FortiGate-1500DT fast path architecture

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

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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