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About the FortiGate-800/800F Introduction

About the FortiGate-800/800F

The FortiGate-800/F Multi-Threat Security system provides the performance, flexibility, and security necessary to protect today's most demanding large enterprise networks. The FortiGate-800 can be deployed as a high performance antivirus and web content filtering gateway, or as a complete network protection solution leveraging firewall, VPN, IPS and antispam capabilities. The FortiGate-

800Multi-Threat Securiy system features four 10/100/1000 tri-speed ethernet ports for networks running at gigabit speeds and four user-definable 10/100 ports that provide granular security through multi-zone capabilities, allowing administrators to segment their network into zones and create policies between zones.

Figure 1: FortiGate-800 and FortiGate-800F

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About this document

This document explains how to install and configure your FortiGate unit onto your network. This document also includes how to install and upgrade new firmware versions on your FortiGate unit.

This document contains the following chapters:

•Installing – Describes setting up and powering on a FortiGate unit.

•Configuring – Provides an overview of the operating modes of the FortiGate unit and how to integrate the FortiGate unit into your network.

•Advanced configuration – Describes additional configuration you can perform on the FortiGate unit to enhance network protection, including antivirus, antispam, firewall configuration and logging.

•FortiGate Firmware – Describes how to install, update, restore and test firmware for the FortiGate device.

Document conventions

The following document conventions are used in this guide:

•In the examples, private IP addresses are used for both private and public IP addresses.

•Notes and Cautions are used to provide important information:

Note: Highlights useful additional information.

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