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FortiGate-5050 fabric backplane communication Fabric gigabit switching between chassis
FortiSwitch-5003A and 5003 Fabric and Base Backplane Communications Guide
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Figure 18 shows data communication between two FortiGate-5050 chassis using
fabric channel 2. The top chassis in the figure contains a FortiSwitch-5003A board
in hub/switch slot 2 and three FortiGate-5001A boards. The bottom chassis
contains a FortiSwitch-5003A board also in hub/switch slot 2 and two
FortiGate-5005FA2 boards. The chassis are connected together using their
respective FortiSwitch-5003A F1 front panel interfaces.
In this configuration the FortiSwitch-5003A boards are operating as layer-2
switches for fabric channel 2 and the FortiGate-5001A and 5005FA2 boards are
operating as typical standalone FortiGate units.
The chassis can be connected to the network using any of the FortiGate front
panel interfaces. You can also connect FortiSwitch-5003A front panel fabric
interfaces to the network. You can also install FortiGate AMC modules in the
FortiGate-5001A boards and connect networks to the AMC front panel interfaces.
The AMC modules and the network connections are not shown in Figure 18.
Figure 18: Fabric channel 2 data communication between two FortiGate-5050
chassis
For the FortiGate-5001A and 50005FA2 boards to use fabric channel 2 for data
communication you must show backplane interfaces on the FortiGate web-based
manager and then configure firewall polices and routing for the fabric2 interfaces.
Fabric channel 2
10-figabit data
ccommunication
between 2 chassis
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2
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SMC
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SMC
POWER
5050SAP
SERIAL
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SERIAL
2
ALARM
10/100
link/Act
ETH0
Service
RESET
STATUS
Hot Swap
link/Act
ETH0
ETH1
10/100
5000SM
10/100
link/Act
ETH0
Service
RESET
STATUS
Hot Swap
link/Act
ETH0
ETH1
10/100
5000SM
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2
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5
SMC
1
SMC
POWER
5050SAP
SERIAL
1
SERIAL
2
ALARM
10/100
link/Act
ETH0
Service
RESET
STATUS
Hot Swap
link/Act
ETH0
ETH1
10/100
5000SM
10/100
link/Act
ETH0
Service
RESET
STATUS
Hot Swap
link/Act
ETH0
ETH1
10/100
5000SM
CONSOLE
ACT
ACT
LINK
LINK
FABRIC
BASE
USB USB
3 412 56
78
OOS ACC STATUS
IPM
CONSOLE
ACT
ACT
LINK
LINK
FABRIC
BASE
USB USB
3 412 56
78
OOS ACC STATUS
IPM