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About the FortiGate-5000 series Hardware Guide
Introduction
About the FortiGate-5000 series Hardware Guide
Before using this installation guide you should read and follow the procedures in the
FortiGate-5000 series Hardware Guide
, which is a detailed guide to all three
FortiGate-5000 series chassis and the FortiGate and FortiSwitch modules that you
can install in them. The
FortiGate-5000 series Hardware Guide
describes each
chassis and all its components and provides information about how to connect power
to each chassis. For each FortiGate and FortiSwitch module, this document describes
the module LEDs and connectors, describes how to install each module in a
FortiGate-5000 series chassis, and contains a brief troubleshooting section to help
you diagnose and fix problems with the module.
About the FortiGate-5000 series chassis
The FortiGate-5000 series Security Systems are chassis-based systems that MSSPs
and large enterprises can use to provide subscriber security services such as firewall,
VPN, antivirus protection, spam filtering, web filtering and intrusion prevention (IPS).
The wide variety of system configurations available with FortiGate-5000 series
provide flexibility to meet the changing needs of growing high performance networks.
The FortiGate-5000 series chassis support multiple hot-swappable FortiGate-5000
series modules and power supplies. This modular approach provides a scalable,
high-performance and failure-proof solution.
FortiGate-5140 chassis
You can install up to 14 FortiGate-5000 series modules in the 14 slots of the
FortiGate-5140 ATCA chassis. The FortiGate-5140 is a 12U chassis that contains two
redundant hot swappable DC power entry modules that connect to -48 VDC Data
Center DC power. The FortiGate-5140 chassis also includes three hot swappable
cooling fan trays. For details about the FortiGate-5140 chassis see the
FortiGate-5000 series Hardware Guide
.
FortiGate-5050 chassis
You can install up to five FortiGate-5000 series modules in the five slots of the
FortiGate-5050 ATCA chassis. The FortiGate-5050 is a 5U chassis that contains two
redundant DC power connections that connect to -48 VDC Data Center DC power.
The FortiGate-5050 chassis also includes a hot swappable cooling fan tray. For
details about the FortiGate-5050 chassis, see the
FortiGate-5000 series Hardware
Guide
.
FortiGate-5020 chassis
You can install one or two FortiGate-5000 series modules in the two slots of the
FortiGate-5020 ATCA chassis. The FortiGate-5020 is a 4U chassis that contains two
redundant AC to DC power supplies that connect to AC power. The FortiGate-5020
chassis also includes an internal cooling fan tray. For details about the FortiGate-5020
chassis, see the
FortiGate-5000 series Hardware Guide
.
