Fortinet Comprehensive Guide to FortiController: Enhancing Network Performance in FortiGate Systems

FortiController-5208 I/O boards The FortiGate-5005-DIST security system

Figure 29: Example basic FortiGate-5005-DIST security system

Internet

NAT mode policies controlling 10G traffic between internal and external networks.

X2 (port1_X2)	FortiGate-5005-DIST
	security system in

204.23.1.5NAT/Route mode

5

4

3

2	POWER	Management
1
SMC	SMC	interface (mng)
2	1
	X1 (port1_X1)
	192.168.1.99

Internal network

FortiController-5208 I/O boards

Data flows into and out of the FortiGate-5005-DIST system through the I/O boards. The I/O boards are FortiController-5208 boards installed in chassis slots 1 and 2 in a FortiGate-5050 or FortiGate-5140 chassis. The I/O board installed in slot 1 is configured as the primary I/O board. The optional I/O board installed in slot 2 becomes the secondary I/O board. A FortiGate-5005-DIST system can include one or two I/O boards.

As the I/O board, the FortiController-5208 provides all FortiGate-5005-DIST network connections. The FortiController-5208 board provides two 10 gigabit interfaces and four 1 gigabit interfaces for network traffic. The FortiController-5208 front panel also contains four 1 gigabit interfaces. Two of these interfaces support inter-chassis HA and two are for future use. Adding a second FortiController-5208 board doubles the number of FortiGate-5005-DIST network interfaces.

Figure 30: FortiController-5208 front panel

SFP Gigabit

Fiber or Copper

X1 X2 XFP 10 Gigabit		D15	Management
	1 3	C15
Fiber or Copper			RJ-45 Serial

			DATA				CONTROL
X 1	X 2	1	5	9	13	1	5	9	13			1	COM 1	COM 2
			6	10		2	6	10	14			MANAGEMENT
X 1		2			14					3/4	D15/D16	2
		3	7	11	D 15	3	7	11	1/2			C15/C16
									C 15			3
X 2		4	8	12 D 16		4	8	12	C 16			4
		10/100/1000 MBPS ETHERNET ACTIVITY

STATUS PAYLOAD OPERATION IPM

Mounting	Status	Link/Traffic 2 4	C16	Mounting
Knot			D16	Knot
Extraction			IPM	Extraction
Lever			Management	Lever
	Link/ Payload
	Traffic Operation		RJ-45 Ethernet

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