FortiSwitch-5003B system
Front panel components
FortiSwitch-5003B System Guide
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More about Fabric backplane interfaces and chassis slots
The FortiSwitch-5003B board supports up to slots for 13 connections to the fabric
backplane. Normally these slots correspond to one connection between switch/hub slots
(slot-1/2) and then 12 more connections to the 12 node slots in an ATCA chassis (slot-3
to slot-14). For example, in a FortiGate-5140-series chassis, slot-3 to slot-14 correspond
to the 12 chassis node slots numbered 3 to 14 (see
Table 6
).
Normally in a chassis with less than 12 node slots the extra fabric backplane interfaces
are not active. For example, in an ATCA chassis with 5 slots, slot-1/2 provides the
connections between chassis slots 1 and 2 and slot-3 to slot-5 connect to chassis node
slots 3 to 5. In this 5-slot chassis, slot-6 to slot-14 would not be connected (see
Table 7
).
Table 5: Fabric network activity LEDs
Fabric
network
activity LED
Interface or connection
1/2
Interconnection interface between fabric channels 1 and 2. This LED is
lit if there are two FortiSwitch-5003B boards installed in the chassis to
indicate fabric backplane communication between them.
3 to 14
Fabric backplane connection to FortiGate-5000 boards in chassis slots
3 to 14.
Table 6: FortiSwitch-5003B backplane mapping with a FortiGate-5140-series chassis
FortiSwitch-5003B Fabric Port
Name
Actual connection in a FortiGate-5140 chassis
slot-1/2
Connection between chassis slot 1 and slot 2.
slot-3
Connection to chassis slot 3.
slot-4
Connection to chassis slot 4.
slot-5
Connection to chassis slot 5.
slot-6
Connection to chassis slot 6.
slot-7
Connection to chassis slot 7.
slot-8
Connection to chassis slot 8.
slot-9
Connection to chassis slot 9.
slot-10
Connection to chassis slot 10.
slot-11
Connection to chassis slot 11.
slot-12
Connection to chassis slot 12.
slot-13
Connection to chassis slot 13.
slot-14
Connection to chassis slot 14.
Table 7: FortiSwitch-5003B backplane mapping with an example 5-slot chassis
FortiSwitch-5003B Fabric Port
Name
Actual connection in 5-slot ATCA chassis
slot-1/2
Connection between chassis slot 1 and slot 2.
slot-3
Connection to chassis slot 3.
