Fortinet 3600A Contents

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FortiGate-3600A FortiOS 3.0 MR6 Install Guide

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Contents

About the FortiGate-3600A..................................... .......................................... 8

About this document......................................................................................... 8

Document conventions.................................................................................. 9

Typographic conventions................. ............................................................. 9

Further Reading........................................................................... ...................... 9

Fortinet Knowledge Center ......................................................................... 10

Comments on Fortinet technical documentation......................................... 10

Customer service and technical support...................................................... 11

Environmental specifications......................................................................... 13

Cautions and warnings..................................... .............................................. 14

Grounding ................................................................................................... 14

Rack mount instructions............................................................................. . 14

Mounting ..................................................................................................... 14

Plugging in the FortiGate................................................................................ 16

Connecting to the network .......................................................................... 17

Turning off the FortiGate unit......................................................................... 17

NAT vs. Transparent mode..................................................................... ........ 19

NAT mode..................................................... .............................................. 19

Transparent mode............................................................................... ........ 20

Connecting to the FortiGate unit.................................................................... 20

Connecting to the web-based manager........................ .............................. 20

Connecting to the CLI ................................................................................. 21

Configuring NAT mode ................................................................................... 22

Using the web-based manager........................... ........................................ 22

Configure the interfaces........................................................................ 22

Configure a DNS server........................................................................ 23

Adding a default route and gateway.................... ................................. 23

Adding firewall policies ......................................................................... 24

Using the CLI .............................................................................................. 25

Configure the interfaces........................................................................ 25

Configure a DNS server........................................................................ 26