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FortiGate-5050 fabric backplane communication
FortiSwitch-5003A and 5003 Fabric and Base Backplane Communications Guide
01-30000-85717-20081205
Figure 18
shows data communication between two FortiGate-5050 chassis using
fabric channel 2. The top chassis in the figure contains a FortiSwitch-5003A board
in hub/switch slot 2 and three FortiGate-5001A boards. The bottom chassis
contains a FortiSwitch-5003A board also in hub/switch slot 2 and two
FortiGate-5005FA2 boards. The chassis are connected together using their
respective FortiSwitch-5003A F1 front panel interfaces.
In this configuration the FortiSwitch-5003A boards are operating as layer-2
switches for fabric channel 2 and the FortiGate-5001A and 5005FA2 boards are
operating as typical standalone FortiGate units.
The chassis can be connected to the network using any of the FortiGate front
panel interfaces. You can also connect FortiSwitch-5003A front panel fabric
interfaces to the network. You can also install FortiGate AMC modules in the
FortiGate-5001A boards and connect networks to the AMC front panel interfaces.
The AMC modules and the network connections are not shown in
Figure 18: Fabric channel 2 data communication between two FortiGate-5050
chassis
5
4
3
2
1
5000SM
5050SAP
SMC
10/100
link/Act
SERIAL
2
10/100
1
link/Act
Fabric channel 2
10-figabit data
ccommunication
between 2 chassis
5
ACT
USB
USB
4
LINK
1
2
3
ACT
LINK
CONSOLE
OOS
ACC
STATUS
ACT
USB
USB
LINK
3
1
2
3
ACT
LINK
CONSOLE
OOS
ACC
STATUS
2
1
5000SM
5050SAP
SMC
10/100
link/Act
SERIAL
2
10/100
1
link/Act
For the FortiGate-5001A and 50005FA2 boards to use fabric channel 2 for data
communication you must show backplane interfaces on the FortiGate web-based
manager and then configure firewall polices and routing for the fabric2 interfaces.
POWER
5000SM
SMC
10/100
SERIAL
link/Act
10/100
1
2
link/Act
7
8
4
5
6
IPM
7
8
4
5
6
IPM
POWER
5000SM
SMC
10/100
SERIAL
link/Act
1
2
10/100
link/Act
Fabric gigabit switching between chassis
Figure
18.
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