Fabric Channel Interfaces - Fortinet 5003A System Manual

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Fabric channel interfaces

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Table 2: Base channel interfaces and network activity LEDs
Interface Description
Name
B1 and B2 Front panel gigabit base channel interfaces B1 and B2.
Use these interfaces to connect your network to the base channel, to
connect base channel 1 to base channel 2, or to connect a base channel
on one chassis to a base channel on another chassis.
BASE 10G Front panel 10-gigabit base channel interface.
Use this interface to connect a 10-gigabit network to the base channel.
10-gigabit communication is not supported across the base channels but
this interface is still available if you need to connect the base channel to
a 10-gigabit network.
Table 3 lists and describes the FortiSwitch-5003A fabric channel interfaces. You
can configure fabric interface settings, group fabric interfaces into trunks, and
configure MSTP spanning tree settings for fabric interfaces from the
FortiSwitch-5003A CLI.
Table 3: Fabric channel interfaces
Interface Name
Description
Front Panel CLI*
2/1 slot-2/1 Interface between fabric channel 1 and fabric channel 2.
If there are two FortiSwitch-5003A boards installed in a
chassis this interface can be used to communicate between
them. In some configurations you may have to disable this
communication. See the
Communication Guide
3 to 13 slot-3 to Fabric backplane slots 3 to 13.
slot-13 The 3 to 13 fabric network activity LEDs are lit if there are
FortiGate boards in chassis slots 3 to 13.
14/F8 slot-14/f8 Front panel interface 14/F8.
Fabric backplane slot 14 and front panel interface 14/F8
share the same FortiSwitch-5003A switch port. By default the
the front panel interface 14/F8 is enabled and fabric
backplane slot 14 is disabled. You can change this setting
using a switch on the FortiSwitch-5003A board. See
the FortiSwitch-5003A configuration switch" on page
F1 to F7 f1 to f7 Front panel 10-gigabit fabric interfaces F1 to F7.
Use these interfaces to connect your network to the fabric
channel, to connect fabric channel 1 to fabric channel 2, or to
connect a fabric channel on one chassis to a fabric channel
on another chassis.
* You can configure settings for FortiSwitch-5003A fabric interfaces from the
FortiSwitch-5003A CLI. The CLI columns show the names of the interfaces as they appear
on the FortiSwitch-5003A CLI.
The fabric network activity LEDs show links and network activity for the interfaces
and connections listed in Table
Figure 3: FortiSwitch-5003A fabric network activity LEDs
FortiGate-5000 Backplane
for more information.
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Front panel LEDs and connectors
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