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Fabric backplane communication
Fabric backplane communication
FortiGate-RTM-XB2
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backplane communications your FortiGate-5140 or FortiGate-5050 chassis must
include one or more FortiSwitch-5003 boards, FortiSwitch-5003A boards, or other
1-gigabit base backplane switching boards installed in the chassis in base slots 1
and 2. The FortiGate-5020 chassis supports base backplane communication with
no additions or changes to the chassis.
For information about base backplane communication in FortiGate-5140 and
FortiGate-5050 chassis, see the
Guide. For information about the FortiSwitch-5003 board, see the
FortiSwitch-5003 System
Guide. For information about the FortiSwitch-5003A
board, see the
FortiSwitch-5003A System
The FortiCarrier-5001A fabric backplane interfaces can be used for data
communication or HA heartbeat communication between FortiCarrier-5001A
boards installed in the same or in different FortiGate-5000 chassis. To support
1-gigabit fabric backplane communications your FortiGate-5140 or
FortiGate-5050 chassis must include one or more FortiSwitch-5003A boards or
other 1-gigabit fabric backplane switching boards installed in the chassis in fabric
slots 1 and 2. The FortiGate-5020 chassis does not support fabric backplane
communications.
For information about fabric backplane communication in FortiGate-5140 and
FortiGate-5050 chassis, see the
Guide. For information about the FortiSwitch-5003A board, see the
FortiSwitch-5003A System
The FortiGate-RTM-XB2 module provides two 10-gigabit fabric backplane
interfaces and NP2 processor acceleration for FortiCarrier-5001A fabric
interfaces. For 10-gigabit fabric backplane communications, each
FortiCarrier-5001A board requires one FortiGate-RTM-XB2 module. The
FortiGate-RTM-XB2 module is an ATCA rear transition module (RTM) that installs
into an RTM slot at the back of a FortiGate-5140 and FortiGate-5050 chassis.
To support 10-gigabit fabric backplane communications your FortiGate-5140 or
FortiGate-5050 chassis must also include one or more FortiSwitch-5003A boards
or other 10-gigabit fabric backplane switching boards installed in the chassis in
fabric slots 1 and 2.
Note: On some versions of the FortiCarrier-5001A firmware, when a FortiGate-5001A
board starts up with a FortiGate-RTM-XB2 module installed, the fabric1 and fabric2
interfaces are replaced with interfaces that are named RTM/1 and RTM/2 to indicate the
presence of the FortiGate-RTM-XB2 module. Configuration settings that include the fabric1
and fabric2 interface names will have to be changed to use the RTM/1 and RTM/2 interface
names.
FortiCarrier-5001A security system
FortiGate-5000 Backplane Communication
Guide.
FortiGate-5000 Backplane Communication
Guide.
FortiCarrier-5001A Security System Guide
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