Fortinet Version 3.0 - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
FortiBridge Version 3.0 Administration Guide
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Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................ 7
About FortiBridge .............................................................................................. 7
About this document......................................................................................... 7
Fortinet documentation..................................................................................... 8
Fortinet tools and documentation CD............................................................ 8
Fortinet Knowledge Center ........................................................................... 8
Comments on Fortinet technical documentation ........................................... 8
Customer service and technical support ........................................................ 8
FortiBridge operating principles ...................................................... 9
Example FortiBridge application...................................................................... 9
Connecting the FortiBridge unit................................................................... 10
Normal mode operation .................................................................................. 11
How the FortiBridge unit monitors the FortiGate unit .................................. 11
Probes and FortiGate firewall policies......................................................... 12
Enabling probes to detect FortiGate hardware failure................................. 13
Enabling probes to detect FortiGate software failure .................................. 13
Probe interval and probe threshold ............................................................. 13
Bypass mode operation .................................................................................. 14
FortiBridge power failure ................................................................................ 14
Example FortiGate HA cluster FortiBridge application................................ 15
Connecting the FortiBridge-1000 (copper gigabit ethernet) ........................ 15
Connecting the FortiBridge-1000F (fiber gigabit ethernet) .......................... 16
Example configuration with other FortiGate interfaces............................... 16
Setting up FortiBridge units............................................................ 19
FortiBridge unit basic information................................................................. 19
FortiBridge-1000 Package contents ............................................................ 19
FortiBridge-1000F Package contents.......................................................... 20
Mounting instructions .................................................................................. 20
Technical specifications .............................................................................. 21
LED indicators ............................................................................................. 21
Connectors .................................................................................................. 22
Factory default configuration ....................................................................... 22
Connecting and turning on the FortiBridge unit .......................................... 23
Connecting and turning on the FortiBridge-1000 unit ................................. 23
Connecting and turning on the FortiBridge-1000F unit ............................... 24
Connecting to the command line interface (CLI).......................................... 25
Connecting to the FortiBridge console ........................................................ 25
Connecting to the FortiBridge CLI using Telnet .......................................... 26