Parameter |
Choices/Defaults |
Comments |
host
string
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FortiOS or FortiGate IP address.
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https
boolean
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Indicates if the requests towards FortiGate must use HTTPS protocol.
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password
string
|
Default:
""
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FortiOS or FortiGate password.
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ssl_verify
boolean
added in 2.9 |
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Ensures FortiGate certificate must be verified by a proper CA.
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system_global
dictionary
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Configure global attributes.
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admin_concurrent
string
|
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Enable/disable concurrent administrator logins. (Use policy-auth-concurrent for firewall authenticated users.)
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admin_console_timeout
integer
|
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Console login timeout that overrides the admintimeout value. (15 - 300 seconds) (15 seconds to 5 minutes). 0 the default, disables this timeout.
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admin_https_pki_required
string
|
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Enable/disable admin login method. Enable to force administrators to provide a valid certificate to log in if PKI is enabled. Disable to allow administrators to log in with a certificate or password.
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admin_https_ssl_versions
list
|
Choices:
- tlsv1-0
- tlsv1-1
- tlsv1-2
|
Allowed TLS versions for web administration.
|
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admin_lockout_duration
integer
|
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Amount of time in seconds that an administrator account is locked out after reaching the admin-lockout-threshold for repeated failed login attempts.
|
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admin_lockout_threshold
integer
|
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Number of failed login attempts before an administrator account is locked out for the admin-lockout-duration.
|
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admin_login_max
integer
|
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Maximum number of administrators who can be logged in at the same time (1 - 100)
|
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admin_maintainer
string
|
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Enable/disable maintainer administrator login. When enabled, the maintainer account can be used to log in from the console after a hard reboot. The password is "bcpb" followed by the FortiGate unit serial number. You have limited time to complete this login.
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admin_port
integer
|
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Administrative access port for HTTP. (1 - 65535).
|
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admin_restrict_local
string
|
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Enable/disable local admin authentication restriction when remote authenticator is up and running.
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admin_scp
string
|
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Enable/disable using SCP to download the system configuration. You can use SCP as an alternative method for backing up the configuration.
|
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admin_server_cert
string
|
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Server certificate that the FortiGate uses for HTTPS administrative connections. Source certificate.local.name.
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admin_sport
integer
|
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Administrative access port for HTTPS. (1 - 65535).
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admin_ssh_grace_time
integer
|
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Maximum time in seconds permitted between making an SSH connection to the FortiGate unit and authenticating (10 - 3600 sec (1 hour)).
|
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admin_ssh_password
string
|
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Enable/disable password authentication for SSH admin access.
|
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admin_ssh_port
integer
|
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Administrative access port for SSH. (1 - 65535).
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admin_ssh_v1
string
|
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Enable/disable SSH v1 compatibility.
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admin_telnet_port
integer
|
|
Administrative access port for TELNET. (1 - 65535).
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admintimeout
integer
|
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Number of minutes before an idle administrator session times out (5 - 480 minutes (8 hours)). A shorter idle timeout is more secure.
|
|
alias
string
|
|
Alias for your FortiGate unit.
|
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allow_traffic_redirect
string
|
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Disable to allow traffic to be routed back on a different interface.
|
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anti_replay
string
|
Choices:
- disable
- loose
- strict
|
Level of checking for packet replay and TCP sequence checking.
|
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arp_max_entry
integer
|
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Maximum number of dynamically learned MAC addresses that can be added to the ARP table (131072 - 2147483647).
|
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asymroute
string
|
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Enable/disable asymmetric route.
|
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auth_cert
string
|
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Server certificate that the FortiGate uses for HTTPS firewall authentication connections. Source certificate.local.name.
|
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auth_http_port
integer
|
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User authentication HTTP port. (1 - 65535).
|
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auth_https_port
integer
|
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User authentication HTTPS port. (1 - 65535).
|
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auth_keepalive
string
|
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Enable to prevent user authentication sessions from timing out when idle.
|
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auth_session_limit
string
|
Choices:
- block-new
- logout-inactive
|
Action to take when the number of allowed user authenticated sessions is reached.
|
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auto_auth_extension_device
string
|
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Enable/disable automatic authorization of dedicated Fortinet extension devices.
