Fortinet FortiGate-5000 manual Base backplane communications

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FortiSwitch-5003 system	Base backplane communications

In a single chassis, more than one cluster can use the same base backplane interface for HA heartbeat communication. To separate heartbeat communication for multiple clusters on the same base backplane interface, configure a different HA group name and password for each cluster.

In a single chassis, you can also use the same base backplane interface for data and HA heartbeat communication. If you are operating multiple clusters and multiple data paths on the same base backplane interface you may experience some bandwidth limitations. To increase the amount of bandwidth available you can add a second FortiSwitch-5003 board and use both backplane interfaces for HA heartbeat and data communication.

If you have two FortiSwitch-5003 boards and two backplane interfaces available you can balance the traffic between the base backplane interfaces by how you configure your FortiGate-5000 board data interfaces and HA heartbeat interfaces. For example, if you have two busy FortiGate-5001SX clusters you might configure one cluster to use port9 for HA heartbeat traffic and the other to use port10. If you have a number of data paths that use the same base backplane interfaces you can change the configuration to distribute traffic between both base backplane interfaces.

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Contents FortiGate-5000 Series Product updates, technical support, and FortiGuard servicesTrademarks Contents FortiGate-5020 chassis FortiGate-5050 chassisFortiGate-5001A security system FortiGate-RTM-XB2 systemFortiSwitch-5003 system FortiSwitch-5003A systemFortiGate-5001SX security system FortiGate-5005-DIST security systemContents FortiGate-5000 Series Introduction Revision History IntroductionRevision history FortiGate-5050-R chassis on FortiGate-5050 chassis on About the FortiGate-5000 series chassisAbout About the FortiGate-5000 series boardsFortiGate-5001FA2 security system FortiGate-RTM-XB2 moduleA FortiGate-5050 or FortiGate-5140 chassis Communication betweenFortiGate-5000 Series Introduction Fortinet documentation About Data Center DC powerCustomer service and technical support Register your Fortinet product FortiGate-5140-R chassis Slot FortiGate-5140 chassis front panelSlot numbers FortiGate-5140 chassis back panelPhysical description of the FortiGate-5140 chassis FortiGate-5140 chassis FortiGate-5140 chassis back panel RTN 21 x 19 x 16.8 in .3 x 48.3 x 42.7 cm FortiGate-5050-R chassis FortiGate-5050 front panel Power LEDFortiGate-5050 chassis back panel FortiGate-5050 back panelPhysical description of the FortiGate-5050 chassis FortiGate-5050 chassis physical description DimensionsFortiGate-5050 chassis FortiGate-5050 chassis Weight Physical description of the FortiGate-5050 chassis FortiGate-5020 front panel FortiGate-5020 chassisPower dissipation FortiGate-5020 physical description DimensionsFortiGate-5020 back panel Physical description of the FortiGate-5020 chassisFortiGate-5001A security system FortiGate-5001A-DW front panel Front panel LEDs and connectorsLists and describes the FortiGate-5001A LEDs LEDsLists and describes the FortiGate-5001A connectors ConnectorsBase backplane communication Fabric backplane communicationFortiGate-RTM-XB2 AMC modulesFortiGate-ASM-FB4 FortiGate-RTM-XB2 system FortiGate-RTM-XB2 power LED From the FortiGate-RTM-XB2 font panel includes a power LEDState Description Power Front panel LEDFortiGate-5005FA2 front panel FortiGate-5005FA2 security systemACT Lists and describes the FortiGate-5005FA2 board LEDsLink StatusAccelerated packet forwarding and policy enforcement Lists and describes the FortiGate-5005FA2 connectorsFA2 interfaces and active-active HA performance Base backplane gigabit communicationFortiGate-5005-DIST security system FortiGate-5001FA2-LENC front panel FortiGate-5001FA2-LENC security systemFortiGate-5001FA2-LENC board LEDs Lists and describes the FortiGate-5001FA2-LENC board LEDsPWR STAState Description Link Lists and describes the FortiGate-5001FA2-LENC connectorsBase backplane gigabit communication FortiGate-5001SX front panel FortiGate-5001SX security systemFortiGate-5001SX LEDs Lists and describes the FortiGate-5001SX board LEDsBase backplane gigabit interfaces Lists and describes the FortiGate-5001SX connectorsBase backplane gigabit interfaces FortiSwitch-5003A system FortiSwitch-5003A front panel MGMT, B1 Lists and describes the FortiSwitch-5003A front panel LEDsSH1 Base channel interfacesCLI Fabric channel interfacesBase 10G Base and fabric gigabit switching within a chassis FortiSwitch-5003A configurationsFront panel connectors FortiSwitch-5003A base channel 1 HA heartbeat communication Fabric 10-gigabit switching within a chassisBasic link aggregation configuration Layer-2 link aggregation and redundancy configurationsFortiSwitch-5003 system CLK ZREAbout the ZRE network activity LEDs ResetEXT FLT INT FLTETH0 Base backplane communicationsZRE0 ZRE1Base backplane communications Base backplane communications FortiGate-5005-DIST security system Basic FortiGate security system configurationExample basic FortiGate-5005-DIST security system FortiController-5208 I/O boardsFortiGate-5005FA2 worker boards FortiGate-5005-DIST security system chassis Where FortiGate-5005-DIST interface namesFortiGate-5005-DIST interface names FortiController-5208 system FortiController-5208 board LEDs Lists and describes the FortiController-5208 board LEDsPayload Operation DataManagement ControlD15, D16 Backplane gigabit interfacesC15, C16 COM1, COM2