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FortiGate-900D fast path architecture

The FortiGate-900D includes two NP6 processors that are not connected by an integrated switch fabric (ISF). Without an ISF, traffic through a FortiGate-900D could experience lower latency than traffic through similar hardware with an ISF. The NP6 processors are connected to network interfaces as follows:

Because the FortiGate-900D does not have an ISF you cannot create Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs) that include interfaces connected to both NP6 processors.
  • Eight 1Gb SFP interfaces (port17-port24), eight 1Gb RJ-45 Ethernet interfaces (port25-32) and one 10Gb SFP+ interface (portB) share connections to the first NP6 processor.
  • Eight 1Gb SFP interfaces (port1-port8), eight RJ-45 Ethernet interfaces (port9-16) and one 10Gb SFP+ interface (portA) share connections to the second NP6 processor.

You can use the following command to display the FortiGate-900D 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.

diagnose npu np6 port-list

Chip   XAUI Ports   Max   Cross-chip

 Speed offloading

------ ---- ------- ----- ----------

np6_0  0

  1    port17  1G    Yes

  1    port18  1G    Yes

  1    port19  1G    Yes

  1    port20  1G    Yes

  1    port21  1G    Yes

  1    port22  1G    Yes

  1    port23  1G    Yes

  1    port24  1G    Yes

  1    port27  1G    Yes

  1    port28  1G    Yes

  1    port25  1G    Yes

  1    port26  1G    Yes

  1    port31  1G    Yes

  1    port32  1G    Yes

  1    port29  1G    Yes

  1    port30  1G    Yes

  2    portB   10G   Yes

  3

------ ---- ------- ----- ----------

np6_1   0

     1        port1      1G        Yes

   1     port2     1G     Yes

   1       port3       1G     Yes

   1        port4       1G    Yes

   1     port5     1G    Yes

   1        port6       1G    Yes

   1     port7     1G    Yes

   1     port8       1G    Yes

   1    port11 1G    Yes

   1    port12 1G    Yes

   1    port9  1G    Yes

   1    port10 1G    Yes

   1    port15 1G    Yes

   1    port16 1G    Yes

   1    port13 1G    Yes

   1    port14 1G    Yes

   2    portA  10G   Yes

   3