FortiGate-50A Installation and Configuration Guide Version 2.50
FortiGate-50A Installation and Configuration Guide 17
Getting startedThis chapter describes unpacking, setting up, and powering on a FortiGate Antivirus
Firewall unit. When you have completed the procedures in this chapter, you can
proceed to one of the following:
• If you are going to operate the FortiGate unit in NAT/Route mode, go to
“NAT/Route mode installation” on page 33.
• If you are going to operate the FortiGate unit in Transparent mode, go to
“Transparent mode installation” on page41.
This chapter describes:
•Package contents
•Mounting
•Powering on
•Connecting to the web-based manager
•Connecting to the command line interface (CLI)
•Factory default FortiGate configuration settings
•Planning the FortiGate configuration
•FortiGate model maximum values matrix
•Next steps