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Fortinet FortiGate 4000 User Manual

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Connecting to the web-based manager

Getting started

Figure 16: FortiGate login

Connecting to the FortiGate-4000 10/100 out of band management module

To connect to the web-based manager of a FortiGate-4000 unit using the
FortiGate-4000 10/100 out of band management module, you must connect the out of
band management module to the same network as your management computer.

For more information about the 10/100 out of band management module, see

“10/100

out of band management module” on page 34

and

“Out of band management

connections” on page 40

.

To connect to the 10/100 out of band management module

1

Connect the 10/100 out of band management module to your network.

2

Power on the FortiGate-4000 unit that you want to connect to.

3

Set the IP address of the computer with an ethernet connection to the static IP
address 172.16.1.3 and a netmask of 255.255.255.0.

4

Start Internet Explorer and browse to the address https://172.16.1.2 (remember to
include the “s” in https://).
The FortiGate login is displayed.

5

Type admin in the Name field and select Login.
The Register Now window is displayed. Use the information in this window to register
your FortiGate unit so that Fortinet can contact you for firmware updates. You must
also register to receive updates to the FortiGate virus and attack definitions.

Note: When first installed, all FortiGate-4000 units

installed in the FortiGate-4000 chassis have

the same internal, external, and out of band management IP addresses. To connect to a
specific FortiGate-4000 unit

, you must turn on the power for this FortiGate-4000 unit. The

power to all of the other FortiGate-4000 units must be turned off.