Fortinet FortiGate Series Administration Guide

Changing the FortiGate firmware System Status
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Changing the FortiGate unit host name
The FortiGate host name appears on the Status page and in the FortiGate CLI prompt.
The host name is also used as the SNMP system name. For information about SNMP, see
“SNMP” on page 241.
The default host name is the FortiGate unit serial number. For example
FGT8002805030003 would be a FortiGate-800 unit.
Administrators whose admin profiles permit system configuration write access can change
the FortiGate unit host name.
To change the FortiGate unit host name
If the host name is longer than 16 characters, it will be displayed as being truncated
and end with a “~”. The full host name will be displayed under System > Status >
Dashboard, but the truncated host name will be displayed on the CLI and other places
it is used.
1 Go to System > Status > Dashboard.
2 In the Host Name field of the System Information section, select Change.
3 In the New Name field, type a new host name.
4 Select OK.
The new host name is displayed in the Host Name field, and in the CLI prompt, and is
added to the SNMP System Name.
Changing the FortiGate firmware
FortiGate administrators whose admin profiles permit maintenance read and write access
can change the FortiGate firmware. Firmware images can be transferred from a number of
sources including a local hard disk, a local USB disk, or the FortiGuard Network.
System Time The current FortiGate system date and time.
Refresh Update the display of the current FortiGate system date and time.
Time Zone Select the current FortiGate system time zone.
Automatically adjust
clock for daylight
saving changes
Select to automatically adjust the FortiGate system clock when your
time zone changes between daylight saving time and standard time.
Set Time Select to set the FortiGate system date and time to the values you set
in the Hour, Minute, Second, Year, Month and Day fields.
Synchronize with
NTP Server
Select to use a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server to automatically
set the system date and time. You must specify the server and
synchronization interval.
FortiGate units use NTP Version 4. No RFC is currently available for
NTP version 4. The RCF for NTP Version 3 is RFC 1305. For more
information about NTP see http://www.ntp.org.
Server Enter the IP address or domain name of an NTP server. To find an NTP
server that you can use, see http://www.ntp.org.
Sync Interval Specify how often the FortiGate unit should synchronize its time with
the NTP server. For example, a setting of 1440 minutes causes the
FortiGate unit to synchronize its time once a day.
Note: If the FortiGate unit is part of an HA cluster, you should use a unique host name to
distinguish the unit from others in the cluster.

Fortinet FortiGate Series Specifications

General

Brand	Fortinet
Model	FortiGate Series
Category	Firewall
Language	English