Basic Administration

This section contains information about basic FortiGate administration that can be done after you have installed the unit in your network.

While this section mainly focuses on accomplishing tasks with the GUI, some tasks include instructions to use the command line interface (CLI). You can connect to the CLI using the CLI widget on the Dashboard, or through FortiExplorer, or by connecting using a SSH or Telnet connection. For more information about the CLI, see Using the CLI.

The following topics are included in this section: