FortiGate-5001A Security System Guide
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FortiGate-5001A fabric backplane data communication
Quick Configuration Guide
FortiGate-5001A fabric backplane data communication
This section describes how to configure FortiGate-5001A boards for fabric
backplane data communication using the fabric1 and fabric2 interfaces. Fabric
backplane data communication is supported for FortiGate-5001A boards installed
in FortiGate-5140 and FortiGate-5050 chassis with a FortiSwitch-5003A board
installed in chassis fabric slot 1 for the fabric1 interface and a FortiSwitch-5003A
board installed in chassis fabric slot 2 for the fabric2 interface.
For the FortiGate-5001A, FortiSwitch-5003A boards support gigabit fabric
backplane communication. You can add a FortiGate-RTM-XB2 module to support
10 gigabit fabric backplane communication.
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-5001A interfaces.
Although not recommended, you can use fabric backplane interfaces for data
communication and HA heartbeat communication at the same time.
For more details and configuration examples of FortiGate-5001A fabric backplane
communication using the FortiSwitch-5003A board, see the
FortiSwitch-5003A System Guide
.
To enable fabric backplane data communication from the FortiGate-5001A
web-based manager
From the FortiGate-5001A 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 and fabric2 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.
Figure 14: FortiGate-5001A interface list with backplane interfaces enabled
(FortiGate-ADM-XB2 also installed)
