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FortiGate-4000 Installation and Configuration Guide 45
Connecting to the FortiGate-4000 internal interface module
To connect to the web-based manager of a FortiGate-4000 unit using the FortiGate-
4000 internal interface module, you must connect the FortiGate-4000 internal
interface module to the same network as your management computer.
To connect to the web-based manager
1 Connect the internal interface module to your network.
• For the FortiGate-4000P, each FortiGate-4000 unit is connected to a different
connector on the internal interface pass-through interface module. See Figure 6 on
page 31 for the location of the internal interface pass-through module. See
Figure 12 on page 35 for the correspondence between each pass-through
interface connector and each FortiGate-4000 unit .
• For the location of the FortiGate-4000 unit internal interface connections for the
FortiGate-4000S, see Figure 7 on page 32.
2 Power on the FortiGate-4000 unit that you want to connect to.
3 Set the IP address of the management computer with an ethernet connection to the
static IP address 192.168.1.2 and a netmask of 255.255.255.0.
4 Start Internet Explorer and browse to the address https://192.168.1.99 (remember to
include the “s” in https://).
The FortiGate login is displayed.
5 Type admin in the Name field and select Login.
The Register Now window is displayed. Use the information in this window to register
your FortiGate unit so that Fortinet can contact you for firmware updates. You must
also register to receive updates to the FortiGate virus and attack definitions.
Note: When first installed, all FortiGate-4000 units installed in the FortiGate-4000 chassis have
the same internal, external, and out of band management IP addresses. To connect to a
specific FortiGate-4000 unit, you must turn on the power for this FortiGate-4000 unit. The power
to all of the other FortiGate-4000 units must be turned off.
Alternatively, you can use the CLI to change the default internal IP address of a specific
FortiGate-4000 unit to which you want to connect. This way, you do not need to power off all of
the other FortiGate-4000 units when connecting to that specific FortiGate-4000 unit.