FORTINET FG-5001E1 - Fortinet Sec Blade 2x 40GE QSFP+ Slot 2X10GE SFP+

The FortiGate-5001E security system contains two front panel 40GigE QSFP+ fabric channel interfaces two front panel 10GigE SFP+ fabric channel interfaces two base backplane 1Gbps base channel interfaces and two fabric backplane 40Gbps interfaces. The front panel SFP+ interfaces can also operate as Gigabit Ethernet interfaces using SFP transceivers. Use the front panel interfaces for connections to your networks and the backplane interfaces for communication across the ATCA chassis backplane. The FortiGate-5001E also includes two front panel 10/100/1000BASE-T out of band management Ethernet interfaces one RJ45 front panel serial console port and one front panel USB port.

The FortiGate-5001E front panel 40GigE 10GigE interfaces and fabric backplane interfaces also provide NP6- accelerated network processing for eligible traffic passing through these interfaces. All data traffic can also be accelerated by CP9 processors.

You can also configure two or more FortiGate-5001Es 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-5001E also supports high-end FortiGate features including 802.1Q VLANs multiple virtual domains 802.3ad aggregate interfaces and FortiOS Carrier.

The FortiGate-5001E includes the following features: