Base backplane communications | Fortinet FortiGate-5000 manual


FortiSwitch-5003 system	Base backplane communications

In a single chassis, more than one cluster can use the same base backplane interface for HA heartbeat communication. To separate heartbeat communication for multiple clusters on the same base backplane interface, configure a different HA group name and password for each cluster.

In a single chassis, you can also use the same base backplane interface for data and HA heartbeat communication. If you are operating multiple clusters and multiple data paths on the same base backplane interface you may experience some bandwidth limitations. To increase the amount of bandwidth available you can add a second FortiSwitch-5003 board and use both backplane interfaces for HA heartbeat and data communication.

If you have two FortiSwitch-5003 boards and two backplane interfaces available you can balance the traffic between the base backplane interfaces by how you configure your FortiGate-5000 board data interfaces and HA heartbeat interfaces. For example, if you have two busy FortiGate-5001SX clusters you might configure one cluster to use port9 for HA heartbeat traffic and the other to use port10. If you have a number of data paths that use the same base backplane interfaces you can change the configuration to distribute traffic between both base backplane interfaces.

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FortiGate-5000 Series Product updates, technical support, and FortiGuard services Trademarks Contents FortiGate-5020 chassis FortiGate-5050 chassisFortiGate-5001A security system FortiGate-RTM-XB2 system FortiSwitch-5003 system FortiSwitch-5003A systemFortiGate-5001SX security system FortiGate-5005-DIST security system Contents FortiGate-5000 Series Introduction Revision History IntroductionRevision history FortiGate-5050-R chassis on FortiGate-5050 chassis on About the FortiGate-5000 series chassis About About the FortiGate-5000 series boards FortiGate-5001FA2 security system FortiGate-RTM-XB2 module A FortiGate-5050 or FortiGate-5140 chassis Communication between FortiGate-5000 Series Introduction Fortinet documentation About Data Center DC powerCustomer service and technical support Register your Fortinet product FortiGate-5140-R chassis Slot FortiGate-5140 chassis front panel Slot numbers FortiGate-5140 chassis back panel Physical description of the FortiGate-5140 chassis FortiGate-5140 chassis FortiGate-5140 chassis back panel RTN 21 x 19 x 16.8 in .3 x 48.3 x 42.7 cm FortiGate-5050-R chassis FortiGate-5050 front panel Power LED FortiGate-5050 chassis back panel FortiGate-5050 back panel Physical description of the FortiGate-5050 chassis FortiGate-5050 chassis physical description Dimensions FortiGate-5050 chassis FortiGate-5050 chassis Weight Physical description of the FortiGate-5050 chassis FortiGate-5020 front panel FortiGate-5020 chassis Power dissipation FortiGate-5020 physical description DimensionsFortiGate-5020 back panel Physical description of the FortiGate-5020 chassis FortiGate-5001A security system FortiGate-5001A-DW front panel Front panel LEDs and connectors Lists and describes the FortiGate-5001A LEDs LEDs Lists and describes the FortiGate-5001A connectors ConnectorsBase backplane communication Fabric backplane communication FortiGate-RTM-XB2 AMC modules FortiGate-ASM-FB4 FortiGate-RTM-XB2 system FortiGate-RTM-XB2 power LED From the FortiGate-RTM-XB2 font panel includes a power LEDState Description Power Front panel LED FortiGate-5005FA2 front panel FortiGate-5005FA2 security system ACT Lists and describes the FortiGate-5005FA2 board LEDsLink Status Accelerated packet forwarding and policy enforcement Lists and describes the FortiGate-5005FA2 connectors FA2 interfaces and active-active HA performance Base backplane gigabit communicationFortiGate-5005-DIST security system FortiGate-5001FA2-LENC front panel FortiGate-5001FA2-LENC security system FortiGate-5001FA2-LENC board LEDs Lists and describes the FortiGate-5001FA2-LENC board LEDsPWR STA State Description Link Lists and describes the FortiGate-5001FA2-LENC connectors Base backplane gigabit communication FortiGate-5001SX front panel FortiGate-5001SX security system FortiGate-5001SX LEDs Lists and describes the FortiGate-5001SX board LEDs Base backplane gigabit interfaces Lists and describes the FortiGate-5001SX connectors Base backplane gigabit interfaces FortiSwitch-5003A system FortiSwitch-5003A front panel MGMT, B1 Lists and describes the FortiSwitch-5003A front panel LEDs SH1 Base channel interfaces CLI Fabric channel interfacesBase 10G Base and fabric gigabit switching within a chassis FortiSwitch-5003A configurationsFront panel connectors FortiSwitch-5003A base channel 1 HA heartbeat communication Fabric 10-gigabit switching within a chassis Basic link aggregation configuration Layer-2 link aggregation and redundancy configurations FortiSwitch-5003 system CLK ZRE About the ZRE network activity LEDs ResetEXT FLT INT FLT ETH0 Base backplane communicationsZRE0 ZRE1 Base backplane communications Base backplane communications FortiGate-5005-DIST security system Basic FortiGate security system configuration Example basic FortiGate-5005-DIST security system FortiController-5208 I/O boards FortiGate-5005FA2 worker boards FortiGate-5005-DIST security system chassis Where FortiGate-5005-DIST interface names FortiGate-5005-DIST interface names FortiController-5208 system FortiController-5208 board LEDs Lists and describes the FortiController-5208 board LEDsPayload Operation Data Management Control D15, D16 Backplane gigabit interfacesC15, C16 COM1, COM2