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av_affinity
string
|
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Affinity setting for AV scanning (hexadecimal value up to 256 bits in the format of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx).
|
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av_failopen
string
|
Choices:
- pass
- no
- one-shot
|
Set the action to take if the FortiGate is running low on memory or the proxy connection limit has been reached.
|
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av_failopen_session
string
|
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When enabled and a proxy for a protocol runs out of room in its session table, that protocol goes into failopen mode and enacts the action specified by av-failopen.
|
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batch_cmdb
string
|
|
Enable/disable batch mode, allowing you to enter a series of CLI commands that will execute as a group once they are loaded.
|
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block_session_timer
integer
|
|
Duration in seconds for blocked sessions (1 - 300 sec (5 minutes)).
|
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br_fdb_max_entry
integer
|
|
Maximum number of bridge forwarding database (FDB) entries.
|
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cert_chain_max
integer
|
|
Maximum number of certificates that can be traversed in a certificate chain.
|
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cfg_revert_timeout
integer
|
|
Time-out for reverting to the last saved configuration.
|
|
cfg_save
string
|
Choices:
- automatic
- manual
- revert
|
Configuration file save mode for CLI changes.
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check_protocol_header
string
|
|
Level of checking performed on protocol headers. Strict checking is more thorough but may affect performance. Loose checking is ok in most cases.
|
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check_reset_range
string
|
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Configure ICMP error message verification. You can either apply strict RST range checking or disable it.
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cli_audit_log
string
|
|
Enable/disable CLI audit log.
|
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clt_cert_req
string
|
|
Enable/disable requiring administrators to have a client certificate to log into the GUI using HTTPS.
|
|
compliance_check
string
|
|
Enable/disable global PCI DSS compliance check.
|
|
compliance_check_time
string
|
|
Time of day to run scheduled PCI DSS compliance checks.
|
|
cpu_use_threshold
integer
|
|
Threshold at which CPU usage is reported. (% of total CPU).
|
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csr_ca_attribute
string
|
|
Enable/disable the CA attribute in certificates. Some CA servers reject CSRs that have the CA attribute.
|
|
daily_restart
string
|
|
Enable/disable daily restart of FortiGate unit. Use the restart-time option to set the time of day for the restart.
|
|
device_identification_active_scan_delay
integer
|
|
Number of seconds to passively scan a device before performing an active scan. (20 - 3600 sec, (20 sec to 1 hour)).
|
|
device_idle_timeout
integer
|
|
Time in seconds that a device must be idle to automatically log the device user out. (30 - 31536000 sec (30 sec to 1 year)).
|
|
dh_params
string
|
Choices:
- 1024
- 1536
- 2048
- 3072
- 4096
- 6144
- 8192
|
Number of bits to use in the Diffie-Hellman exchange for HTTPS/SSH protocols.
|
|
dnsproxy_worker_count
integer
|
|
DNS proxy worker count.
|
|
dst
string
|
|
Enable/disable daylight saving time.
|
|
endpoint_control_fds_access
string
|
|
Enable/disable access to the FortiGuard network for non-compliant endpoints.
|
|
endpoint_control_portal_port
integer
|
|
Endpoint control portal port (1 - 65535).
|
|
failtime
integer
|
|
Fail-time for server lost.
|
|
fds_statistics
string
|
|
Enable/disable sending IPS, Application Control, and AntiVirus data to FortiGuard. This data is used to improve FortiGuard services and is not shared with external parties and is protected by Fortinet's privacy policy.
|
|
fds_statistics_period
integer
|
|
FortiGuard statistics collection period in minutes. (1 - 1440 min (1 min to 24 hours)).
|
|
fgd_alert_subscription
string
|
Choices:
- advisory
- latest-threat
- latest-virus
- latest-attack
- new-antivirus-db
- new-attack-db
|
Type of alert to retrieve from FortiGuard.
|
|
fortiextender
string
|
|
Enable/disable FortiExtender.
|
|
fortiextender_data_port
integer
|
|
FortiExtender data port (1024 - 49150).
