Connecting A Fortigate-5050 Chassis To The Fortigate-5053 Power Converter Tray - Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-5050 User Manual

Connecting the FortiGate-5050 chassis to AC power using the FortiGate-5053 power converter tray Power connection and configuration
Connecting a FortiGate-5050 chassis to the FortiGate-5053 power converter
tray
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To use a FortiGate-5053 power converter tray with the FortiGate-5050 chassis
you need to make DC power connections between the FortiGate-5050 chassis
and the FortiGate-5053 power converter tray. You also need to the connect the
FortiGate-5050 chassis to data center ground.
To connect a FortiGate-5050 power input connector to a FortiGate-5053
power converter tray
The following procedure describes how to connect one FortiGate-5050 power
input connector to a FortiGate-5053 power converter tray. For normal operation,
only one power input connector must be connected. For redundant chassis DC
power you can connect the second power input connector to a second
FortiGate-5053 power converter tray.
You need the following tools and equipment to connect a FortiGate-5020/5050
power input connector to a FortiGate-5053 power converter tray:
• A number 2 Phillips screwdriver.
• An electrostatic discharge (ESD) preventive wrist or ankle strap with
connection cord.
• One black AWG-14 stranded wire with terminal lugs attached and labelled
-48V.
• One red AWG-14 stranded wire with terminal lugs attached and labelled RTN.
• A FortiGate-5053 power converter tray containing two or three
FortiGate-5020/5050 power supplies and mounted in a rack near the
FortiGate-5050 chassis.
Caution: The FortiGate-5053 power converter tray should not be connected to AC power
!
until specified in the following procedure.
1 Attach the ESD wrist strap to your wrist and to an ESD socket or to a bare metal
surface on the chassis or frame.
2 Loosen the screws and remove the protection plate from the FortiGate-5050
power input connector.
3 If required, loosen the screws and remove the clear plastic cover from the back of
the FortiGate-5053 power converter tray.
4 Insert the black -48V and red RTN wires through the power wire fixture (see
Figure 14).
5 Connect the black -48V power wire from the FortiGate-5053 power converter tray
V- terminal (the right connector) to the terminal on the FortiGate-5050 power input
connector labelled (-DC in).
6 Connect the red RTN return wire from the FortiGate-5053 power converter tray
unmarked connector (the left connector) to the terminal on the FortiGate-5050
power input connector labelled RTN.
FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide
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