Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-4000 - Connecting to the Command Line Interface (CLI)

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Connecting to the Command Line Interface (CLI) Getting started
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.
To change the out of band management IP address
1 After logging into the FortiGate-4000 unit, go to System > Network > OOB
Management.
2 Change the IP/Netmask addresses.
3 Select Apply to save the changes.
Connecting to the Command Line Interface (CLI)
Connect to the CLI of each FortiGate-4000 unit by connecting to the management
interface module. Use the KVM switch module to switch serial connections to the CLI
of each FortiGate-4000 unit installed in the FortiGate-4000 chassis. See Figure 5 on
page 19 for the description of the KVM switch module.
To connect to the CLI of each FortiGate-4000 unit, you need:
• a computer with an available communications port,
• a RJ-45 to DB-9 cable included in your FortiGate package,
• terminal emulation software such as HyperTerminal for Windows.
To connect to the CLI of each FortiGate-4000 unit
1 Connect the black header of the RJ-45 to DB-9 cable to the communications port of
your computer and to the management module console port.
2 Make sure that the FortiGate-4000 unit is powered on.
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.
Note: The following procedure describes how to connect to the CLI using Windows
HyperTerminal software. You can use any terminal emulation program.