Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-50, Installation And Configuration Manual

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Transparent mode installation Using the command line interface
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Changing to Transparent mode
1 Log into the CLI if you are not already logged in.
2 Switch to Transparent mode. Enter:
set system opmode transparent
After a few seconds, the login prompt appears.
3 Type
admin
and press Enter.
The following prompt appears:
Type ? for a list of commands.
4 Confirm that the FortiGate unit has switched to Transparent mode. Enter:
get system status
The CLI displays the status of the FortiGate unit. The last line shows the current
operation mode.
Operation mode: Transparent
Configuring the Transparent mode management IP address
1 Log into the CLI if you are not already logged in.
2 Set the management IP address and netmask to the IP address and netmask that you
recorded in
Table 14 on page 41 . Enter:
set system management ip <IP address> <netmask>
Example
set system management ip 10.10.10.2 255.255.255.0
3 Confirm that the address is correct. Enter:
get system management
The CLI lists the management IP address and netmask.
Configure the Transparent mode default gateway
1 Log into the CLI if you are not already logged in.
2 Set the default route to the default gateway that you recorded in Table 14 on page 41 .
Enter:
set system route number <number> gateway <IP address>
Example
set system route number 1 gw1 204.23.1.2
You have now completed the initial configuration of the FortiGate unit.