Fortigate-5001C Fabric Backplane Data Communication - Fortinet FortiGate-5001C Manual

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FortiGate-5001C fabric backplane data communication

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This section describes how to configure FortiGate-5001C boards for fabric backplane
data communication using the fabric1 and fabric2 interfaces. 10-gigabit Fabric
backplane data communication is supported for FortiGate-5001C boards installed in
FortiGate-5140 or 5060 chassis with a FortiSwitch-5003A or 5003B board installed in
chassis slot1 for the fabric1 interface and a chassis slot2 for the fabric2 interface.
By default the fabric backplane interfaces are not enabled for data communication. Once
the fabric backplane interfaces are configured for data communication you can operate
and configure them in the same way as any FortiGate-5001C interfaces.
Although not recommended, you can use fabric backplane interfaces for data
communication and HA heartbeat communication at the same time.
To enable fabric backplane data communication from the FortiGate-5001C
web-based manager
From the FortiGate-5001C web-based manager use the following steps to enable fabric
backplane data communication.
1 Go to System > Network > Interface.
2 Select Show backplane interfaces.
The fabric1, fabric2, base1 and base2 backplane interfaces now appear in all
Interface lists. You can now configure the fabric backplane interfaces and add routes,
firewall policies and other configuration settings using these interfaces.
To enable fabric backplane data communication from the FortiGate-5001C CLI
From the FortiGate-5001C board CLI you can use the following steps to enable fabric
backplane data communication.
1 Enter the following command to show the backplane interfaces:
config system global
set show-backplane-intf enable
end
The fabric1, fabric2, base1 and base2 backplane interfaces now appear in all
Interface lists. You can now configure the fabric backplane interfaces and add routes,
firewall policies and other configuration settings using these interfaces.
To enable sending heartbeat packets to the FortiSwitch-5003A and 5003B
Use the following command to enable sending heartbeat packets from the
FortiGate-5001C fabric interfaces. A FortiSwitch-5003A or 5003B board receives the
heartbeat packets to verify that the FortiGate-5001C board is still active.
The FortiGate-5001C board sends 10 packets per second from each fabric interface. The
packets are type 255 bridge protocol data unit (BPDU) packets.
1 Enter the following command to enable sending heartbeat packets:
config system global
set fortiswitch-heartbeat enable
end
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