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FortiGate-5001A security system
FortiGate-5001A Security System Guide
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FortiGate-5001A security system
The FortiGate-5001A security system is a high-performance Advanced
Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ACTA) compliant FortiGate
security system that can be installed in any ACTA chassis including the
FortiGate-5140, FortiGate-5050, or FortiGate-5020 chassis.
Two FortiGate-5001A models are available:
• The FortiGate-5001A-DW (double-width) board includes a double-width
Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) opening. You can install a supported
FortiGate ADM module such as the FortiGate-ADM-XB2 or the
FortiGate-ADM-FB8 in the AMC opening. The FortiGate-ADM-XB2 adds two
accelerated 10-gigabit interfaces to the FortiGate-5001A board and the
FortiGate-ADM-FB8 adds 8 accelerated 1-gigabit interfaces.
• The FortiGate-5001A-SW (single-width) includes a single-width AMC opening.
You can install a supported FortiGate ASM module such as the
FortiGate-ASM-FB4 or the FortiGate-ASM-S08 in the AMC opening. The
FortiGate-ASM-FB4 adds four accelerated 1-gigabit interfaces to the
FortiGate-5001A board and the FortiGate-ADM-S08 adds a removable hard
disk that you can use to store log files and content archives.
Other than the double-width and single-width AMC openings, the
FortiGate-5001A-DW and SW models have the same functionality and
performance.
The FortiGate-5001A security system contains two front panel 1-gigabit ethernet
interfaces, two base backplane 1-gigabit interfaces, and two fabric backplane
1-gigabit interfaces. Use the front panel interfaces for connections to your
networks and the backplane interfaces for communication across the ACTA
chassis backplane.
If you install a FortiGate-RTM-XB2 module for each FortiGate-5001A board, the
FortiGate-5001A fabric interfaces can operate at 10 Gbps. The
FortiGate-RTM-XB2 also provides NP2-accelerated network processing for
eligible traffic passing through the FortiGate-RTM-XB2 interfaces.
You can also configure two or more FortiGate-5001A boards to create a high
availability (HA) cluster using the base or fabric backplane interfaces for HA
heartbeat communication through the chassis backplane, leaving front panel
interfaces available for network connections.
The FortiGate-5001A board also supports high-end FortiGate features including
802.1Q VLANs, multiple virtual domains, 802.3ad aggregate interfaces, and
FortiOS Carrier.
Note: In most cases the base backplane interfaces are used for HA heartbeat
communication and the fabric backplane interfaces are used for data communication.