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FortiSwitch-5000 Series Blades

FortiGate-5000 series networking blades such as the FortiSwitch-5003B to distribute your high-speed network traffic to multiple FortiGate security blades, enabling wire-speed firewall performance at 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GbE), GbE, and 10/100 link speeds. Traffic routing and load-balancing services accelerate and optimize security functions, while allowing network protection to scale effortlessly with your growth plans. Add FortiGate-5000 series security, networking, management and messaging security blades to your chassis to customize security for your unique environment.


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Product Name FortiSwitch-5003B FortiSwitch-5003A FortiSwitch-5203B
Product Family FortiSwitch5000 FortiSwitch5000 FortiSwitch5000
Total Network Interfaces 8 x 10GbE SFP+ Fabric Channel ports, 2 x 10GbE SFP+ and 1 x 10/100/1000 Base Channel ports 8 x 10GbE SFP+ Fabric Channel ports, 1 x 10GbE SFP+ and 2 x 10/100/1000 Base Channel ports 8 x 10GbE SFP+ Fabric Channel ports, 2 x 10GbE SFP+ and 1 x 10/100/1000 Base Channel ports
Switching Throughput 225 Gbps 225 Gbps 300 Gbps

FortiSwitch-5000 Series Blades Features & Benefits

  • Up to 300 Gbps of full duplex switching capacity for optimal traffic routing and load-balancing between FortiGate security blades
  • 10-GbE fabric and 1-GbE base backplane channel layer-2 switching in a dual star architecture
  • FortiSwitch blades distribute network traffic within a single chassis or between multiple chassis
  • Fabric channels support 802.3ad static mode layer-2 link aggregation, 802.1q VLANs, and 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) for redundant switch configurations
  • ATCA-compliant architecture delivers carrier-grade performance, reliability, availability and serviceability
  • FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer integration provides central command with rich analytics and reporting to help managers keep on top of evolving security needs

Related Models

FortiGate-5000 Series Chassis
FortiGate-5000 Series Blades
FortiManager-5001A
FortiMail-5002B

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FortiGate® Network Security Platforms and Appliances
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FortiWiFi™ Wireless Security Appliances

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In less than a year of using the Fortinet appliances we have more than paid for the equipment and implementation costs due to network performance gains, reduced general administrative resources needed for network security management and reduced support costs.

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