Overview:
The Fortinet FortiSwitch-424E-Fiber is a Layer 2/3 switch compatible with FortiGate controllers, equipped with 24 Gigabit Ethernet SFP ports and 4 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ uplinks, specifically designed for fiber-heavy deployments requiring high-speed connectivity and scalable network architecture.
- Fiber-Optimized: 24 GE SFP ports for flexible fiber connectivity, perfect for high-speed data environments.
- 10G Uplinks: 4 10 GE SFP+ ports for ultra-fast network connections and uplinks.
- Layer 2/3 Performance: Advanced routing and switching capabilities accommodate complex network needs.
- FortiGate Integration: Seamless compatibility with FortiGate for superior network management and security.
- Scalable and Secure: Ideal for businesses expanding their fiber network infrastructure, offering robust security features.
Security, Performance, and Manageability
The FortiSwitch campus family offers an unparalleled combination of security, performance, and manageability, making it the ideal choice for the enterprise campus that prioritize safeguarding against threats.
As campus network design continues to adapt to emerging technologies and evolving business requirements, the FortiSwitch enterprise campus switching architecture empowers network administrators with enhanced visibility, control, and manageability. The platform’s scalability, agility, and ease of management contribute to a highly secure environment, providing a robust foundation for any sized campus.
Highlights
- Standalone or Integrated FortiLink deployment option
- On premise and cloud-based management options
- Zero-touch deployment
- Entry level network access control at no cost
- Role and device-based access control and policy enforcement
- Dynamic segmentation and Micro Segmentation
- Secure access service edge (SASE) support
- Up to 48 access ports in a compact 1 RU form factor
- Stacking up to 300 switches per FortiGate
- Wire-speed switching with up to 10 GE uplinks
Deployment
FortiLink Mode
The FortiSwitch Secure Access Switch series integrates directly into the FortiGate* Connected UTM, with switch administration and access port security managed from the familiar FortiGate interface. Regardless of how users and devices connect to the network, you have complete visibility and control over your network security and access through this single pane of glass, perfectly suited to threatconscious organizations of any size.
Standalone Mode
Virtualization and cloud computing have created dense high-bandwidth Ethernet networking requirements in the data center, pushing the limits of existing data center switching. FortiSwitch Data Center switches meet these challenges by providing a high performance 10 or 40 GE capable switching platform, with a low Total Cost of Ownership. Ideal for Top of Rack server or firewall aggregation applications, as well as enterprise network core or distribution deployments, these switches are purpose-built to meet the needs of today’s bandwidth intensive environments.
Features:
Secure Networking through FortiLink
FortiLink is an innovative proprietary management protocol that enables seamless integration and management between a FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall and the FortiSwitch Ethernet switching platform. By using FortiLink, the FortiSwitch becomes a logical extension of the FortiGate, allowing for centralized management of both network security and access layer functions through a single interface.
Native Entry-Level Network Access Control at No Cost
FortiLink integration enables basic Network Access Control (NAC) functionality to profile and securely onboard devices as they connect. FortiLink NAC offers visibility, automated segmentation, and microsegmentation of IoT devices, quarantine if compromised, and virtual patching to help protect against threats.
Dynamic Segmentation and Policy Enforcement
Implementing dynamic port-level security in a large campus Ethernet switching environment traditionally requires hands-on effort and ongoing maintenance. FortiSwitch campus switching architecture automates dynamic segmentation through FortiLink, empowering IT administrators to control traffic within segments, limiting the scope of threats. The automation of segmentation makes making policy enforcement easier and more efficient, while NGFW-level policies ensure granular control and zero-trust access for users and devices.
Role and Device-based Access Control and Policy Enforcement
Whether leveraging Fortinet Identity Access Management (IAM) or third-party identity providers, FortiLink automation can leverage identity to make granular role-based policy decisions.
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
This FortiSwitch enterprise architecture offers a built-in foundation for zero-trust network access (ZTNA) and secure access service edge (SASE), allowing you the flexibility to easily deploy the type and level of security you need at the edge of your network.
Operational Simplicity
Deploying, managing, and optimizing an Ethernet switching infrastructure has traditionally been challenging and time-consuming.
