Configuration using GUI Interface
The Administrative GUI Interface is a browser-based tool for configuring and managing the FortiBridge product.
Logging In
To access the GUI Interface:
- Open a browser window and navigate to the following address: http://192.168.1.99
- Enter a valid User Name and Password, then click Login
After you log in successfully, the system displays the system dashboard page:
Dashboard Page
The system dashboard page displays the system settings and the current status of the system resources (CPU usage and memory usage). To the right of the system settings, the system displays the status of the currently selected module.
The left navigation bar contains links to the following configuration pages.
l System – configure the system settings and view system status. l Probe – view and configure probe settings.
The following sections describe these pages.
System
On the left navigational pane, select System>Status to display the system settings on the dashboard.
The system dashboard is divided into four panels:
- System Information – displays system configuration information. You can change these values.
- Unit Operation – displays the status of the selected module. If the current module supports two segments, Unit Operation displays the status of both segments.
- System Resources – graphical display of CPU usage and memory usage. l Management Port – displays configuration settings for the management port. You can change these values. l Administrators – displays the user name of the administrator.
System Information
The system information panel displays the current value for each parameter. To change a value, click the associated Change link. A pop up window opens, from which you can edit and save the value.
The following table describes the system configuration parameters:
| Serial Number | Serial number of the module. This is a read-only field. | |
| Uptime | Elapsed time since this system last started up. This is a read-only field. | |
| System Time | The system time. If NTP is enabled, NTP will override any manual changes. | |
| Host Name | The host name appears at the CLI prompt and as the SNMP system name. | |
| Operation Mode | Displays the mode for the current segment. FortiBridge can automatically transition to the Inline mode (based on configuration settings). You can manually set the mode using this field. | |
| Current Module | The chassis supports up to three modules. If this system is provisioned with more than one module, you can change the value of Current Module. | |
| Current Segment | The current segment. If the current module supports more than one segment, you can select a new value for current segment. | |
| Firmware version | Current firmware version. To perform an upgrade, click the upgrade button. The system opens a file browser; use the file browser to select a firmware file. The system upgrades using the selected firmware file. | |
| Configuration backup and restore | To create a new backup configuration file, click Backup and enter a new file name (or select an existing file, to overwrite this file).
To restore the configuration from a file, click Restore and then select a filename from the drop-down list. |
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| MAC Address 1 | MAC address of the management port | |
| MAC Address 2 | MAC address of the MON0 port (for the current segment) | |
| MAC Address 3 | MAC address of the MON1 port (for the current segment) | |
Management Port
You can view or update the following settings for the management port:
| IP/Network | The IP address and mask of the management port. |
| Telnet/SSH | Enable SSH or Telnet. |
| Default Gateway | The default gateway for the management port. |
Administrators
Click on the edit button to change the administrator user name or password.
Probe
Use the probe page to view and configure the system probes for the current segment. You can select Settings or Notifications from the left-panel menu.
Below the list of probes, the system displays the actions that will occur if the probe (for the current segment) reports a failure.
Settings
On the left navigational pane, select Probe>Settings to view and configure probe settings.
You can configure the following options related to recovery action (click the Apply button after you change the value):
| Action on recovery | inline – the segment will attempt to recover to inline mode after a failure off – the segment will require manual recovery. |
| Preserve on reboot | If you check this option, the system will preserve the recovery action value across a reboot. |
You can configure the following settings for the Heartbeat probe(click the Apply button after you change the value):
| Enable | Enables the heartbeat probe. |
| Interval | The interval is the frequency with which the sending port sends a heartbeat packet. |
| Failure Threshold | The failure threshold defines the maximum time that the receiving port will wait for the next heartbeat message. If the heartbeat is not received within this time, the system triggers the heartbeat expiry event. |
NOTE: set the failure threshold to a value at least 3 times the interval value.
Notifications
On the left navigational pane, select Probe>Notifications to view and configure the choices for communicating probe-detected failures.
The following figure shows the notifications page:
The probe notification fields are described in the following table:
| Notification Message Tag | Text tag that the system will add to Syslog entries and SNMP trap entries. |
| Syslog | Select this option to send notifications to the system log. |
| IP Address | IP address of the syslog device. |
| SNMP | Select this option to report notifications using SNMP. |
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