FortiGate-5001A security system
The FortiGate-5001A security system is a high-performance Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ACTA) compliant FortiGate security system that can be installed in any ACTA chassis including the FortiGate-5140, FortiGate-5050, or FortiGate-5020 chassis.
Two FortiGate-5001A models are available:
•The FortiGate-5001A-DW (double-width) board includes a double-width Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) opening. You can install a supported FortiGate AMC Double width Module (ADM) such as the FortiGate-ADM-XB2 or the FortiGate-ADM-FB8 in the AMC opening. The FortiGate-ADM-XB2 adds two accelerated 10-gigabit interfaces to the FortiGate-5001A board and the FortiGate-ADM-FB8 adds 8 accelerated 1-gigabit interfaces.
•The FortiGate-5001A-SW (single-width) includes a single-width AMC opening. You can install a supported FortiGate AMC Single width Module (ASM) such as the FortiGate-ASM-FB4 or the FortiGate-ASM-S08 in the AMC opening. The FortiGate-ASM-FB4 adds four accelerated 1-gigabit interfaces to the FortiGate-5001A board and the FortiGate-ADM-S08 adds a removable hard disk that you can use to store log files and content archives.
Other than the double-width and single-width AMC openings, the FortiGate-5001A-DW and SW models have the same functionality and performance.
The FortiGate-5001A security system contains two front panel 1-gigabit ethernet interfaces, two base backplane 1-gigabit interfaces, and two fabric backplane 1-gigabit interfaces. Use the front panel interfaces for connections to your networks and the backplane interfaces for communication across the ACTA chassis backplane.
If you install a FortiGate-RTM-XB2 module for each FortiGate-5001A board, the FortiGate-5001A fabric interfaces can operate at 10 Gbps. The FortiGate-RTM-XB2 also provides NP2-accelerated network processing for eligible traffic passing through the FortiGate-RTM-XB2 interfaces.
You can also configure two or more FortiGate-5001A boards to create a high availability (HA) cluster using the base or fabric backplane interfaces for HA heartbeat communication through the chassis backplane, leaving front panel interfaces available for network connections.
Note: In most cases the base backplane interfaces are used for HA heartbeat communication and the fabric backplane interfaces are used for data communication.
The FortiGate-5001A board also supports high-end FortiGate features including 802.1Q VLANs, multiple virtual domains, 802.3ad aggregate interfaces, and FortiOS Carrier.
