Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-4000 - Fortigate-4000 S Network Connections; Out of Band Management Connections; Console Management Connections

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FortiGate-4000S network connections
Use the following steps to connect your internal and external networks to the
FortiGate-4000S switched interface modules. This is a general connection procedure
only. For information about how to connect the FortiGate-4000 unit for different
network configurations, see “Planning the FortiGate configuration” on page 41.
1 Connect your internal network to the internal switched interface module.
The internal switched interface module is installed on the left rear panel of the
FortiGate-4000S (see Figure 7 on page 21).
You can connect to the copper gigabit ethernet interfaces or to optical connectors
installed in the SFP interfaces. See Figure 13 on page 25 for the location of the
copper gigabit and SFP connectors.
2 Connect your external network to the external switched interface module.
The external switched interface module is installed on the right rear panel of the
FortiGate-4000S chassis (see Figure 7 on page 21).
Out of band management connections
You can manage the FortiBlade-4010 modules by connecting to the 10/100 out of
band management module. The 10/100 out of band management module provides
ethernet management connections for all of the FortiBlade-4010 modules installed in
the FortiGate-4000 chassis. See Figure 6 on page 20 or Figure 7 on page 21 for the
location of the 10/100 out of band management module.
Console management connections
You can connect to the CLI of each FortiBlade-4010 module by connecting the RJ-45
to DB-9 serial cable to the management module console port (see Figure 10 on
page 23). The management module provides console connections for all of the
FortiBlade-4010 modules installed in the FortiGate-4000 chassis.
Use the KVM switch module to switch serial connections to the CLI of each
FortiBlade-4010 module installed in the FortiGate-4000 chassis. To access the CLI,
connect the black header of the RJ-45 to DB-9 serial cable to the management
module (see “Management module” on page 22) and to a management PC. You can
use the KVM switch module (see “KVM switch module” on page 19) to select the
FortiBlade-4010 module that you can connect to.
Note: You can connect to the gigabit copper ethernet connectors or to the SFP connectors but
not both.