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Basic Configuration Factory default settings
FortiController-5103B Session-Aware Load Balancer Guide
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To connect to the CLI over an Ethernet network use SSH to connect to the mgmt port
(default IP address 192.168.1.99).
To connect to the CLI using a serial console connection
1 Connect the FortiController-5103B unit’s Console port to the serial communications
(COM) port on your management computer using a serial cable (or using an RS-232 to
USB convertor).
2 Start the terminal emulation application and configure the following settings.
• Bits per second: 9600
• Data bits: 8
• Parity: None
• Stop bits: 1
• Flow control: None
3 Press Enter to connect to the CLI.
4 Type a valid administrator account name (such as admin) and press Enter.
5 Type the password for that administrator account and press Enter. (In its default state,
there is no password for the admin account.)
Factory default settings
The FortiController-5103B unit ships with a factory default configuration. The default
configuration allows you to connect to and use the FortiController-5103B web-based
manager or CLI to configure the FortiController-5103B board.
To configure the FortiController-5103B board you should add a password for the admin
administrator account, change the management interface IP address, and, if required,
configure the default route for the management interface.
Initial session-aware load balanced cluster setup
This section describes how to setup a session-aware load balancing cluster consisting of
a single FortiGate chassis, a FortiController-5103B board, and three FortiGate-5000
workers, similar to the cluster shown in Figure 5 on page 24.
To install the FortiController-5103B board and connect to its web-based manager
1 Insert the FortiController-5103B board into chassis slot 1 using the procedure
“Inserting a FortiController-5103B board” on page 17.
2 Connect the FortiController-5103B mgmt interface to the network from which you
want to manage the device.
Table 5: FortiController-5103B factory default settings
Administrator Account
User Name: admin
Password: (none)
MGMT IP/Netmask 192.168.1.99/24
At any time during the configuration process, if you run into problems, you can reset the
FortiController-5103B board or the FortiGate-5001B boards to factory default settings
and start over. From the CLI enter execute factory-reset.