Fortinet 3.0 MR7 manual Changing interface settings, Status, Modify, Fortinet Discovery Protocol

System Network

Status	The status of the network interface.
	• A green arrow indicates the interface is up. Select Bring Down
	to disable the port.
	• A red arrow indicates the interface is down. Select Bring up to
	enable the port.
Modify	Select Modify to change the interface settings.

Changing interface settings

To change the interface settings

1Go to System > Network > Interface.

2In the row corresponding to the interface you want to change, select Modify.

3Configure the following options:

Interface Name The interface name is cannot be changed.

Fortinet Discovery Protocol

Select Enabled to allow responses to Fortinet Discovery Protocol (FDP) on the interface, allowing FortiGate devices to find the FortiAnalyzer unit automatically. For more information about FDP, see “About Fortinet Discovery Protocol” on page 47 and “Manually adding a FortiGate unit using the Fortinet Discovery Protocol (FDP)” on page 85.

IP/Netmask	Enter an IP address and network mask.
Administrative	Select which methods of administrative access should be
Access	available on this interface.
	• HTTPS allows secure HTTPS connections to the FortiAnalyzer
	web-based manager.
	• PING allows response to ICMP pings, which are useful for
	testing connectivity.
	• HTTP allows HTTP connections to the FortiAnalyzer
	web-based manager.
	HTTP connections are not secure and can be intercepted by a
	third party.
	• SSH allows SSH connections to the FortiAnalyzer CLI.
	• TELNET allows Telnet connections to the FortiAnalyzer CLI.
	Telnet connections are not secure, and can be intercepted by a
	third party.
	• AGGREGATOR assigns the port to be the sender or receiver
	of log aggregation transmissions. For more information about
	aggregation, see “Configuring log aggregation” on page 58.
	• WEBSERVICES allows web service (SOAP) connections.
	FortiManagerunits require web service connections for remote
	management of FortiAnalyzer units. If this option is not
	enabled, the FortiManager unit will not be able to install a
	configuration on the FortiAnalyzer unit.

4Select OK.

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