FortiGate-5140B hardware procedures
Using FortiSwitch-5003B boards for backplane communication
FortiGate-5140B Chassis Guide
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Using FortiSwitch-5003B boards for backplane communication
FortiSwitch-5003B boards installed in a FortiGate-5140B chassis in slot 1 or slot 2
provide fabric backplane switching for all of the FortiGate-5000 series boards installed in
the chassis. Fabric backplane switching is most often used for data communication
between FortiGate-5000 series boards in a chassis. The fabric backplane is a dual-star
10-Gigabit switch fabric.
FortiSwitch-5003B boards installed in a FortiGate-5140B chassis in slot 1 or slot 2
provide base backplane switching for all of the FortiGate-5000 series boards installed in
the chassis. Base backplane switching is usually used for HA heartbeat communication
between FortiGate-5000 series boards in HA clusters.
To install FortiSwitch-5000 series boards, see the documentation supplied with the
board. You can find copies of all FortiGate-5000 series documentation on the
web page.
For complete information about using the FortiSwitch-5003B for backplane
communications (including the FortiSwitch-5003B CLI reference), see the related
documents on the
FortiGate-5000 documentation Related Guides
Using FortiSwitch-5203B boards for content clustering
FortiSwitch-5003B boards installed in a FortiGate-5140B chassis in slot 1 or slot 2 can be
combined with FortiGate-5001B boards installed in slots 3 and up to provide a content
clustering configuration. See the FortiSwitch-5203B Security System Guide (supplied
with your FortiSwitch-5203B board) for information about how to configure and operate a
content cluster. You can find copies of all FortiGate-5000 series documentation on the
FortiGate-5000 Series documentation
web page.
