Fortinet FortiGate Series Administration Guide

System Maintenance Backing up and restoring
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Figure 164: Backup & Restore options with FortiManager option enabled
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Remote FortiGuard backup and restore options
Your FortiGate unit can be remotely managed by a central management server, which is
available when you register for the FortiGuard Analysis & Management Service. The
FortiGuard Analysis & Management Service is a subscription-based service and is
purchased by contacting support. Additional information, including how to register you
FortiGate unit for the FortiGuard Analysis & Management Service, is available in the
FortiGuard Analysis & Management Service Users Guide.
After registering, you can back up or restore your configuration. The FortiGuard Analysis &
Management Service is useful when administering multiple FortiGate units without having
a FortiManager unit.
You can also upgrade the firmware on your FortiGate unit using the FortiGuard Analysis &
Management Service. Upgrading the firmware is available in the Firmware Upgrade
section of the backup and restore menu. See “Upgrading and downgrading firmware
through FortiGuard” on page 317 for more information about upgrading firmware from the
backup and restore menu.
Backup The options available for backing up your current configuration to a
FortiManager unit.
Backup configuration
to:
Select FortiManager to upload the configuration to the FortiManager
unit.
The Local PC option is always available.
Comments: Enter a description or information about the file in the Comments field.
This is optional.
Backup Select to back up the configuration file to the FortiManager unit.
A confirmation message appears after successful completion of the
backup.
Restore The options for restoring a configuration file.
Restore configuration
from:
Select the FortiManager option to download and restore the
configuration from the FortiManager unit.
Please Select: Select the configuration file you want to restore from the list. This list
includes the comments you included in the Comment field before it
was uploaded to the FortiManager unit.
The list is in numerical order, with the recent uploaded configuration
first.
Restore Select to restore the configuration from the FortiManager unit.
For
Tip: For simplified procedures on managing firmware, including backup and restore
options, and on uploading and downloading firmware for your FortiGate unit, see
“Managing firmware versions” on page 147.

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