FortiSwitch-5003A configurations

FortiSwitch-5003A system

Table 19: Fabric network activity LEDs

Fabric network

Interface or connection

activity LED

 

 

 

2/1

Fabric channel connection between fabric channel 1 and fabric

 

channel 2. This LED is lit if there are two FortiSwitch-5003A boards

 

installed in the chassis to indicate fabric backplane communication

 

between them.

 

 

3 to 13

Fabric backplane connection to FortiGate-5000 boards in chassis slots

 

3 to 13.

 

 

Front panel connectors

Table 20 lists and describes the FortiSwitch-5003A front panel connectors.

Table 20: FortiSwitch-5003A connectors

Connector

Type

Speed

Protocol

Description

 

 

 

 

 

MGMT

RJ-45

10/100/1000

Ethernet

Copper gigabit connection to out of band

 

 

Base-T

 

management interface.

COM

RJ-45

9600 bps

RS-232

Serial connection to the command line

 

 

8/N/1

serial

interface.

B1, B2

RJ-45

10/100/1000

Ethernet

Copper gigabit connection to the base

 

 

Base-T

 

backplane channel.

BASE 10G

SFP+

10 Gbps

Ethernet

SFP+ 10 gigabit connection to the base

 

 

 

 

backplane channel.

FABRIC

SFP+

10 Gbps

Ethernet

SFP+ 10 gigabit connection to the fabric

10G, 14/F8,

 

 

 

backplane channel.

F7, F6, F5,

 

 

 

 

F4, F3, F2,

 

 

 

 

F1

 

 

 

 

FortiSwitch-5003A configurations

You can operate the FortiSwitch-5003A board as a fabric and base channel layer-2 switch for any FortiGate-5000 board. The FortiSwitch-5003A board is compatible with all FortiGate-5000 boards.

Base and fabric gigabit switching within a chassis

Figure 24 shows a FortiGate-5050 chassis with a FortiSwitch-5003A board in slot 1 and two FortiGate-5001A boards in slots 3 and 4. In this configuration the FortiGate-5001A boards are using base channel 1 for HA heartbeat communication. The FortiGate-5001A boards use base1 as the HA heartbeat interface.

 

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