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Base backplane gigabit communication

Base backplane gigabit communication

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• Firewall and intrusion protection (IPS), when there is a reasonable percentage
of P2P packets.
• Firewall, intrusion protection (IPS), and antivirus, when there is a reasonable
percentage of P2P packets.
• Firewall and IPSec VPN applications.
The following traffic scenarios should be handled by the normal (or non-
accelerated) FortiGate-5005FA2 interfaces:
• Session oriented traffic when the session lifetime is very short.
• Firewall and antivirus only applications.
Traffic will not be off-loaded to the FortiGate-5005FA2 accelerator module. The
result will be high CPU usage because of the high CPU requirement for
antivirus scanning.
The FortiGate-5005FA2 base1 and base2 backplane gigabit interfaces can be
used for HA heartbeat communication between FortiGate-5005FA2 modules
installed in the same or in different FortiGate-5000 chassis. You can also
configure FortiGate-5005FA2 modules to use the base backplane interfaces for
data communication between FortiGate modules. To support base backplane
communications your FortiGate-5140 or 5050 chassis must include one or more
FortiSwitch-5003 modules. FortiSwitch-5003 modules are installed in chassis slots
1 and 2.
For information about base backplane communication see the
Base Backplane Communication
FortiSwitch-5003 module, see the
You can install FortiGate-5005FA2 modules as worker modules in a
FortiGate-5005-DIST security system. Worker modules apply FortiGate security
system functionality such as applying firewall policies, virus scanning, IPS and
routing to distributed traffic.
For complete information about the FortiGate-5005-DIST security system and the
role of worker modules, see the
Administration Guide.
FortiGate-5005FA2 security system
Guide. For information about the
FortiSwitch-5003 Guide.
FortiGate-5005-DIST Security System
FortiGate-5000 Series Introduction
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