FortiGate–1500DT fast path architecture

The FortiGate-1500DT features two NP6 processors both connected to an integrated switch fabric. The FortiGate-1500DT has the same hardware configuration as the FortiGate-1500D, but with the addition of newer CPUs and DPDK technology that improves IPS performance.

The FortiGate-1500DT includes the following interfaces and NP6 processors:

• Eight SFP 1Gb interfaces (port1-port8), eight RJ-45 Ethernet ports (port17-24) and four SFP+ 10Gb interfaces (port33-port36) share connections to the first NP6 processor.
• Eight SFP 1Gb interfaces (port9-port16), eight RJ-45 Ethernet ports (port25-32) and four SFP+ 10Gb interfaces (port37-port40) share connections to the second NP6 processor.

 

 

Integrated Switch Fabric

FortiASIC NP6

FortiASIC NP6

 

Sys

System Bus

CP8

CPU

CP8

You can use the following get command to display the FortiGate-1500DT NP6 configuration. The command output shows two NP6s named NP6_0 and NP6_1. The output also shows the interfaces (ports) connected to each NP6. You can also use the diagnose npu np6 port-list command to display this information.

get hardware npu np6 port-list

Chip   XAUI Ports   Max   Cross-chip

Speed offloading

—— —- ——- —– ———- np6_0  0    port1   1G    Yes

0    port5   1G    Yes

0    port17  1G    Yes

0    port21  1G    Yes

0    port33  10G   Yes

1    port2   1G    Yes

1    port6   1G    Yes

1    port18  1G    Yes

1    port22  1G    Yes

1    port34  10G   Yes

2    port3   1G    Yes

2    port7   1G    Yes

2    port19  1G    Yes

2    port23  1G    Yes

2    port35  10G   Yes

3    port4   1G    Yes

3    port8   1G    Yes

3    port20  1G    Yes

3    port24  1G    Yes

3    port36  10G   Yes

—— —- ——- —– ———- np6_1  0    port9   1G    Yes

0    port13  1G    Yes

0    port25  1G    Yes

0    port29  1G    Yes

0    port37  10G   Yes

1    port10  1G    Yes

1    port14  1G    Yes

1    port26  1G    Yes

1    port30  1G    Yes

1    port38  10G   Yes

2    port11  1G    Yes

2    port15  1G    Yes

2    port27  1G    Yes

2    port31  1G    Yes

2    port39  10G   Yes

3    port12  1G    Yes

3    port16  1G    Yes

3    port28  1G    Yes

3    port32  1G    Yes

3    port40  10G   Yes

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