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FortiSwitch-5003B System Guide
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Table 5: Fabric network activity LEDs
Fabric
network Interface or connection
activity LED
Interconnection interface between fabric channels 1 and 2. This LED is
1/2 lit if there are two FortiSwitch-5003B boards installed in the chassis to
indicate fabric backplane communication between them.
Fabric backplane connection to FortiGate-5000 boards in chassis slots
3 to 14
3 to 14.
The FortiSwitch-5003B board supports up to slots for 13 connections to the fabric
backplane. Normally these slots correspond to one connection between switch/hub slots
(slot-1/2) and then 12 more connections to the 12 node slots in an ATCA chassis (slot-3
to slot-14). For example, in a FortiGate-5140-series chassis, slot-3 to slot-14 correspond
to the 12 chassis node slots numbered 3 to 14 (see
Table 6: FortiSwitch-5003B backplane mapping with a FortiGate-5140-series chassis
FortiSwitch-5003B Fabric Port
Name
slot-1/2
slot-3
slot-4
slot-5
slot-6
slot-7
slot-8
slot-9
slot-10
slot-11
slot-12
slot-13
slot-14
Normally in a chassis with less than 12 node slots the extra fabric backplane interfaces
are not active. For example, in an ATCA chassis with 5 slots, slot-1/2 provides the
connections between chassis slots 1 and 2 and slot-3 to slot-5 connect to chassis node
slots 3 to 5. In this 5-slot chassis, slot-6 to slot-14 would not be connected (see
Table 7: FortiSwitch-5003B backplane mapping with an example 5-slot chassis
FortiSwitch-5003B Fabric Port
Name
slot-1/2
slot-3
Table 6).
Actual connection in a FortiGate-5140 chassis
Connection between chassis slot 1 and slot 2.
Connection to chassis slot 3.
Connection to chassis slot 4.
Connection to chassis slot 5.
Connection to chassis slot 6.
Connection to chassis slot 7.
Connection to chassis slot 8.
Connection to chassis slot 9.
Connection to chassis slot 10.
Connection to chassis slot 11.
Connection to chassis slot 12.
Connection to chassis slot 13.
Connection to chassis slot 14.
Actual connection in 5-slot ATCA chassis
Connection between chassis slot 1 and slot 2.
Connection to chassis slot 3.
Front panel components
Table 7).
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