Viewing your FortiGate’s NP4 configuration
To list the NP4 network processors on your FortiGate unit, use the following CLI command.
get hardware npu np4 list
The output lists the interfaces that have NP4 processors. For example, for a FortiGate-5001C:
get hardware npu np4 list
ID Model Slot Interface
0 On-board port1 port2 port3 port4
fabric1 base1 npu0-vlink0 npu0-vlink1
1 On-board port5 port6 port7 port8
fabric2 base2 npu1-vlink0 npu1-vlink1
Depending on the product, NP4 network processors may or may not be directly connected to each other on the circuit board through an EEI (Enhanced Extension Interface).
Directly connected network processors have an EEI, and can pass traffic between them without involving the FortiGate unit’s main processing resources.
Indirectly connected network processors have no EEI, and cannot pass traffic between them without involving the FortiGate unit’s main processing resources.
Sessions can only be offloaded if both the source and destination port are connected to the same network processor or directly (EEI) connected network processor pair.
For information about the network processors in specific FortiGate models, see
“FortiGate NP4 architectures”.