FortiGate-6000F hardware description
Fortinet Technologies Inc.
FortiGate-6000F hardware description
The FortiGate-6000F series is a collection of 3U 19-inch rackmount appliances that include twenty-four 1/10/25GigE
SFP28 and four 40/100GigE QSFP28 data network interfaces, as well as NP6 and CP9 processors to deliver high
IPS/threat prevention performance.
Currently, four FortiGate-6000F models are available:
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FortiGate-6500F
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FortiGate-6501F
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FortiGate-6300F
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FortiGate-6301F
All FortiGate-6000F models have the same front and back panel configuration including the same network interfaces.
The differences are the processing capacity of the individual models. All FortiGate-6000F models include a
management board (MBD) and internal Fortinet Processor Cards (FPCs) that contain NP6 and CP9 security processors.
The management board handles management tasks, separating management tasks from data processing tasks that
are handled by the FPCs. The FortiGate-6000F uses session-aware load balancing to distribute sessions to the FPCs.
The FortiGate-6500F includes ten FPCs and the FortiGate-6300F includes six FPCs.
Also the 6501F and 6301F models are the same as their related models with the addition of two internal 1 TByte log
disks in a RAID-1 configuration.
FortiGate-6000F front panel (FortiGate-6500F shown)
Handle
Handle
25 to 28
40/100GigE QSFP28
Data Network Interfaces
HA1 and HA2
10GigE SFP+
HA Heartbeat
Interfaces
1 to 24
1/10/25GigE SFP28
Data Network Interfaces
MGMT1 and MGMT2
10/100/1000BASE-T Copper
Management Interface
MGMT3
1/10GigE SFP+
Management Interface
Status, Alarm,
HA, and Power
LEDs
USB
NMI
Switch
CONSOLE RJ-45
RS-232
Serial Interface
FortiGate-6000F 6.4.2 System Guide
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