KB ID 0001776
Problem
Bah what the hell is ‘show run‘? If you’ve spent years on Cisco IOS and ASA/Firepower, then FortiGate can be a little confusing. Hopefully this Cisco to FortiGate list below will make it a little easier.
Cisco to Fortigate Translation
| Cisco Command | FortiGate Command |
| Basic commands | |
| show run | show full-config |
| show version | get system status |
| show ip interface brief | show system interface |
| show run interface x/x | show system interface <port #> |
| show interface x/x | get hardware nic <port #> / diagnose hardware deviceinfo nic |
| show ip arp | diagnose ip arp list |
| show mac address-table | diagnose switch mac-address list | grep -i mac |
| show lldp neighbor | diagnose lldprx neighbor summary |
| show ip nat translation | get system session list |
| show vlan | diagnose switch vlan list |
| show failover | diagnose system ha status |
| copy running-configuration startup-configuration | execute backup config |
| reload | execute reboot |
| ping x.x.x.x | execute ping x.x.x.x |
| Basic Routing Commands | |
| show ip route | get router info routing-table all |
| show ip route x.x.x.x | get router info routing-table details x.x.x.x |
| sh ip route summary | get router info routing-table all |
| show run | sec route-map | show router route-map |
| show run | sec ip prefix-list | show router prefix-list |
| OSPF Commands | |
| show ip ospf neighbor | get router info ospf neighbor |
| show ip ospf neighbor details | get router info ospf neighbor detail all |
| BGP Commands | |
| show ip bgp summary | get router info bgp summary |
| show run | sec router bgp | show router bgp |
| show ip bgp neighbor x.x.x.x routes | get router info bgp neighbors x.x.x.x routes |
| show ip bgp neighbor x.x.x.x advertised-routes | get router info bgp neighbors x.x.x.x advertised-routes |
| show ip bgp neighbor x.x.x.x received-routes | get router info bgp neighbors x.x.x.x received-routes |
| show ip bgp x.x.x.x | get router info bgp network x.x.x.x |
| VPN Commands | |
| show crypto isakmp | diagnose vpn ike gateway list |
| show crypto ipsec sa | diagnose vpn tunnel list |
Please comment below if you want to add any I’ve missed.
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03/05/2023
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