Fortinet FortiGate Series Administration Guide

Conventions Introduction
FortiGate Version 4.0 MR1 Administration Guide
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Angle brackets <> A word constrained by data type.
To define acceptable input, the angled brackets contain a descriptive
name followed by an underscore ( _ ) and suffix that indicates the
valid data type. For example:
<retries_int>
indicates that you should enter a number of retries, such as 5.
Data types include:
• <xxx_name>: A name referring to another part of the
configuration, such as policy_A.
• <xxx_index>: An index number referring to another part of the
configuration, such as 0 for the first static route.
• <xxx_pattern>: A regular expression or word with wild cards
that matches possible variations, such as *@example.com to
match all email addresses ending in @example.com.
• <xxx_fqdn>: A fully qualified domain name (FQDN), such as
mail.example.com.
• <xxx_email>: An email address, such as
admin@mail.example.com.
• <xxx_url>: A uniform resource locator (URL) and its associated
protocol and host name prefix, which together form a uniform
resource identifier (URI), such as
http://www.fortinet./com/.
• <xxx_ipv4>: An IPv4 address, such as 192.168.1.99.
• <xxx_v4mask>: A dotted decimal IPv4 netmask, such as
255.255.255.0.
• <xxx_ipv4mask>: A dotted decimal IPv4 address and netmask
separated by a space, such as
192.168.1.99 255.255.255.0.
• <xxx_ipv4/mask>: A dotted decimal IPv4 address and CIDR-
notation netmask separated by a slash, such as such as
192.168.1.99/24.
• <xxx_ipv6>: A colon( : )-delimited hexadecimal IPv6 address,
such as 3f2e:6a8b:78a3:0d82:1725:6a2f:0370:6234.
• <xxx_v6mask>: An IPv6 netmask, such as /96.
• <xxx_ipv6mask>: An IPv6 address and netmask separated by a
space.
• <xxx_str>: A string of characters that is not another data type,
such as P@ssw0rd. Strings containing spaces or special
characters must be surrounded in quotes or use escape
sequences.
•
<xxx_int>: An integer number that is not another data type,
such as 15 for the number of minutes.
Curly braces {} A word or series of words that is constrained to a set of options
delimited by either vertical bars or spaces.
You must enter at least one of the options, unless the set of options is
surrounded by square brackets [ ].
Table 2: Command syntax notation

Fortinet FortiGate Series Specifications

General

Model	FortiGate Series
Category	Firewall
Throughput	Varies by model
Interfaces	Varies by model
Concurrent Sessions	Varies by model
VPN Support	Yes
High Availability	Yes
Firewall Throughput	Varies by model
VPN Throughput	Varies by model
IPS Throughput	Varies by model
NGFW Throughput	Varies by model
Threat Protection Throughput	Varies by model
New Sessions per Second	Varies by model
Power Supply	Varies by model
Security Features	Firewall, IPS, Application Control, Web Filtering, Antivirus, VPN
Virtual Domains	Yes
Form Factor	Desktop, Rackmount