FortiGate-5001SX security system
FortiGate-5001SX Security System Guide
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FortiGate-5001SX security system
The FortiGate-5001SX security system is a high-performance FortiGate security
system with a total of 8 front panel Gigabit ethernet interfaces and two base
backplane interfaces. Use the front panel interfaces for connections to your
networks and the backplane interfaces for communication between
FortiGate-5000 series modules over the FortiGate-5000 chassis backplane.
You can also configure two or more FortiGate-5001SX modules to create a high
availability (HA) cluster using the base backplane interfaces for HA heartbeat
communication through chassis backplane, leaving all eight front panel gigabit
interfaces available for network connections.
The FortiGate-5001SX module also supports high-end FortiGate features
including 802.1Q VLANs, multiple virtual domains, 802.3ad aggregate interfaces,
and FortiGate-5000 chassis monitoring.
Figure 1: FortiGate-5001SX front panel
The FortiGate-5001SX module includes the following features:
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A total of eight front panel gigabit interfaces
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Four gigabit interfaces that can accept Small Formfactor Pluggable (SFP)
fiber or copper transceivers (interfaces 1, 2, 3, and 4)
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Four 10/100/1000Base-T gigabit copper network interfaces (interfaces 5, 6,
7, and 8)
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Two base backplane gigabit interfaces (port9 and port10) for HA heartbeat and
data communications across the FortiGate-5000 chassis backplane.
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DB-9 RS-232 serial console connection
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One USB connector
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Mounting hardware
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LED status indicators
The FortiGate-5001SX module comes supplied with four fiber or four copper SFP
transceivers. Before you can connect FortiGate-5001SX interfaces 1 to 4, you
must insert the SFP transceivers into the FortiGate-5001SX front panel cage slots
numbered 1 to 4.
PWR
STA IPM
CONSOLE
USB
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
ACC
1 2 3 4
SFP Gigabit fiber
or copper
5 6 7 8
Gigabit Copper
RS-232
Serial
Power
Status
Module
Position
Link/Traffic
USB
Extraction
Lever
Mounting
Knot
Mounting
Knot
Locking
Screw
Extraction
Lever
Flash Disk
Access
