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FortiGate-5005FA2 security system

FortiGate-5005FA2 security system

The FortiGate-5005FA2 security system is a high-performance FortiGate security system with a total of 8 front panel gigabit ethernet interfaces, two base backplane interfaces, and two fabric backplane interfaces. Use the front panel interfaces for connections to your networks and the backplane interfaces for communication between FortiGate-5000 series boards over the FortiGate-5000 chassis backplane.

You can also configure two or more FortiGate-5005FA2 boards to create a high availability (HA) cluster using the base backplane interfaces for HA heartbeat communication through the chassis backplane, leaving all eight front panel gigabit interfaces available for network connections.

FortiGate-5005FA2 front panel interfaces 7 and 8 also include accelerated packet forwarding and policy enforcement for faster small packet performance. Using backplane base and fabric interfaces, the FortiGate-5005FA2 also functions as the worker board in a FortiGate-5005-DIST security system.

The FortiGate-5005FA2 board also supports high-end FortiGate features including 802.1Q VLANs, multiple virtual domains, 802.3ad aggregate interfaces, and FortiGate-5000 chassis monitoring.

Figure 18: FortiGate-5005FA2 front panel

Fabric and Base			7 8 SPF Gigabit
network activity	USB	1 2 3 4 5 6 SPF Gigabit	Fiber or Copper
LEDs		Fiber or Copper	Accelerated

	ACT	FABRIC				USB	USB
	ACT		BASE
	LINK							1
	LINK
			CONSOLE
						OOS	ACC STATUS
Mounting					Out		Status
Knot					of
	Extraction			Service
	Lever
			RJ-	45	Flash		Disk
			Serial			Access

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IPM

Mounting

Knot

Link/Traffic Module Extraction

Position Lever

The FortiGate-5005FA2 board includes the following features:

•A total of eight front panel gigabit interfaces that can accept Small Formfactor Pluggable (SFP) fiber or copper gigabit transceivers.

•Six standard gigabit interfaces (interfaces 1 to 6).

•Two accelerated packet forwarding and policy enforcement gigabit interfaces (interfaces 7 and 8).

•Two fabric backplane gigabit interfaces (fabric1 and fabric2) for FortiGate-5005-DIST security system management communications. The fabric backplane gigabit interfaces can also be used for data communications across the FortiGate-5000 chassis backplane if combined with a board that supports backplane fabric switching.

•Two base backplane gigabit interfaces (base1 and base2) for HA heartbeat and data communications across the FortiGate-5000 chassis backplane and for FortiGate-5005-DIST security system data communication.

•RJ-45 RS-232 serial console connection.

FortiGate-5000 Series Introduction
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