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FortiSwitch-5003A and 5003 Fabric and Base Backplane Communications Guide
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Base backplane communications FortiSwitch-5003 system
Connectors
Table 9 lists and describes the FortiSwitch-5003 front panel connectors.
Base backplane communications
This section provides a brief introduction to using FortiSwitch-5003 boards for
base backplane communication.
FortiSwitch-5003 boards installed in a FortiGate-5140 or FortiGate-5050 chassis
in slot 1 or slot 2 provide base backplane switching for all of the FortiGate-5000
series boards installed in chassis slots 3 and above. Base backplane switching
can be used for HA heartbeat communication and for data communication
between FortiGate-5000 series boards.
The FortiGate-5000 series boards can all be installed in the same chassis, or you
can use the FortiSwitch-5003 front panel ZRE interfaces for base backplane
communication among multiple FortiGate-5140 and FortiGate-5050 chassis. The
communication can be among a collection of the same chassis (for example,
multiple FortiGate-5050 chassis) or among a mixture of FortiGate-5140 and
FortiGate-5050 chassis. In most cases you would connect the same base
backplane interfaces together, but you can also use the FortiSwitch-5003 front
panel ZRE interfaces for connections between base backplane interface 1 and
base backplane interface 2. Again these connections can be within the same
chassis or among multiple chassis.
A FortiSwitch-5003 board in slot 1 provides communications on base backplane
interface 1. The FortiGate-5001SX and the FortiGate-5001FA2 boards
communicate with base backplane interface 1 using the interface named port9.
The FortiGate-5005FA2 board communicates with base backplane interface 1
using the interface named base1.
A FortiSwitch-5003 board in slot 2 provides communications on base backplane
interface 2. The FortiGate-5001SX and the FortiGate-5001FA2 boards
communicate with base backplane interface 2 using the interface named port10.
The FortiGate-5005FA2 board communicates with base backplane interface 2
using the interface named base2.
Table 9: FortiSwitch-5003 connectors
Connector Type Speed Protocol Description
ETH0 RJ-45 100Base-T Ethernet Front panel out of band management
interface. A second out of band
management interface, ETH1, connects to
the shelf managers. Neither of the out of
band management interfaces are used.
CONSOLE RJ-45 9600 bps RS-232
serial
Serial connection to the command line
interface.
ZRE0,
ZRE1,
ZRE2
RJ-45 10/100/1000
Base-T
Ethernet Redundant connections to another
FortiSwitch-5003 board in an different
FortiGate-5140 or FortiGate-5050 chassis.
Use these interfaces for base backplane
interface connections between
FortiGate-5000 series chassis.