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Quick Configuration Guide Registering your Fortinet product
FortiSwitch-5003A System Guide
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Quick Configuration Guide
This section is a quick start guide to connecting and configuring a
FortiSwitch-5003A board.
Before using this chapter, your FortiGate-5000 series or compatible ATCA chassis
should be mounted and connected to your power system. In addition, your
FortiSwitch-5003A board should be inserted into the chassis. The
FortiSwitch-5003A board should also be powered up and the front panel LEDs
should indicate that the boards are functioning normally.
This chapter includes the following topics:
• Registering your Fortinet product
• Factory default settings
• Basic configuration
• Upgrading FortiSwitch-5003A firmware
• Additional configuration
Registering your Fortinet product
Register your Fortinet product to receive Fortinet customer services such as
product updates and technical support. You must also register your product for
FortiGuard services such as FortiGuard Antivirus and Intrusion Prevention
updates and for FortiGuard Web Filtering and AntiSpam.
Register your product by visiting http://support.fortinet.com and selecting Product
Registration.
To register, enter your contact information and the serial numbers of the Fortinet
products that you or your organization have purchased. You can register multiple
Fortinet products in a single session without re-entering your contact information.
Factory default settings
The FortiSwitch-5003A unit ships with a factory default configuration. The default
configuration allows you to connect to and use the FortiSwitch-5003A CLI to
configure the FortiSwitch-5003A board. To configure the FortiSwitch-5003A board
you add an administrator password, change the management interface IP
address, and, if required, configure the default route for the management
interface.
Table 7: FortiSwitch-5003A factory default settings
Administrator Account User Name: admin
Password: (none)
MGMT IP/Netmask 192.168.1.99/24
Default route Gateway: 192.168.1.254
Device: mgmt