Fortinet 5050-R manual FortiGate-5050 Shelf Alarm Panel

FortiGate-5050 chassis Shelf manager command line interface (CLI)

Figure 7: Connecting to a shelf manager serial port

FortiGate-5050 Shelf Alarm Panel

5050SAP

SERIAL

SERIAL

1

ALARM

2

SERIAL1 (Primary		SERIAL2 (Secondary
Shelf Manager)	Fortinet	Shelf Manager)
	RJ-45 to
	9-pin
	Console
	Cable

To PC

RS-232

Console

Port

To connect to the shelf manager CLI using a shelf alarm panel serial port

1Connect the Fortinet console cable to the shelf alarm panel Serial 1 or Serial 2 port (see Figure 7).

2Connect the Fortinet console cable to your PC or other device RS-232 console port.

3Start a terminal emulation program (for example, HyperTerminal) on the management computer. Use these settings:

Baud Rate (bps)	9600
Data bits	8
Parity	None
Stop bits	1
Flow Control	None

4Press enter to connect to the CLI.

5At 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.

1At the # prompt enter the following Linux command to add a password for the root account:

# passwd

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