Fortinet FortiGate-5000 - Manual (Page 51)

FortiGate-5001SX security system Base backplane gigabit interfaces
FortiGate-5000 Series Introduction
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Connectors
Table 15 lists and describes the FortiGate-5001SX connectors.
Base backplane gigabit interfaces
The FortiGate-5001SX port9 and port10 base backplane gigabit interfaces can be
used for HA heartbeat communication between FortiGate-5001SX boards
installed in the same or in different FortiGate-5000 chassis. You can also
configure FortiGate-5001SX boards to use the base backplane interfaces for data
communication between FortiGate boards. To support base backplane
communications your FortiGate-5140 or 5050 chassis must include one or more
FortiSwitch-5003 boards. FortiSwitch-5003 boards are installed in chassis slots 1
and 2. The FortiGate-5020 chassis supports base backplane communication with
no additions or changes to the chassis.
For information about base backplane communication in FortiGate-5140 and
FortiGate-5050 chassis, see the
FortiGate-5000 Base Backplane Communication
Guide . For information about the FortiSwitch-5003 board, see the
FortiSwitch-5003 Guide .
Table 15: FortiGate-5001SX connectors
Connector Type Speed Protocol Description
1, 2, 3, 4 LC
SFP
1000Base-SX Ethernet Four gigabit SFP interfaces that can
accept fiber or copper gigabit
transceivers. These interfaces only
operate at 1000Mbps.
5, 6, 7, 8 RJ-45 10/100/1000
Base-T
Ethernet Copper gigabit connection to
10/100/1000Base-T copper networks.
CONSOLE DB-9 9600 bps
8/N/1
RS-232 serial Serial connection to the command line
interface.
USB USB FortiUSB key firmware updates and
configuration backup (FortiOS v3.0).