|
|
fortiextender_vlan_mode
string
|
|
Enable/disable FortiExtender VLAN mode.
|
|
fortiservice_port
integer
|
|
FortiService port (1 - 65535). Used by FortiClient endpoint compliance. Older versions of FortiClient used a different port.
|
|
gui_certificates
string
|
|
Enable/disable the System > Certificate GUI page, allowing you to add and configure certificates from the GUI.
|
|
gui_custom_language
string
|
|
Enable/disable custom languages in GUI.
|
|
gui_date_format
string
|
Choices:
- yyyy/MM/dd
- dd/MM/yyyy
- MM/dd/yyyy
- yyyy-MM-dd
- dd-MM-yyyy
- MM-dd-yyyy
|
Default date format used throughout GUI.
|
|
gui_device_latitude
string
|
|
Add the latitude of the location of this FortiGate to position it on the Threat Map.
|
|
gui_device_longitude
string
|
|
Add the longitude of the location of this FortiGate to position it on the Threat Map.
|
|
gui_display_hostname
string
|
|
Enable/disable displaying the FortiGate's hostname on the GUI login page.
|
|
gui_ipv6
string
|
|
Enable/disable IPv6 settings on the GUI.
|
|
gui_lines_per_page
integer
|
|
Number of lines to display per page for web administration.
|
|
gui_theme
string
|
Choices:
- green
- red
- blue
- melongene
- mariner
|
Color scheme for the administration GUI.
|
|
gui_wireless_opensecurity
string
|
|
Enable/disable wireless open security option on the GUI.
|
|
honor_df
string
|
|
Enable/disable honoring of Don't-Fragment (DF) flag.
|
|
hostname
string
|
|
FortiGate unit's hostname. Most models will truncate names longer than 24 characters. Some models support hostnames up to 35 characters.
|
|
igmp_state_limit
integer
|
|
Maximum number of IGMP memberships (96 - 64000).
|
|
interval
integer
|
|
Dead gateway detection interval.
|
|
ip_src_port_range
string
|
|
IP source port range used for traffic originating from the FortiGate unit.
|
|
ips_affinity
string
|
|
Affinity setting for IPS (hexadecimal value up to 256 bits in the format of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; allowed CPUs must be less than total number of IPS engine daemons).
|
|
ipsec_asic_offload
string
|
|
Enable/disable ASIC offloading (hardware acceleration) for IPsec VPN traffic. Hardware acceleration can offload IPsec VPN sessions and accelerate encryption and decryption.
|
|
ipsec_hmac_offload
string
|
|
Enable/disable offloading (hardware acceleration) of HMAC processing for IPsec VPN.
|
|
ipsec_soft_dec_async
string
|
|
Enable/disable software decryption asynchronization (using multiple CPUs to do decryption) for IPsec VPN traffic.
|
|
ipv6_accept_dad
integer
|
|
Enable/disable acceptance of IPv6 Duplicate Address Detection (DAD).
|
|
ipv6_allow_anycast_probe
string
|
|
Enable/disable IPv6 address probe through Anycast.
|
|
language
string
|
Choices:
- english
- french
- spanish
- portuguese
- japanese
- trach
- simch
- korean
|
GUI display language.
|
|
ldapconntimeout
integer
|
|
Global timeout for connections with remote LDAP servers in milliseconds (1 - 300000).
|
|
lldp_transmission
string
|
|
Enable/disable Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) transmission.
|
|
log_ssl_connection
string
|
|
Enable/disable logging of SSL connection events.
|
|
log_uuid
string
|
Choices:
- disable
- policy-only
- extended
|
Whether UUIDs are added to traffic logs. You can disable UUIDs, add firewall policy UUIDs to traffic logs, or add all UUIDs to traffic logs.
|
|
login_timestamp
string
|
|
Enable/disable login time recording.
|
|
long_vdom_name
string
|
|
Enable/disable long VDOM name support.
|
|
management_vdom
string
|
|
Management virtual domain name. Source system.vdom.name.
|
|
max_dlpstat_memory
integer
|
|
Maximum DLP stat memory (0 - 4294967295).
