Basic configuration
Quick Configuration Guide
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Basic configuration
Use the information in this section to configuration basic configuration settings that
connect the FortiSwitch-5003B board to your network.
Web-based Manager
1
Connect the FortiSwitch-5003B MGMT interface to a management computer Ethernet
interface.
2
Configure the management computer to be on the same subnet as the MGMT
interface. To do this, change the IP address of the management computer to
192.168.1.2 and the netmask to 255.255.255.0.
3
To access the FortiSwitch-5003B web-based manager, start a web browser and type
the address https://192.168.1.99
4
Type
admin
in the Name field and select Login.
To change the administrator password
1
Go to the
Administrators
dashboard widget.
2
Edit the
admin
administrator, select
Change Password
and enter and confirm a new
password.
To change the management IP address and administrative access
1
Go to the
Management Port
dashboard widget.
2
Select
Change
.
3
Enter a new IP address and netmask for the MGMT interface.
4
Change administrative access as required.
5
Select OK.
If you change the MGMT interface IP address you need to browse to this new IP
address to reconnect to the web-based manager.
To configure base channel interfaces
1
Go to
Switch > Base Channel > Port
and configure physical port settings such as
adding a description of the interface or bringing the interface up or down and
configure static trunking.
2
Go to
Switch > Base Channel > Interface
to configure the base channel interface’s
native VLAN and allowed VLANs.
To configure fabric channel interfaces
1
Go to
Switch > Fabric Channel > Port
to add a description of the interface or bring the
interface up or down. For interfaces that support it you can change the interface
speed and configure static trunking, LACP(802.3ad) trunking or Forti-trunking.
2
Go to
Switch > Fabric Channel > Interface
to change the interface’s native VLAN and
allowed VLANs, and enable or disable the spanning tree protocol (STP) on the
interface.
At any time during the configuration process, if you run into problems, you can reset the
FortiSwitch-5003B board to the factory defaults and start over. From the CLI enter
execute factory-reset
.
