Best Practices – Shutting Down

Shutting down

Always shut down the FortiGate operating system properly before turning off the power switch to avoid potentially catastrophic hardware problems.

To power off the FortiGate unit – web-based manager:

1. Go to Dashboard.
2. In the System Resources widget, select Shutdown.

To power off the FortiGate unit – CLI:

execute shutdown

Once this has been done, you can safely turn off the power switch or disconnect the power cables from the power supply.