Additional Configuration; Disabling The Front Panel F8 Interface And Enabling The Fabric Backplane Interconnect (Slot-1/2); Disabling The Front Panel F8 Interface And Enabling The Slot; Fabric Interface - Fortinet FortiSwitch-5003B System Manual

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Additional configuration

Disabling the front panel F8 interface and enabling the fabric backplane
interconnect (slot-1/2)
Disabling the front panel F8 interface and enabling the slot-14 fabric interface
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5 Enter the following command to copy the firmware image from the TFTP server to the
FortiSwitch-5003B board:
execute restore image tftp <name_str> <tftp_ipv4>
Where <name_str> is the name of the firmware image file and <tftp_ipv4> is the IP
address of the TFTP server. For example, if the firmware image file name is image.out
and the IP address of the TFTP server is 192.168.1.168, enter:
execute restore image tftp image.out 192.168.1.168
The FortiSwitch-5003B board responds with message similar to the following:
This operation will replace the current firmware version and
reboot the system
Do you want to continue? (y/n)
6 Type y.
The FortiSwitch-5003B board uploads the firmware image file, upgrades to the new
firmware version, and restarts. This process takes a few minutes.
7 Reconnect to the CLI.
8 To confirm the firmware image is successfully installed, enter:
get system status
The following additional configuration settings are available:
• Disabling the front panel F8 interface and enabling the fabric backplane interconnect
(slot-1/2)
• Disabling the front panel F8 interface and enabling the slot-14 fabric interface
• Changing the system time and host name
• Changing the switch fabric-channel configuration
Because of the number of available ports in the FortiSwitch-5003B switch hardware, front
panel interface F8 and fabric backplane interconnection between channel 1 and channel
2 (slot-1/2), share the same FortiSwitch-5003B port. By default, the active connection is
set to front panel interface F8. You can change this setting using the following CLI
command:
config switch fabric-channel physical-port
edit f8/slot-1/2
set active-connection slot-1/2
end
The FortiSwitch-5003B board responds with a confirmation message. Accept the change
and the FortiSwitch-5003B board reboots.
On older FortiSwitch-5003B boards with part numbers lower than P11000-01, the front
panel interface F8 and the slot-14 fabric backplane interface share the same switch port.
By default, the active connection was set to front panel interface F8. You can change this
setting using the following CLI command:
config switch fabric-channel physical-port
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