FortiGate 100F and 101F fast path architecture
The FortiGate 100F and 101F includes the SOC4 and uses the SOC4 CPU, NP6XLite processor, and CP9XLite processor. The SOC4 includes an integrated switch fabric (ISF) that connects all of the front panel network interfaces to the NP6XLite processor. All traffic passes from the front panel interfaces through the ISF to the NP6XLite processor. All supported traffic passing between any two interfaces can be offloaded by the NP6XLite processor. Traffic processed by the CPU takes a dedicated data path through the ISF and the NP6XLite processor to the CPU.
Interfaces 17 to 20 are shared SFP or Ethernet interfaces. That means there are two sets of physical interfaces numbered 17 to 20 but only one of each can be connected to a network. This allows you to, for example, connect interfaces 17 and 18 to an SFP switch and interfaces 19 and 20 to a 10/100/1000BASE-T Copper switch.
The FortiGate 100F and 101F models feature the following front panel interfaces:
- Eighteen 10/100/1000BASE-T Copper (DMZ, MGMT, WAN1, WAN2, HA1, HA2, 1 to 12) connected to the SOC4.
- Two 10 GigE SFP+ (X1 and X2) connected to the SOC4. X1 and X2 are FortiLink interfaces.
- Four 1GigE SFP (13 to 16) connected to the SOC4.
- Four shared interfaces (17 to 20) connected to the SOC4 that can be either:
- 10/100/1000BASE-T Copper
- 1GE SFP
The SOC4 ISF also allows you to use the command config system virtual-switch to create a virtual hardware switch that can include any front panel interface connected to the SOC4.
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You can use the command diagnose npu np6xlite port-list to display the FortiGate 100F or 101F NP6XLite configuration.
diagnose npu np6xlite port-list
Chip XAUI Ports Max Cross-chip
Speed offloading
------ ---- ------- ----- ----------
np6xlite_0
11 dmz 1000M NO
15 mgmt 1000M NO
19 wan1 1000M NO
19 wan2 1000M NO
19 ha1 1000M NO
19 ha2 1000M NO
19 port1 1000M NO
19 port2 1000M NO
19 port3 1000M NO
19 port4 1000M NO
19 port5 1000M NO
19 port6 1000M NO
19 port7 1000M NO
19 port8 1000M NO
19 port9 1000M NO
19 port10 1000M NO
19 port11 1000M NO
19 port12 1000M NO
19 x1 10000M NO
19 x2 10000M NO
19 port13 1000M NO
19 port14 1000M NO
19 port15 1000M NO
19 port16 1000M NO
19 port17 1000M NO
19 port18 1000M NO
19 port19 1000M NO
19 port20 1000M NO