Fabric 10-Gigabit Switching Within A Chassis - Fortinet FortiGate-5000 Introduction Manual

FortiSwitch-5003A system

Fabric 10-gigabit switching within a chassis

FortiGate-5000 Series Introduction
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Figure 24: FortiSwitch-5003A base channel 1 HA heartbeat communication
5
4
3
Base channel 1
HA Heartbeat
2
Communication
1
5000SM
SMC
10/100
link/Act
10/100
2
link/Act
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
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 10-gigabit
Network Connected
to Fabric Channel 2
5
4
3
Fabric Channel 1
10 Gigabit Data
2
Communication
1
5000SM
SMC
10/100
link/Act
10/100
2
link/Act
5050SAP
SERIAL SERIAL
1 2
FortiGate-RTM-XB2 System Guide
Internal Network
POWER
5050SAP 5000SM
SMC
10/100
SERIAL SERIAL link/Act
10/100
1 2 1
link/Act
External 10-gigabit
Network Connected
to Fabric Channel 1
External
Network
FortiSwitch-5003A configurations
POWER
5000SM
SMC
10/100
link/Act
10/100
1
link/Act
for more
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 2
10-gigabit Data
Communication
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