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    FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 01-30000-872 1 1-20090106 1 2 2 3 4 5 ShMC 1 ShMC POWER Hot Swap Status Alarm Minor Console Ethernet Alarm Reset Critical Major MANAGEMENT SYSTEM E1 ZRE LED MODE 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 E2 OK CLK INT EXT FLT HOT SWAP RESET FLT CONSOLE E T H O R S 2 3 2 Z R E 0 Z R E 1 Z R E 2 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM E1 ZRE LED M[...]

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    Warnings and cautions FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 2 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 http://docs.fort inet.com/ • Feedback W arnings and cautions Only trained and qualified personne l should be allowed to inst all or maintain Fort iGate-5000 series equipment. Read and comply with all warnings, ca utions and notices in this document. • T urning of f al[...]

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    Contents FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 3 http://docs.fortinet.com/ • Feedback Contents Warnings and cautions ............... ...................... .................... ................... ................... .... 2 FortiGate-5050 chassis ........... ........................................................ ......... 5 Fort[...]

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    Contents FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 4 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 http://docs.fort inet.com/ • Feedback[...]

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    FortiGate-5050 chassis FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 5 http://docs.fortinet.com/ • Feedback FortiGate-5050 chassis Y ou can install u p to five FortiGate-5000 series boards in the five slots o f the FortiGate-5050 A TCA chassis. The FortiGate-5050 is a 5U 19-inch r ackmount A TCA chassis that contains two redu ndant DC pow[...]

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    FortiGate-5050 front panel FortiGate-5050 chassis FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 6 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 http://docs.fort inet.com/ • Feedback FortiGate-5050 front panel Figure 1 shows the front of a FortiGate-50 50 ch assis. T wo FortiSwitch-5003 boards are insta lled in slots 1 and 2. Three FortiGate-5001 SX boards are inst alled in slot s 3, [...]

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    FortiGate-5050 chassis Physical description of the FortiGate-5050 chas sis FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 7 http://docs.fortinet.com/ • Feedback Figure 2: FortiGate-5050 cha ssis back p anel The back pane l includes the FortiGate-5050 chassis groun d connector which must be connected to Data Center gr ound. Use the po wer w[...]

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    FortiGate-5050 shelf manag er FortiGate-5050 chassis FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 8 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 http://docs.fort inet.com/ • Feedback FortiGate-5050 shelf manager The FortiGate-5050 chassis includes one or two identical redundant hot-swapp able shelf managers (also called shelf manager ca rds (SMCs)), located in the dedicated shelf m[...]

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    FortiGate-5050 chassis FortiGate-5050 shelf manager FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 9 http://docs.fortinet.com/ • Feedback Shelf manager command li ne interface (CLI) Y ou can use the shelf manager CLI to communicate with the intelligent management controllers of the chassis, with boards in th e ch assis, and with the shelf [...]

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    FortiGate-5050 shelf manag er FortiGate-5050 chassis FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 10 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 http://docs.fort inet.com/ • Feedback 7 At the login prompt enter the shelf manag er user name and passwor d. The default user name is root with no p assword. When you log into the shelf ma nager CLI you are logging into a Linux shell as [...]

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    FortiGate-5050 chassis FortiGate-5050 shelf manager FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 11 http://docs.fortinet.com/ • Feedback For example, you can enter the following comm and to list the most commonly used CLIA commands: clia help Y ou can al so the help command to get mo re informati on abou t specific CLIA commands. For exa[...]

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    FortiGate-5050 shelf manag er FortiGate-5050 chassis FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 12 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 http://docs.fort inet.com/ • Feedback FortiGate-5050 shelf management functions The shelf managers supp ort redundant operatio n with automatic switchover . If both shelf managers are operating normally , one acts as the active shelf mana[...]

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    Power connection and configuration FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 13 http://docs.fortinet.com/ • Feedback Power connection and configuration This chapte r describes how to co nnect dat a c enter DC power to a FortiGate-5050 cha ssis. If data center DC power is not ava ilable, this docu ment also descr ibes how to use t he F[...]

