Clustering FortiGate-5001 Antivirus Firewall modules
The FortiGate-5003 Switch Blade module is an HA component that is designed for use with the FortiGate-5050 and FortiGate-5140 chassis to
provide full HA clustering capabilities between the FortiGate-5001 modules. The FortiGate-5003 acts as the switch, providing automatic connection
through port 10 the backplane of the chassis. Using two FortiGate-5003 modules provides redundant HA interconnects with no single point of
failure.
For information on configuring the FortiGate-5001 module for HA see the
FortiGate-5000 series Installation Guide
.
High Availability Modes
Active-Active
Load balancing and failover HA. Each FortiGate unit in the HA cluster actively processes connections and
monitors the status of the other FortiGate units in the cluster. The primary FortiGate unit in the cluster
controls load balancing.
Active-Passive
Failover HA. The primary FortiGate unit in the cluster processes all connections. All other FortiGate units in
the cluster are passively monitor the cluster status and remain synchronized with the primary FortiGate unit.
All members of the HA cluster must be set to the same HA mode.
HA setup
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FortiGate 5050 SM
FortiGate 5001 Blade
FortiGate 5001 Blade
FortiGate 5001 Blade
FortiGate 5001 Blade
FortiGate 5050 SM
FortiBlade 5003 Switch
HA Interface
FortiGate-5001 clusters using a single FortiGate-5003
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FortiBlade 5003 Switch
FortiGate 5001 Blade
HA Interface
FortiGate 5050 SM
FortiGate 5050 SM
FortiBlade 5003 Switch
HA Interface
FortiGate 5001 Blade
FortiGate 5001 Blade
FortiGate-5001 clusters using a redundant FortiGate-5003
Clustering FortiGate-5000 series chassis
The FortiGate-5003 Switch Blade module provides full HA clustering capabilities between FortiGate-5050 and FortiGate-5140 chassis to provide
inter-chassis communication. The FortiGate-5003 acts as the switch, providing automatic connection through port 10 the backplane of the chassis.
The diagrams shown also apply to the FortiGate-5140 chassis.
FortiGate inter-chassis cluster using a single
FortiGate-5003 module
Using the FortiGate-5003 for intercommunications
provides inter-chassis HA links.
FortiGate-5050 inter-chassis cluster using
redundant FortiGate-5003 modules.
Using two FortiGate-5003 in both chassis provides
redundant inter-chassis communication with no single
point of failure.
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