Technical Tip: How to disable the FortiCare registration on FortiGate-900G/901G

[nalexiou]

Description	This article describes how to disable the 'Register with FortiCare' window in GUI on FortiGate-900G/901G and  FortiGate-200G/201G.
Scope	FortiGate-900G/901G. FortiGate-200G/201G.
Solution	In this hardware platform even if the option 'gui-forticare-registration-setup-warning' is disabled: config system global     set gui-forticare-registration-setup-warning  disable end The 'Register with Forticare' will be displayed when login to the device via GUI. There is no option to skip it. This window can be disabled from the BIOS by following the below steps: Reboot the device. Press any key once this message is displayed. Enabling PCI resources...Done. Zeroing IRQ setting...Done. Verifying PIRQ tables...Done. Boot up, boot device capacity: 28626MB. Press any key to display configuration menu... <----- Press any key. Press I: [C]: Configure TFTP parameters. [R]: Review TFTP parameters. [T]: Initiate TFTP firmware transfer. [F]: Format boot device. [B]: Boot with backup firmware and set as default. [I]: System configuration and information. <----- [Q]: Quit menu and continue to boot. [H]: Display this list of options. Press C: Enter C,R,T,F,B,I,Q,or H: [S]: Set serial port baudrate (will take effect on next boot). [R]: Set restricted mode. [T]: Set menu timeout. [U]: Set security level. [C]: Set FortiCare registration. <--- [I]: Display system information. [E]: Reset system configuration. [M]: Display SPD information. [Q]: Quit menu and continue to boot. [H]: Display this list of options. Press 1: Enter S,R,T,U,C,I,E,M,Q,or H: [1]: Not Enforce <----- [2]: Enforce Enter FortiCare registration setting [2]:1 Press 'Q' 2 times to exit.