|
|
max_route_cache_size
integer
|
|
Maximum number of IP route cache entries (0 - 2147483647).
|
|
mc_ttl_notchange
string
|
|
Enable/disable no modification of multicast TTL.
|
|
memory_use_threshold_extreme
integer
|
|
Threshold at which memory usage is considered extreme (new sessions are dropped) (% of total RAM).
|
|
memory_use_threshold_green
integer
|
|
Threshold at which memory usage forces the FortiGate to exit conserve mode (% of total RAM).
|
|
memory_use_threshold_red
integer
|
|
Threshold at which memory usage forces the FortiGate to enter conserve mode (% of total RAM).
|
|
miglog_affinity
string
|
|
Affinity setting for logging (64-bit hexadecimal value in the format of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx).
|
|
miglogd_children
integer
|
|
Number of logging (miglogd) processes to be allowed to run. Higher number can reduce performance; lower number can slow log processing time. No logs will be dropped or lost if the number is changed.
|
|
multi_factor_authentication
string
|
Choices:
- optional
- mandatory
|
Enforce all login methods to require an additional authentication factor .
|
|
multicast_forward
string
|
|
Enable/disable multicast forwarding.
|
|
ndp_max_entry
integer
|
|
Maximum number of NDP table entries (set to 65,536 or higher; if set to 0, kernel holds 65,536 entries).
|
|
per_user_bwl
string
|
|
Enable/disable per-user black/white list filter.
|
|
policy_auth_concurrent
integer
|
|
Number of concurrent firewall use logins from the same user (1 - 100).
|
|
post_login_banner
string
|
|
Enable/disable displaying the administrator access disclaimer message after an administrator successfully logs in.
|
|
pre_login_banner
string
|
|
Enable/disable displaying the administrator access disclaimer message on the login page before an administrator logs in.
|
|
private_data_encryption
string
|
|
Enable/disable private data encryption using an AES 128-bit key.
|
|
proxy_auth_lifetime
string
|
|
Enable/disable authenticated users lifetime control. This is a cap on the total time a proxy user can be authenticated for after which re-authentication will take place.
|
|
proxy_auth_lifetime_timeout
integer
|
|
Lifetime timeout in minutes for authenticated users (5 - 65535 min).
|
|
proxy_auth_timeout
integer
|
|
Authentication timeout in minutes for authenticated users (1 - 300 min).
|
|
proxy_cipher_hardware_acceleration
string
|
|
Enable/disable using content processor (CP8 or CP9) hardware acceleration to encrypt and decrypt IPsec and SSL traffic.
|
|
proxy_kxp_hardware_acceleration
string
|
|
Enable/disable using the content processor to accelerate KXP traffic.
|
|
proxy_re_authentication_mode
string
|
Choices:
- session
- traffic
- absolute
|
Control if users must re-authenticate after a session is closed, traffic has been idle, or from the point at which the user was first created.
|
|
proxy_worker_count
integer
|
|
Proxy worker count.
|
|
radius_port
integer
|
|
RADIUS service port number.
|
|
reboot_upon_config_restore
string
|
|
Enable/disable reboot of system upon restoring configuration.
|
|
refresh
integer
|
|
Statistics refresh interval in GUI.
|
|
remoteauthtimeout
integer
|
|
Number of seconds that the FortiGate waits for responses from remote RADIUS, LDAP, or TACACS+ authentication servers. (0-300 sec).
|
|
reset_sessionless_tcp
string
|
|
Action to perform if the FortiGate receives a TCP packet but cannot find a corresponding session in its session table. NAT/Route mode only.
|
|
restart_time
string
|
|
Daily restart time (hh:mm).
|
|
revision_backup_on_logout
string
|
|
Enable/disable back-up of the latest configuration revision when an administrator logs out of the CLI or GUI.
|
|
revision_image_auto_backup
string
|
|
Enable/disable back-up of the latest configuration revision after the firmware is upgraded.
|
|
scanunit_count
integer
|
|
Number of scanunits. The range and the default depend on the number of CPUs. Only available on FortiGate units with multiple CPUs.
