FortiGate-800 Installation and Configuration Guide Version 2.50
FortiGate-800 Installation and Configuration Guide 25
Getting started
This chapter describes unpacking, setting up, and powering on a FortiGate Antivirus
Firewall unit. When you have completed the procedures in this chapter, you can
proceed to one of the following:
• If you are going to operate the FortiGate unit in NAT/Route mode, go to
“NAT/Route mode installation” on page 41.
• If you are going to operate the FortiGate unit in Transparent mode, go to
“Transparent mode installation” on page 59.
• If you are going to operate two or more FortiGate units in HA mode, go to “High
availability” on page 73.
This chapter describes:
• Package contents
• Mounting
• Powering on
• Connecting to the web-based manager
• Connecting to the command line interface (CLI)
• Factory default FortiGate configuration settings
• Planning the FortiGate configuration
• FortiGate model maximum values matrix
• Next steps