Fortigate VM00

[frans]

Hi All,

It's been 3 days, I tried to setup Fortigate VM00 on Transparent Mode but it didn't work.

I have Lenovo TS140 Server with 1 ethernet card onboard and 2 addtional Intel i350-T2 dual port ethernet card.

I can setup Fortigate VM00 with NAT Mode without any hitch.

Step i have been done is: 1. VM Network is only for VMWare Web Management (Onboard Network Card) 2. VM NetworkFGT1 - VM NetworkFGT4 dedicated to Fortigate VM00 3. Allow promiscuous mode = yes on all VM NetworkFGT1-4

I have been reading Fortigate Cookbook, but alas i can not find on how to setup Fortigate VM00 on transparent mode

Kindly help me on this matter, thanks in advance

Regards,

Frans FR

Edit:

Sorry. forgot to mention. Fortigate VM is 6.22 and VMWare 6.0 Essential

[frans]

Hi all,

this is the procedure I did:

config system interface 
edit port1
set mode static
set ip 123.123.123.98 255.255.255.224
set allowaccess ping http https ssh
set role wan
set alias WAN
next
end

config router static
edit 1
set device port1
set gateway 123.123.123.97
next
end

config system dns
set primary 234.456.0.1
set secondary 234.456.0.2
end

Then insert :

config system settings
  set opmode transparent
  set manageip 123.123.123.98 255.255.255.224
  set gateway 123.123.123.97
end

Setup IPv4 Policy Downstream from Port1 to Port4 & Upstream from Port4 to Port1 (Ping to yahoo.com from Fortigate CLI is OK)

Then setup port4 as LAN :

config system interface 
edit port4
set role LAN
set alias LAN
next
end

Setting my laptop IP to 123.123.123.121/27 gateway 123.123.123.97 and DNS to 234.456.0.1 & 234.456.0.2 but no luck.

i was setting Fortigate 200D Transparent Mode with almost the same way (WebGUI) and it works OK.

Kindly need your help.

Regards,

Frans FR

[emnoc]

The address for management of the device. How want 2x layer2 networks is the fortigate between? You need to write a topology map of the FGT-VM and layer interfaces. You  have so many things to look at from vnic/vswitch/dswitch/etc.....

Ken Felix