Physical Description - Fortinet FortiController-5103B Session-Aware Load Balancer Manual

Physical description

Physical description
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You can also install FortiController-5103B boards in a second chassis with another set of
workers to provide chassis failover protection. In an active-passive HA configuration you
can install one or two FortiController-5103B boards in each chassis. In dual
FortiController-5103B configuration, each chassis has two FortiController-5103B boards.
The FortiController-5103B board includes the following hardware features:
• One 1-gigabit base backplane channel for layer-2 base backplane switching between
FortiGate-5000 boards installed in the same chassis as the FortiController-5103B
board. This base backplane channel includes 13 1-gigabit connections to up to 13
other slots in the chassis (slots 2 to 14).
• One 10-gigabit fabric backplane channel for layer-2 fabric backplane switching
between FortiGate-5000 boards installed in the same chassis as the
FortiController-5103B board. This fabric backplane channel includes 13 10-gigabit
connections to up to 13 other slots in the chassis (slots 2 to 14).
• Eight front panel 10-gigabit SFP+ FortiGate interfaces (1 to 8). In a session-aware load
balanced cluster these interfaces are connected to 10-gigabit networks to distribute
sessions to FortiGate-5000 boards installed in chassis slots 3 to 14. These interfaces
can also be configured to operate as 1-gigabit SFP interfaces to be connected to
1-gigabit networks.
• Two front panel base backplane 10-gigabit SFP+ interfaces (B1 and B2) that connect
to the base backplane channel. These interfaces are used for heartbeat and
management communication between FortiController-5103B boards. These
interfaces can also be configured to operate as 1-gigabit SFP interfaces.
• On-board FortiASIC DP processors to provide high-capacity session-aware load
balancing.
• One 1-gigabit out of band management ethernet interface (MGMT).
• One RJ-45, RS-232 serial console connection (CONSOLE).
• Mounting hardware.
• LED status indicators.
Table 1: FortiController-5103B board physical description
Weight
Operating Temperature
Storage Temperature
Relative Humidity
Power consumption
Max Current
Heat Dissipation
7.2 lb. (3.23 kg)
32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
-13 to 158°F (-35 to 70°C)
5 to 90% (Non-condensing)
Maximum: 255 WDC; Average: 213 WDC
5.3 A
754 BTU/hr
FortiController-5103B Session-Aware Load Balancer Guide
FortiController-5103B system
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