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    Connecting the FortiGate-5050 chassi s to dat a center DC power and data center ground FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 14 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 http://docs.fort inet.com/ • Feedback Figure 6: Connecting a FortiGate-5050 p ower input connector to data center DC power T o connect a FortiGate-50 50 power input connector to dat a center DC powe r Y o[...]

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    Power connection and configuration FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 15 http://docs.fortinet.com/ • Feedback T o connect the FortiGate-5 050 chassis to dat a center ground Y ou need the follo wing tools and equipment to connect the FortiGate-50 50 chassis to ground: • A number 2 Phillips screwdriver . • An electro static d[...]

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    Connecting the FortiGate-5050 chassis to AC powe r using the FortiGate-5053 power converter tray FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 16 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 http://docs.fort inet.com/ • Feedback Figure 8: Front panel of the FortiGate-5053 power converter tray with one power supply removed The LEDs for each installed power sup ply are visible from th[...]

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    Power connection and configuration FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 17 http://docs.fortinet.com/ • Feedback AC input power characteristics: • AC input voltage: 1 10 to 250 V AC • AC input current: 10A • Frequency: 47 to 63 Hz Selecting the power supplies and power converter trays that you need for your FortiGate-5050 co[...]

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    Connecting the FortiGate-5050 chassis to AC powe r using the FortiGate-5053 power converter tray FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 18 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 http://docs.fort inet.com/ • Feedback Figure 10: Non-red undant power for all Fo rtiGate-5050 chassis slo t s Redundant FortiGate-5050 power supplies Y ou can supply red undant power to a Fo rti[...]

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    Power connection and configuration FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 19 http://docs.fortinet.com/ • Feedback Figure 12: Redu ndant FortiGate -5053 powe r converter trays Figure 13: Redund ant FortiGate-5053 power converter trays and 2 + 1 redundant FortiGate- 5020/5050 power s upplies Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 2 FortiGate-5053 powe[...]

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    Connecting the FortiGate-5050 chassis to AC powe r using the FortiGate-5053 power converter tray FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 20 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 http://docs.fort inet.com/ • Feedback Connecting a FortiGate-5050 chassis to the FortiGate-5053 power converter tray T o use a FortiGate-5053 power conver ter tray with the FortiGate- 5050 chass[...]

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    Power connection and configuration FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 21 http://docs.fortinet.com/ • Feedback Figure 14: Connecting a FortiGate-5050 power input connector to a FortiGate-5053 power converter tray 7 Make sure the power wir es are secured to the chassis using the power wire fixture and tie wraps if required. 8 If [...]

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    T urning on FortiGate-5050 chassis power FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 22 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 http://docs.fort inet.com/ • Feedback Figure 15: Wiring the FortiGate-5053 power converter tray T o connect the FortiGate-5 050 chassis to dat a center ground The FortiGate-5053 power converter tray does not have a ground connector . So, even if you [...]

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    FortiGate-5050 h ardware procedures Mounting the FortiGa te-5050 chassis FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 23 http://docs.fortinet.com/ • Feedback FortiGate-5050 hardware procedures This chapter assumes the chassis ha s been mounted an d connected to a power so urce as detailed in “Power connection an d configuration” on p[...]

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    Using FortiSwitch-5003A and FortiSwitch-5003 boards for backplane communi cation FortiG ate-5050 hard ware procedures FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 24 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 http://docs.fort inet.com/ • Feedback See the following documents fo r information about installin g and removing the following FortiGate-5000 se ries and FortiSwitch-5000 s[...]

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    For more information Fortinet documentation FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 25 http://docs.fortinet.com/ • Feedback For more information Support for your Fortinet product is available as online help from within the web-based manager, from the T ools and Do cumentation CD included with the product, on the Fortinet T echnical [...]

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    Register your Fortinet product For more information FortiGate-5050 Chassis Guide 26 01-30000-8721 1-20090106 http://docs.fort inet.com/ • Feedback © Copyright 2009 Fortinet, Inc. All rights rese rved. No part of this publicatio n including text, examples, diagrams or illustrations may be reproduced, transmitted, or tran slated in any form or by [...]