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FortiGate-6000 Handbook

More management connections than expected for one device

More management connections than expected for one device

The FortiGate-6000 may show more management-related network activity than most FortiGate devices. This occurs because many management functions are handled independently by the management board and each FPC.

For example, when a FortiGate-6000 first starts up, the management board and all of the FPCs perform their DNS lookups. Resulting in more DNS-related traffic during startup than expected for a single device. Once the system is processing data traffic, the amount of management traffic would be proportional to the amount of traffic the system is processing.

More management connections than expected for one device

The FortiGate-6000 may show more management-related network activity than most FortiGate devices. This occurs because many management functions are handled independently by the management board and each FPC.

For example, when a FortiGate-6000 first starts up, the management board and all of the FPCs perform their DNS lookups. Resulting in more DNS-related traffic during startup than expected for a single device. Once the system is processing data traffic, the amount of management traffic would be proportional to the amount of traffic the system is processing.