FortiGate 6000F series hardware description
LED
State
LED)
Flashing
Green
Off
MGMT1
Green
MGMT2
Amber
Speed (Right
LED)
Off
Green
MGMT3 Link/
Flashing
Activity (Left
Green
LED)
Off
MGMT3
Not used.
(Right LED)
HA1 HA2
Green
Link/Activity
Flashing
Green
Off
Front panel connectors
You connect the FortiGate 6000F to your 25 Gbps or 10 Gbps networks using the 1 to 24 SFP28 front panel interfaces.
You can also connect the FortiGate 6000F to your 100 Gbps or 40 Gbps networks using the 25 to 28 front panel QSFP28
interfaces. The front panel also includes 10 GigE SPF+ HA heartbeat interfaces (HA1 and HA2), two Ethernet
10/100/1000 copper management interfaces (MGMT1 and MGMT2), a 10 GigE SPF+ management interface (MGMT3),
an RJ-45 RS-232 serial console port, and a USB port. The USB port can be used with any USB key for backing up and
restoring configuration files.
Connector
Type
1 to 24
SFP28
25 to 28
QSFP28
FortiGate 6000F Series 7.0.12 System Guide
Description
Network traffic on this interface.
No link is established.
This interface is connected at 1Gbps.
This interface is connected at 100Mbps
No link is established.
This interface is connected at 10Gbps or 1Gbps with the correct cable and
the attached network device has power.
Network activity at the interface.
No link is established.
This interface is connected at 10Gbps or 1Gbps with the correct cable and
the attached network device has power
Network activity at the interface.
No link is established.
Speed
Protocol
1/10/25Gbps
Ethernet
40/100Gbps
Ethernet
Description
1/10/25GigE connection using
SFP28 or SPF+ transceivers. For
traffic interfaces.
40/100GigE connections using
QSFP28 or QSFP+ transceivers.
For traffic interfaces.
Fortinet Technologies Inc.
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