3,

 

power.

 

4, 5, 6

Flashing

Network activity at this interface.

 

 

Amber

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green

The interface is connected.

 

 

 

• 1, 2, 3, and 4 connect at up to 100 Mbps.

 

 

 

• 5 and 6 connect at up to 1000 Mbps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

No link established.

 

 

 

 

To power off the FortiGate unit

Always shut down the FortiGate operating system properly before turning off the power switch.

1From the web-based manager, go to System > Maintenance > ShutDown, select Shut Down and select Apply, or from the CLI, enter:

execute shutdown

2Turn off the power switch.

3Disconnect the power cable from the power supply.

Connecting to the web-based manager

Use the following procedure to connect to the web-based manager for the first time. Configuration changes made with the web-based manager are effective immediately without resetting the firewall or interrupting service.

To connect to the web-based manager, you need:

a computer with an ethernet connection,

Internet Explorer version 6.0 or higher,

a crossover cable or an ethernet hub and two ethernet cables.

Note: You can use the web-based manager with recent versions of most popular web browsers.

The web-based manager is fully supported for Internet Explorer version 6.0 or higher.

To connect to the web-based manager

1Set the IP address of the computer with an ethernet connection to the static IP address 192.168.1.2 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0.

2Using the crossover cable or the ethernet hub and cables, connect port 1 of the FortiGate unit to the computer ethernet connection.

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Fortinet 127 Connecting to the web-based manager, To power off the FortiGate unit, To connect to the web-based manager

500A, Network Router, 127, FORTIGATE specifications

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