|
|
security_rating_result_submission
string
|
|
Enable/disable the submission of Security Rating results to FortiGuard.
|
|
security_rating_run_on_schedule
string
|
|
Enable/disable scheduled runs of Security Rating.
|
|
send_pmtu_icmp
string
|
|
Enable/disable sending of path maximum transmission unit (PMTU) - ICMP destination unreachable packet and to support PMTUD protocol on your network to reduce fragmentation of packets.
|
|
snat_route_change
string
|
|
Enable/disable the ability to change the static NAT route.
|
|
special_file_23_support
string
|
|
Enable/disable IPS detection of HIBUN format files when using Data Leak Protection.
|
|
ssd_trim_date
integer
|
|
Date within a month to run ssd trim.
|
|
ssd_trim_freq
string
|
Choices:
- never
- hourly
- daily
- weekly
- monthly
|
How often to run SSD Trim . SSD Trim prevents SSD drive data loss by finding and isolating errors.
|
|
ssd_trim_hour
integer
|
|
Hour of the day on which to run SSD Trim (0 - 23).
|
|
ssd_trim_min
integer
|
|
Minute of the hour on which to run SSD Trim (0 - 59, 60 for random).
|
|
ssd_trim_weekday
string
|
Choices:
- sunday
- monday
- tuesday
- wednesday
- thursday
- friday
- saturday
|
Day of week to run SSD Trim.
|
|
ssh_cbc_cipher
string
|
|
Enable/disable CBC cipher for SSH access.
|
|
ssh_hmac_md5
string
|
|
Enable/disable HMAC-MD5 for SSH access.
|
|
ssh_kex_sha1
string
|
|
Enable/disable SHA1 key exchange for SSH access.
|
|
ssl_min_proto_version
string
|
Choices:
- SSLv3
- TLSv1
- TLSv1-1
- TLSv1-2
|
Minimum supported protocol version for SSL/TLS connections .
|
|
ssl_static_key_ciphers
string
|
|
Enable/disable static key ciphers in SSL/TLS connections (e.g. AES128-SHA, AES256-SHA, AES128-SHA256, AES256-SHA256).
|
|
sslvpn_cipher_hardware_acceleration
string
|
|
Enable/disable SSL VPN hardware acceleration.
|
|
sslvpn_kxp_hardware_acceleration
string
|
|
Enable/disable SSL VPN KXP hardware acceleration.
|
|
sslvpn_max_worker_count
integer
|
|
Maximum number of SSL VPN processes. Upper limit for this value is the number of CPUs and depends on the model.
|
|
sslvpn_plugin_version_check
string
|
|
Enable/disable checking browser's plugin version by SSL VPN.
|
|
strict_dirty_session_check
string
|
|
Enable to check the session against the original policy when revalidating. This can prevent dropping of redirected sessions when web-filtering and authentication are enabled together. If this option is enabled, the FortiGate unit deletes a session if a routing or policy change causes the session to no longer match the policy that originally allowed the session.
|
|
strong_crypto
string
|
|
Enable to use strong encryption and only allow strong ciphers (AES, 3DES) and digest (SHA1) for HTTPS/SSH/TLS/SSL functions.
|
|
switch_controller
string
|
|
Enable/disable switch controller feature. Switch controller allows you to manage FortiSwitch from the FortiGate itself.
|
|
switch_controller_reserved_network
string
|
|
Enable reserved network subnet for controlled switches. This is available when the switch controller is enabled.
|
|
sys_perf_log_interval
integer
|
|
Time in minutes between updates of performance statistics logging. (1 - 15 min).
|
|
tcp_halfclose_timer
integer
|
|
Number of seconds the FortiGate unit should wait to close a session after one peer has sent a FIN packet but the other has not responded (1 - 86400 sec (1 day)).
|
|
tcp_halfopen_timer
integer
|
|
Number of seconds the FortiGate unit should wait to close a session after one peer has sent an open session packet but the other has not responded (1 - 86400 sec (1 day)).
|
|
tcp_option
string
|
|
Enable SACK, timestamp and MSS TCP options.
