Fortinet 5001A-DW, 5001A-SW manual FortiGate-5001A fabric backplane data communication

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FortiGate-5001A fabric backplane data communication

FortiGate-5001A fabric backplane data communication

Quick Configuration Guide

FortiGate-5001A fabric backplane data communication

This section describes how to configure FortiGate-5001A boards for fabric backplane data communication using the fabric1 and fabric2 interfaces. Fabric backplane data communication is supported for FortiGate-5001A boards installed in FortiGate-5140 and FortiGate-5050 chassis with a FortiSwitch-5003A board installed in chassis fabric slot 1 for the fabric1 interface and a FortiSwitch-5003A board installed in chassis fabric slot 2 for the fabric2 interface.

For the FortiGate-5001A, FortiSwitch-5003A boards support gigabit fabric backplane communication. You can add a FortiGate-RTM-XB2 module to support 10 gigabit fabric backplane communication.

By default the fabric backplane interfaces are not enabled for data communication. Once the fabric backplane interfaces are configured for data communication you can operate and configure them in the same way as any FortiGate-5001A interfaces.

Although not recommended, you can use fabric backplane interfaces for data communication and HA heartbeat communication at the same time.

For more details and configuration examples of FortiGate-5001A fabric backplane communication using the FortiSwitch-5003A board, see the FortiSwitch-5003A System Guide.

To enable fabric backplane data communication from the FortiGate-5001A web-based manager

From the FortiGate-5001A web-based manager use the following steps to enable fabric backplane data communication.

1Go to System > Network > Interface.

2Select Show backplane interfaces.

The fabric1 and fabric2 backplane interfaces now appear in all Interface lists. You can now configure the fabric backplane interfaces and add routes, firewall policies and other configuration settings using these interfaces.

Figure 14: FortiGate-5001A interface list with backplane interfaces enabled (FortiGate-ADM-XB2 also installed)

 

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