Fortinet Gate 60D - Changing System Information; Configuring System Time; Changing the Fortigate Unit Host Name

Changing system information System Status
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Changing system information
FortiGate administrators whose admin profiles permit write access to system configuration
can change the system time, host name and the operation mode for the VDOM.
Configuring system time
1 Go to System > Status.
2 In the System Information section, select Change on the System Time line.
3 Select the time zone and then either set the date and time manually or configure
synchronization with an NTP server.
Figure 38: Time Settings
Changing the FortiGate unit host name
The FortiGate host name appears on the Status page and in the FortiGate CLI prompt.
The host name is also used as the SNMP system name. For information about SNMP, see
“SNMP” on page 185.
The default host name is the FortiGate unit serial number. For example
FGT8002805030003 would be a FortiGate-800 unit.
Administrators whose admin profiles permit system configuration write access can change
the FortiGate unit host name.
System Time The current FortiGate system date and time.
Refresh Update the display of the current FortiGate system date and time.
Time Zone Select the current FortiGate system time zone.
Automatically adjust
clock for daylight
saving changes
Select to automatically adjust the FortiGate system clock when your
time zone changes between daylight saving time and standard time.
Set Time Select to set the FortiGate system date and time to the values you set
in the Hour, Minute, Second, Year, Month and Day fields.
Synchronize with
NTP Server
Select to use an NTP server to automatically set the system date and
time. You must specify the server and synchronization interval.
Server Enter the IP address or domain name of an NTP server. To find an NTP
server that you can use, see http://www.ntp.org.
Sync Interval Specify how often the FortiGate unit should synchronize its time with
the NTP server. For example, a setting of 1440 minutes causes the
FortiGate unit to synchronize its time once a day.