Fortinet FortiGate-5000 - Manual (Page 76)

FortiGate-5000 Series Introduction
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Backplane gigabit interfaces FortiController-5208 system
Backplane gigabit interfaces
The FortiController-5208 board uses the chassis backplane gigabit interfaces for
all communication with boards installed in the chassis. This communication
includes:
• Management communication between the primary FortiController-5208, the
optional secondary FortiController-5208, and the FortiGate-5005FA2 boards.
• Delivery of traffic data to the FortiGate-5005FA2 boards for processing.
• Receiving processed traffic from the FortiGate-5005FA2 boards.
• If installed, the secondary FortiController-5208 board also delivers data traffic
to the FortiGate-5005FA2 boards and receives the processed traffic from them.
No front panel cables are required for connections between the installed boards.
Once the FortiController-5208 board is configured as the primary, and the
FortiGate-5005FA2 boards are configured to use the LDB firmware, all
communication between the installed boards is automatic and requires no
configuration.
1, 2, 3, 4 LC SFP 1000 Mbps Ethernet Four 1 gigabit SFP interfaces that can
accept fiber or copper transceivers.
These interfaces operate only at
1000Mbps. See “Installing XFP and
SFP transceivers” on page 9 for more
information.
D15, D16 LC SFP 1000 Mbps Ethernet Two 1 gigabit SFP interfaces used for
inter-chassis high-availability (HA)
connections.
C15, C16 LC SFP For future use.
COM1, COM2 RJ-45 9600 bps RS-232
serial
Serial connection to the command line
interface.
MANAGEMENT RJ-45 1000 Mbps Ethernet Ethernet management connection to
the FortiController-5208 web-based
manager and command line interface.
Table 26: FortiController-5208 connectors (Continued)
Connector Type Speed Protocol Description