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FortiGate-3016B FortiOS 3.0 MR6 Install Guide
01-30006-0458-20080318 3
Contents

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

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

Register your FortiGate unit....................................................................... ...... 7
About the FortiGate-3016B..................................... .......................................... 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 .......................................................................... 15
Turning off the FortiGate unit......................................................................... 15

Configuring....................................................................................... 17

NAT vs. Transparent mode..................................................................... ........ 17
NAT mode..................................................... .............................................. 17
Transparent mode............................................................................... ........ 18
Connecting to the FortiGate unit.................................................................... 18
Connecting to the web-based manager........................ .............................. 18
Connecting to the CLI ................................................................................. 19
Configuring NAT mode ................................................................................... 20
Using the web-based manager........................... ........................................ 20
Configure the interfaces........................................................................ 20
Configure a DNS server........................................................................ 21
Adding a default route and gateway.................... ................................. 21
Adding firewall policies ......................................................................... 22
Using the CLI .............................................................................................. 23
Configure the interfaces........................................................................ 23