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Introduction	About FortiBridge

Introduction

This chapter introduces you to the FortiBridge-1000 and FortiBridge-1000F products that provide fail open protection for FortiGate Antivirus Firewalls operating in transparent mode. Fail open protection keeps network traffic flowing in the event of a FortiGate unit failure. This chapter contains the following topics:

•About FortiBridge

•About this document

•Fortinet documentation

•Customer service and technical support

About FortiBridge

The FortiBridge products are a solution for enterprise organizations to provide fail open protection for FortiGate units deployed inline in transparent mode. The FortiBridge products use multiple probe protocols to detect failures in the FortiGate unit. FortiBridge zero power fail open technology means that the FortiBridge unit also fails open if a power failure occurs.

Figure 1: FortiBridge unit

INT 1				EXT 1
								BYPASS MODE


								MODE FACTORY RESET
								MODE FACTORY RESET
PWR			FortiGate					NORMAL
PWR								NORMAL
INT 2				EXT 2

A FortiBridge unit functions as a pass-through device when a FortiGate unit or FortiGate HA cluster operating in transparent mode fails or loses power. The FortiBridge unit bypasses the FortiGate unit to make sure that the network can continue processing traffic. The FortiBridge unit is not a firewall or antivirus device. FortiGate services are not applied when the FortiBridge unit bypasses traffic.

About this document

This document describes how to install, configure and maintain the

FortiBridge-1000 and the FortiBridge-1000F products.

This document contains the following chapters:

•FortiBridge operating principles contains general information about how FortiBridge units work.

•Setting up FortiBridge units contains hardware reference and general installation procedures for FortiBridge units.

•Configuration and operating procedures contains procedures for connecting and configuring FortiBridge units.

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Contents M i n i s t r a t i o n G u i d e Regulatory compliance TrademarksContents Using the CLI Configuration and operating proceduresConfig CLI commands Index Execute CLI commandsPage About this document About FortiBridgeFortinet Knowledge Center Customer service and technical supportFortinet documentation Fortinet tools and documentation CDExample FortiBridge application FortiBridge operating principlesConnecting the FortiBridge-1000 copper gigabit ethernet Connecting the FortiBridge unitConnecting the FortiBridge-1000F fiber gigabit ethernet Normal mode operationHow the FortiBridge unit monitors the FortiGate unit Probes and FortiGate firewall policies Normal mode operationEnabling probes to detect FortiGate software failure Enabling probes to detect FortiGate hardware failureProbe interval and probe threshold FortiBridge power failure Bypass mode operationExample FortiGate HA cluster FortiBridge application Example configuration with other FortiGate interfaces Example configuration with other FortiGate interfaces Example configuration with other FortiGate interfaces FortiBridge unit basic information FortiBridge-1000 Package contentsMounting instructions FortiBridge-1000F Package contentsLED indicators Technical specificationsFactory default configuration ConnectorsConnecting and turning on the FortiBridge-1000 unit Connecting and turning on the FortiBridge unitTo connect and turn on the FortiBridge-1000 unit Connecting and turning on the FortiBridge-1000F unitTo connect and turn on the FortiBridge-1000F unit To connect to the FortiBridge console for the first time Connecting to the command line interface CLIConnecting to the FortiBridge console FortiBridge-1000 loginWelcome FortiBridge-1000 # Completing the basic FortiBridge configurationConnecting to the FortiBridge CLI using Telnet To connect to the CLI using TelnetTo change the management IP address Adding an administrator passwordTo add an administrator password Changing the management IP addressTo add static routes Changing DNS server IP addressesAdding static routes To change DNS server IP addressesAdding administrator accounts Allowing management access to the EXT 1 interfaceChanging the system time and date Installing FortiBridge unit firmware Resetting to the factory default configurationTo reset to factory defaults from the FortiBridge CLI Upgrading to a new firmware version To upgrade to a new firmware versionExecute restore image namestr tftpip Execute restore image FBG1000-v10-build010-FORTINET.outTo revert to a previous firmware version Reverting to a previous firmware versionEnter Tftp server address Installing firmware from a system rebootTo install firmware from a system reboot Hit any key to stop autobootGet system status Enter firmware image file image.outExample network settings Configuration and operating proceduresConfiguring FortiBridge probes Configuring FortiBridge probesTo configure probe settings Probe settingsConfig probe probelist ping set status enable End To enable and configure FortiBridge probesEnabling probes Go to System Status Session Config probe probelist Imap set status enable EndVerifying that probes are functioning To verify that probes are functioningTuning the failure threshold and probe interval Configuring FortiBridge alertsFortiBridge syslog To configure alert emailConfig alertemail setting set server mail.myorg.com End FortiBridge alert emailConfig log syslogd setting set server End To configure FortiBridge syslogFortiBridge Snmp To resume normal operation from bypass mode Recovering from a FortiGate failureTo add and enable an Snmp community Config system snmp community edit Set name snmp1 EndTo back up the FortiBridge configuration Manually switching between FortiBridge operating modesBacking up and restoring the FortiBridge configuration Execute switch-modeBacking up and restoring the FortiBridge configuration Backing up and restoring the FortiBridge configuration CLI basics Connecting to the FortiBridge CLI using SSH or TelnetSetting administrative access for SSH or Telnet To use the CLI to configure SSH or Telnet accessGet system interface namestr Other access methodsConnecting to the FortiBridge CLI using SSH Set allowaccess ping telnet sshTo connect to the CLI using SSH Connecting to the FortiBridge CLI using SSH or Telnet Config CLI commands Command syntax pattern Alertemail settingExamples Related Commands Example Log syslogd settingShow probe probelist Probe probelist ping http ftp pop3 smtp imapGet probe probelist Get probe probelist httpSyslog Probe settingRw w System accprofileGet system accprofile policyprofile Get system accprofileShow system accprofile Password passwordstr System adminGet system admin newadmin Get system adminShow system admin Show system console Config system console set EndSystem console Get system consoleGet system dns System dnsShow system dns Get system status Failbypass System failcloseSystem failclose Minutesinteger System globalShow system global Get system globalGet system interface internal System interface internal externalShow system interface internal System manageip Config system manageip Set ip 192.168.2.80 255.255.255.0 endDistanceinteger System routeSystem snmp community Config hostsShow system snmp community Get system snmp communityExecute CLI commands Execute backup config fbdg.cfg BackupCommand syntax Execute backup config filenamestr tftp-serveripv4Execute date datestr datestr has the form mm/dd/yyyy, where DateExecute date 09/17/2004 Execute factoryreset FactoryresetExecute ping addressipv4 host-namestr PingExecute reboot RebootExecute restore config backupconfig RestoreSwitch-mode Execute time timestr TimeTime Index 09-30000-0163-20061109 Snmp SSH