Hardware installation

Inserting a FortiGate-5001A board

9Turn both handles to their fully-closed positions.

The handles should hook into the sides of the chassis slot. Closing the handles draws the FortiGate-5001A board into place in the chassis slot and into full contact with the chassis backplane. The FortiGate-5001A front panel should be in contact with the chassis front panel. For the FortiGate-5001A-DW, the right (bottom) handle locks into place. For the FortiGate-5001A-SW, both handles lock into place.

As the handles closed power is supplied to the board. If the chassis is powered on the IPM LED starts flashing blue. If the board is aligned correctly, inserted all the way into the slot, and the handles are properly closed the IPM LED flashes blue for a few seconds. At the same time the STATUS LED flashes green, the interface LEDs flash amber, and the ACC LED starts flashing green. After a few seconds the IPM LED goes out and the FortiGate-5001A firmware starts up. During start up the STATUS LED may continue to flash green. Once the board has started up and is operating correctly, the front panel LEDs are lit as described in Table 4.

Table 4: FortiGate-5001A normal operating LEDs

LED

State

ACC

Off (Or flashing green when the system accesses the

FortiGate-5001A flash disk.)

OOS

Off

(Out of

 

Service)

 

Power

Green

Status

Off

IPM

Off

If you have installed an AMC module in the FortiGate-5001A board, the AMC LEDs are lit as described in Table 5.

Table 5: FortiGate AMC module normal operating LEDs

LED

HS

OOS PWR OT

State

Off

Off

Amber

Off

If the board has not been inserted properly the IPM LED changes to solid blue and all other LEDS turn off. If this occurs, open the handles, slide the board part way out, and repeat the insertion process.

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5001A-SW, 5001A-DW specifications

Fortinet's FortiGate 5001A is a high-performance, next-generation firewall designed to meet the demands of large enterprises and data centers. The model comes in two distinct configurations—the 5001A-DW for data center workloads and the 5001A-SW for enhanced security capabilities.

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The appliances also support advanced routing protocols and capabilities like Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) to facilitate complex network designs. Their flexibility in deployment makes them suitable for a variety of environments, whether on-premises or in the cloud.

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