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FortiGate-224B FortiOS 3.0 MR6 Install Guide
01-30006-0451-20080815 3
Contents

Contents.............................................................................................. 3

Introduction........................................................................................ 7

Register your FortiGate unit....................................................................... ...... 7
About the FortiGate-224B.................................... ............................................. 8
About this document......................................................................................... 8
Document conventions.................................................................................. 8
Typographic conventions................. ............................................................. 9
Further Reading........................................................................... ...................... 9
Fortinet Knowledge Center ......................................................................... 10
Comments on Fortinet technical documentation......................................... 10
Customer service and technical support...................................................... 10

Installing ........................................................................................... 11

Environmental specifications......................................................................... 11
Cautions and warnings..................................... .............................................. 12
Grounding ................................................................................................... 12
Rack mount instructions............................................................................. . 12
Mounting ..................................................................................................... 12
Plugging in the FortiGate................................................................................ 14
Connecting to the network .......................................................................... 14
Turning off the FortiGate unit......................................................................... 14

Configuring....................................................................................... 15

NAT vs. Transparent mode..................................................................... ........ 15
NAT mode..................................................... .............................................. 15
Transparent mode............................................................................... ........ 16
Connecting to the FortiGate unit.................................................................... 16
Connecting to the web-based manager........................ .............................. 16
Connecting to the CLI ................................................................................. 17
Configuring NAT mode ................................................................................... 18
Using the web-based manager........................... ........................................ 18
Configure the interfaces........................................................................ 18
Configure a DNS server........................................................................ 19
Adding a default route and gateway.................... ................................. 19
Adding firewall policies ......................................................................... 20
Using the CLI .............................................................................................. 21
Configure the interfaces........................................................................ 21