|
|
tcp_timewait_timer
integer
|
|
Length of the TCP TIME-WAIT state in seconds.
|
|
tftp
string
|
|
Enable/disable TFTP.
|
|
timezone
string
|
Choices:
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 81
- 6
- 7
- 08
- 09
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 74
- 14
- 77
- 15
- 87
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 75
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 80
- 79
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 78
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 83
- 84
- 40
- 85
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 39
- 44
- 46
- 47
- 51
- 48
- 45
- 49
- 50
- 52
- 53
- 54
- 55
- 56
- 57
- 58
- 59
- 60
- 62
- 63
- 61
- 64
- 65
- 66
- 67
- 68
- 69
- 70
- 71
- 72
- 0
- 82
- 73
- 86
- 76
|
Number corresponding to your time zone from 00 to 86. Enter set timezone ? to view the list of time zones and the numbers that represent them.
|
|
tp_mc_skip_policy
string
|
|
Enable/disable skip policy check and allow multicast through.
|
|
traffic_priority
string
|
|
Choose Type of Service (ToS) or Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) for traffic prioritization in traffic shaping.
|
|
traffic_priority_level
string
|
|
Default system-wide level of priority for traffic prioritization.
|
|
two_factor_email_expiry
integer
|
|
Email-based two-factor authentication session timeout (30 - 300 seconds (5 minutes)).
|
|
two_factor_fac_expiry
integer
|
|
FortiAuthenticator token authentication session timeout (10 - 3600 seconds (1 hour)).
|
|
two_factor_ftk_expiry
integer
|
|
FortiToken authentication session timeout (60 - 600 sec (10 minutes)).
|
|
two_factor_ftm_expiry
integer
|
|
FortiToken Mobile session timeout (1 - 168 hours (7 days)).
|
|
two_factor_sms_expiry
integer
|
|
SMS-based two-factor authentication session timeout (30 - 300 sec).
|
|
udp_idle_timer
integer
|
|
UDP connection session timeout. This command can be useful in managing CPU and memory resources (1 - 86400 seconds (1 day)).
|
|
user_server_cert
string
|
|
Certificate to use for https user authentication. Source certificate.local.name.
|
|
vdom_admin
string
|
|
Enable/disable support for multiple virtual domains (VDOMs).
|
|
vip_arp_range
string
|
Choices:
- unlimited
- restricted
|
Controls the number of ARPs that the FortiGate sends for a Virtual IP (VIP) address range.
|
|
virtual_server_count
integer
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Maximum number of virtual server processes to create. The maximum is the number of CPU cores. This is not available on single-core CPUs.
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virtual_server_hardware_acceleration
string
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Enable/disable virtual server hardware acceleration.
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wad_affinity
string
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Affinity setting for wad (hexadecimal value up to 256 bits in the format of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx).
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wad_csvc_cs_count
integer
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Number of concurrent WAD-cache-service object-cache processes.
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wad_csvc_db_count
integer
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Number of concurrent WAD-cache-service byte-cache processes.
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wad_source_affinity
string
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Enable/disable dispatching traffic to WAD workers based on source affinity.
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wad_worker_count
integer
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Number of explicit proxy WAN optimization daemon (WAD) processes. By default WAN optimization, explicit proxy, and web caching is handled by all of the CPU cores in a FortiGate unit.
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wifi_ca_certificate
string
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CA certificate that verifies the WiFi certificate. Source certificate.ca.name.
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wifi_certificate
string
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Certificate to use for WiFi authentication. Source certificate.local.name.
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wimax_4g_usb
string
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Enable/disable comparability with WiMAX 4G USB devices.
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wireless_controller
string
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Enable/disable the wireless controller feature to use the FortiGate unit to manage FortiAPs.
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wireless_controller_port
integer
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Port used for the control channel in wireless controller mode (wireless-mode is ac). The data channel port is the control channel port number plus one (1024 - 49150).
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username
string
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FortiOS or FortiGate username.
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vdom
string
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Default:
"root"
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Virtual domain, among those defined previously. A vdom is a virtual instance of the FortiGate that can be configured and used as a different unit.
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