FortiSwitch switching architecture can be securely deployed and managed in minutes through zero-touch deployment. Whether FortiSwitch is deployed in standalone mode or FortiLink mode, automation and orchestration offer intuitive workflows and unified views to provision, manage, and optimize your campus. This is available through both FortiCloud and on-premises management.
Centralized management delivers a unified, single view of both the LAN and security. This provides a consistent user experience for optimal operational efficiency, simplifying management, optimization, and troubleshooting. The result is a shorter mean time to repair both network and security issues.
Scalable Flexible Campus
FortiSwitch campus architecture scales to meet the need of today’s next-generation campus without sacrificing security. Supporting up to 48 ports in a compact 1 RU form factor, FortiSwitch can deliver the performance and scale you require.
Eliminate Bottlenecks
Dedicated uplinks capable of speeds up to 10 GE through SFP+ slots can support your choice of media utilizing through a wide variety of transceivers.
Next Generation Power over Ethernet Support
With PoE+ support in all models and next-generation 90W 802.3bt PoE support in specific models, FortiSwitch delivers and manages power where needed for devices such as cameras, sensors, and wireless access points.
Specifications:
|
FortiSwitch 424E-Fiber |
FortiSwitch M426E-FPOE |
FortiSwitch 424E-FPOE |
| Total Network Interfaces |
24x GE SFP and 4x 10GE SFP+ ports
Note: SFP+ ports are compatible with 1 GE SFP |
16x GE RJ45, 8x 2.5 GE RJ45 ports, 2x 5 GE RJ45, and 4x 10 GE SFP+ ports
Note: SFP+ ports are compatible with 1 GE SFP |
24x GE RJ45 and 4x 10 GE SFP+ ports
Note: SFP+ ports are compatible with 1 GE SFP |
| Dedicated Management 10/100 Port |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| RJ-45 Serial Console Port |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Form Factor |
1 RU Rack Mount |
1 RU Rack Mount |
1 RU Rack Mount |
| Power over Ethernet (PoE) Ports |
N/A |
24 (16x 802.3af/at, 8x 802.3af/at/4-pair 60W) |
24 (802.3af/at) |
| PoE Power Budget |
N/A |
421 W |
421 W |
| Mean Time Between Failures |
> 10 years |
> 10 years |
> 10 years |
| Switching Capacity (Duplex) |
128 Gbps |
172 Gbps |
128 Gbps |
| Packets Per Second (Duplex) |
190 Mpps |
255 Mpps |
190 Mpps |
| MAC Address Storage |
32 K |
16 K |
16 K |
| Network Latency |
< 1µs |
< 1µs |
< 1µs |
| VLANs Supported |
4 K |
4 K |
4 K |
| Link Aggregation Group Size |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| Total Link Aggregation Groups |
Up to number of ports |
Up to number of ports |
Up to number of ports |
| Packet Buffers |
4 MB |
2 MB |
2 MB |
| Memory |
1 GB DDR4 |
1 GB DDR4 |
1 GB DDR4 |
| Flash |
256 MB |
256 MB |
256 MB |
| ACL |
1.5k |
1k |
1k |
| Spanning Tree Instances |
32 |
32 |
32 |
| Route Entries (IPv4/IPv6) |
16k/8k |
1k/1k |
1k/1k |
| Multicast Route Entries |
4k |
1k |
1k |
| Host Entries (IPv4/IPv6) |
16k/7k |
5k/2.4k |
5k/2.4k |
| Height x Depth x Width (inches) |
1.75 x 7.87 x 17.3 |
1.73 x 16.14 x 17.3 |
1.75 x 16.14 x 17.3 |
| Height x Depth x Width (mm) |
44 x 200 x 440 |
44 x 410 x 440 |
44 x 410 x 440 |
| Weight |
5.62 lbs (2.55 kg) |
13.00 lbs (5.9 kg) |
12.72 lbs (5.77 kg) |
| Power Required |
100–240V AC, 50/60 Hz |
100–240V AC, 50/60 Hz |
100–240V AC, 50/60 Hz |
| Power Supply |
AC built in |
AC built in |
AC built in |
| Redundant Power |
Redundant AC |
Redundant AC |
Redundant AC |
| Power Consumption* (Average / Maximum) |
36 W / 38 W |
441 W / 442 W |
431.2 W / 433.7 W |
| Heat Dissipation |
132.5 BTU/h |
132.734 BTU/h |
117.2 BTU/h |
| Operating Temperature |
32°F to 122°F (0°C to 50°C) |
32°F to 122°F (0°C to 50°C) |
32°F to 122°F (0°C to 50°C) |
| Storage Temperature |
-4°F to 158°F (-20°C to 70°C) |
-4°F to 158°F (-20°C to 70°C) |
-40°F to 158°F (-40°C to 70°C) |
| Humidity |
5% to 95% non-condensing |
5% to 95% non-condensing |
5% to 95% non-condensing |
| Air-Flow Direction |
side-to-side |
side-to-back |
side-to-back |
| Noise Level |
32.8 dBA |
35 dBA |
30.9 dBA |
|
FCC, CE, RCM, VCCI, BSMI, UL, CB, RoHS2 |
| Fortinet Warranty |
Limited lifetime warranty on all models |
* PoE models power consumption is similar to non-PoE model if PoE is not in use.
