Fortinet Version 3.0 manual Connecting and turning on the FortiBridge-1000F unit

Connecting and turning on the FortiBridge unit Setting up FortiBridge units

To connect and turn on the FortiBridge-1000 unit

1Connect the FortiBridge-1000 INT 2 interface to the FortiGate unit internal interface.

2Connect the FortiBridge-1000 EXT 2 interface to the FortiGate unit external interface.

3Connect the FortiBridge-1000 INT 1 interface to the internal network.

4Connect the FortiBridge-1000 EXT 1 interface to the external network.

5Turn on the FortiGate unit and any network equipment that was turned off.

6Connect the AC adapter to the power connection at the back of the FortiBridge-1000 unit and to a power outlet.

The FortiBridge-1000 unit starts. The PWR and Bypass Mode LEDs turn on. After a short time, the FortiBridge unit switches to Normal mode. The Bypass LED goes out and the Normal LED turns on.

If the FortiGate unit and connected network components are turned on the FortiBridge-1000 INT 1, INT 2, EXT 1, and EXT 2 LEDs are also on.

Connecting and turning on the FortiBridge-1000F unit

Note: This procedure describes how to connect a FortiBridge-1000F unit to provide fail open protection for network traffic passing between FortiGate unit internal and external interfaces. If the FortiBridge-1000F unit provides fail open protection for traffic between different FortiGate interfaces, you can use the same procedure but substitute FortiGate interface names as required.

The FortiBridge-1000F unit contains 4 multimode fiber optic gigabit interfaces that connect to the internal and external networks and to the FortiGate interfaces that were connected to these networks. Use the following steps to connect a FortiBridge-1000F unit to the network as shown in Figure 12.

Figure 12: Connecting the FortiBridge-1000F unit

Power cable connects to power supply
	Optional RJ-45 serial cable connects to management computer
DC+5V		TO FORTIGATE
PWR	CONSOLE MODEM	INT 2 EXT 2	INT 1	EXT 1	MANAGEMENT	Optional Gigabit Fiber connection
						for out of band management

Gigabit Fiber connection to FortiGate Internal interface			Gigabit Fiber connection to External network
Gigabit Fiber connection to FortiGate External interface			Gigabit Fiber connection to Internal network
Internal network		INT 1	EXT 1
					Internet
	Gigabit		Gigabit
				Switch	Router
Switch	Fiber	INT 2	EXT 2 Fiber
		Gigabit	Gigabit
		Fiber	Fiber

Internal

External

(Transparent mode)

To connect and turn on the FortiBridge-1000F unit

1Connect the FortiBridge-1000F INT 2 interface to the FortiGate internal interface.

2Connect the FortiGate external interface to the FortiBridge-1000F EXT 2 interface.

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