Fortinet FortiGate-5000 manual Fabric 10-gigabit switching within a chassis

FortiSwitch-5003A system FortiSwitch-5003A configurations

Figure 24: FortiSwitch-5003A base channel 1 HA heartbeat communication

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4

Base channel 1	3
HA Heartbeat	2
Communication
	1

POWER

SMC

2

5000SM

ETH0

Service

RESET

STATUS

HotSwap

1

5050SAP

2

5000SM

ETH0

Service

RESET

STATUS

HotSwap

SMC

ETH0ETH1

link/Act

ALARM

ETH0ETH1

link/Act

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SERIAL

SERIAL

10/100

link/Act

link/Act

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10/100

10/100

Fabric 10-gigabit switching within a chassis

One FortiGate-RTM-XB2 provides 10-gigabit connections to both FortiGate-5001A fabric channels. The FortiGate-RTM-XB2 also provides NP2 packet acceleration for each fabric channel. To effectively use NP2 acceleration, packets must be received by the FortiGate-5001A board on one fabric channel and exit from the FortiGate-5001A board on the same fabric channel or on the other fabric channel. See the FortiGate-RTM-XB2 System Guide for more information.

Figure 25 shows a FortiGate-5050 chassis containing two FortiSwitch-5003A boards and one FortiGate-5001A board. Using these components this chassis supplies 10-gigabit connectivity between the external and internal network.

Figure 25: Example 10-gigabit connection between internal and external networks

Internal Network

Internal 10-gigabit

Network Connected

to Fabric Channel 2

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FortiGate-RTM-XB2 module installed in RTM slot 3 provides two

10-gigabit fabric channels and NP2 acceleration for the FortiGate-5001A board

FortiGate-5001A Board Installed in FortiGate-5050 front panel slot 3

Fabric Channel 1

10 Gigabit Data

Communication

3

2

1

POWER

Fabric Channel 2

10-gigabit Data

Communication

SMC		5050SAP		SMC
	1	ALARM	2
2	SERIAL		SERIAL	1

External 10-gigabit

Network Connected

to Fabric Channel 1

External

Network

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