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FortiGate-30B FortiOS 3.0 MR6 Install Guide
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About the FortiGate-30B
Introduction
About the FortiGate-30B
The FortiGate-30B provides a WAN port for connection to the Internet and three
integrated switch ports for multiuser environments in a small remote office. It is
ideally suited for remote offices, retail stores, broadband telecommuter sites and
many other applications.
The FortiGate-30B provides complete real-time network protection through a
combination of network-based antivirus, web and email content filtering, firewall,
VPN, network-based intrusion detection and prevention, and traffic shaping.
Figure 1: FortiGate-30B
As a firewall for use in small offices, the FortiGate unit has a reduced feature set
to maximize its efficiency as a remote firewall appliance.
These features include:
• dynamic routing (BGP, OSPF, RIP, and PIM)
• virtual domains (VDOMs)
• virtual LANs (VLAN)
• high availability (HA)
• SSL VPN
• dual WAN fail over
• traffic shaping
• server load balancing
About this document
This document explains how to install and configure your FortiGate unit onto your
network. This document also includes how to install and upgrade new firmware
versions on your FortiGate unit.
This document contains the following chapters:
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– Describes setting up and powering on a FortiGate unit.
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– Provides an overview of the operating modes of the FortiGate
unit and how to integrate the FortiGate unit into your network.
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– Describes additional configuration you can perform
on the FortiGate unit to enhance network protection, including antivirus,
antispam, firewall configuration and logging.
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– Describes how to install, update, restore and test
firmware for the FortiGate device.
STATUS
WAN
INTERNAL
1
2
3
POWER
USB
Note: The default management port on the FortiGate-30B is port 3.