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Fortinet FortiGate 300C Quick Start Manual

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  • Page 1 FortiGate 300C QuickStart Guide...
  • Page 2 Nothing herein represents any binding commitment by Fortinet, and Fortinet disclaims all warranties, whether express or implied, except to the extent Fortinet enters a binding written contract, signed by Fortinet’s General Counsel, with a purchaser that expressly warrants that the identified product will perform according to the performance metrics herein.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Package Contents Installation FortiExplorer Device Configuration Technical Specifications LED Specifications Register Your Product Technical Documentation and Links Cautions and Warnings 10 Product License Agreement...

  • Page 4: Package Contents

    1. Package Contents Thank you for purchasing the FortiGate 300C. The FortiGate 300C delivers wire-speed performance, integrated threat management and flexibility at an affordable price. Fortinet’s technologies provide outstanding firewall throughput, enabling you to protect your applications and network without affecting performance.

  • Page 5: Installation

    The FortiGate unit can be placed on any flat surface, or mounted in any standard 19in (48.3cm) rack unit with the provided rack-mount brackets and screws. Caution: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your Fortinet equipment. To install the FortiGate unit into a rack: Caution: To avoid personal injury or damage to the unit, it is recommended that two or more people install the unit into the rack.
  • Page 6 3. Position the FortiGate unit in the rack. Ensure there is enough room around the unit to allow for sufficient air flow. 4. Line up the rack-mount bracket holes to the holes on the rack and ensure that the FortiGate unit is level. 5.

  • Page 7: Fortiexplorer

    3. FortiExplorer FortiExplorer provides a user-friendly tool that you can use to configure a FortiGate unit over a standard USB connection, rather than using a console cable or Ethernet connection. Caution: Do not connect the USB cable until after FortiExplorer has been installed.
  • Page 8 Mac OS Install 1. Double-click the .dmg file and drag the FortiExplorer program file into the Applications folder. 2. Connect the USB cable to the FortiGate unit and then to the management computer. 3. Double-click the FortiExplorer icon to launch the application. Configuration Options With FortiExplorer, you are provided a number of options on how to configure the FortiGate unit, depending on your level of comfort with...

  • Page 9: Device Configuration

    4. Device Configuration The FortiGate unit requires some basic configuration to add it to your network. These basic steps include assigning IP addresses, DNS settings, and the default gateway. Until these steps are completed traffic will not flow through the device. In addition to FortiExplorer, the FortiGate unit can be configured using the Web-based Manager or the CLI.
  • Page 10 To Connect to the CLI: You can configure all FortiGate configuration options from the CLI using config commands. The CLI also includes get, show, diagnose, and execute commands for performing various configuration and monitoring tasks. 1. Connect the FortiGate unit console port to the management computer using the provided console cable.
  • Page 11 Optional connections for a USB key, modem or backup operation. USB MGMT USB 2.0 Client port for management / configuration by FortiExplorer. Power 110-220V AC, 60-50Hz power Connection connection. Connection for interfacing to a Connection Fortinet FRPS-100 or FG-310B-RPS redundant power supply.
  • Page 12 6. LED Description STATUS ALARM POWER 9/10 CONSOLE USB MGMT FortiASIC Powered State Description Flashing The unit is starting up. Green Status Green The unit is running normally. The unit is indicating a major alarm. Alarm Amber The unit is indicating a minor alarm.

  • Page 13: Register Your Product

    7. Register Your Product If you did not register your product using the FortiExplorer wizard, please register your product now. Register Register your Fortinet product in order to receive: • Technical Support • New product features • Protection from new threats Enregistrer Vous devez enregistrer le produit pour recevoir: • Support technique • Nouvelles fonctionnalitées du produit • Protection contre de nouvelles menaces...

  • Page 14: Technical Documentation And Links

    The following Fortinet web pages provide information and resources for your Fortinet product: 1. Customer Service & Support: https://support.fortinet.com On this page you can create a support account with Fortinet, register and manage your products, download updates, firmware images and release notes, and create technical support tickets.

  • Page 15: Cautions And Warnings

    This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. The Fortinet product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

  • Page 16: Product License Agreement

    CPU or per single database basis, as applicable. The Software is “in use” on any Fortinet appliances when it is loaded into temporary memory (i.e. RAM). Note that, for evaluation or beta Products for which Fortinet does not charge a fee, the payment requirement does not apply and the Product is provided to you as-is and you are not entitled to any warranty, under section 6 (“Limited Warranty”) below or otherwise.
  • Page 17 NOT APPLY TO CERTAIN FORTINET PRODUCTS, INCLUDING FortiWifi-ONE AND VDOM SOFTWARE. The warranty in Section 6 above does not apply if the Software, Product or any other equipment upon which the Software is authorized to be used (a) has been altered, except by Fortinet or its authorized representative, (b) has not been installed, operated, repaired, or maintained in accordance with instructions supplied by Fortinet, (c) has been subjected to abnormal physi- cal or electrical stress, misuse, negligence, or accident;...
  • Page 18 a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change. b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License.
  • Page 19 c) You must cause the whole of the work to be licensed at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License. d) If a facility in the modified Library refers to a function or a table of data to be supplied by an application program that uses the facility, other than as an argument passed when the facility is invoked, then you must make a good faith effort to ensure that, in the event an application does not supply such function or table, the facility still operates, and performs whatever part of its purpose remains meaningful.