Software Features:
Refer to the FortiSwitch Feature Matrix for details about the features supported by each FortiSwitch model.
Fortiswitch Fortilink Mode (With FortiGate)
Management and Configuration
- Auto Discovery of Multiple Switches
- Automated detection and recommendations
- Centralized VLAN Configuration
- Dynamic Port Profiles for FortiSwitch ports
- FortiLink Secure Fabric
- FortiLink Stacking (Auto Inter-Switch Links)
- FortiSwitch Management over VXLAN
- Health Monitoring
- IGMP Snooping
- L3 Routing and Services (FortiGate)
- Link Aggregation Configuration
- LLDP/MED
- Managed Switches 8 to 300 depending on FortiGate model
- Policy-Based Routing (FortiGate)
- Provision firmware upon authorization
- Software Upgrade of Switches
- Spanning Tree
- Switch POE Control
- Virtual Domain (FortiGate)
High Availability
- Active-Active Split LAG from FortiGate to FortiSwitches for Advanced Redundancy
- LAG support for FortiLink Connection
- Support FortiLink FortiGate in HA Cluster
Security and Visibility
- 802.1X Authentication (Port-based, MAC-based, MAB)
- Block Intra-VLAN Traffic
- Clients Monitoring
- Device Detection
- DHCP/ARP Monitor
- DHCP Snooping
- FortiGuard IoT identification
- FortiSwitch recommendations in Security Rating
- Host Quarantine on Switch Port
- Integrated FortiGate Network Access Control (NAC) function
- MAC Black/While Listing (FortiGate)
- NAC Device Telemetry
- Network Device Detection
- Policy Control of Users and Devices (FortiGate)
- Port Statistics
- Security Fabric Automation
- Switch Controller traffic collector
- Syslog Collection
UTM Features
- Firewall (FortiGate)
- IPC, AV, Application Control, Botnet (FortiGate)
Fortiswitch
Layer 2
- Auto-negotiation for Port Speed and Duplex
- Auto topology
- Dynamically shared packet buffers
- Edge Port / Port Fast
- IEEE 802.1ad QinQ
- IEEE 802.1AX Link Aggregation
- IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridging/STP
- IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging
- IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
- IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
- IEEE 802.3 10Base-T
- IEEE 802.3ab 1000Base-T
- IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP
- IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3ba, 802.3bj, and 802.3bm 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3bz Multi Gigabit Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications
- IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX
- IEEE 802.3x Flow Control and Back-pressure
- IEEE 802.3z 1000Base-SX/LX
- Ingress Pause Metering
- Jumbo Frames
- LAG min/max bundle
- Loop Guard
- MAC, IP, Ethertype-based VLANs
- MDI/MDIX Auto-crossover
- Per-port storm control
- Priority-based Flow Control (802.1Qbb)
- Private VLAN
- Rapid PVST interoperation
- Spanning Tree Instances (MSTP/CST)
- Split Port
- Storm Control
- STP BPDU Guard
- STP Root Guard
- Time-Domain Reflectcometry (TDR) Support
- Unicast/Multicast traffic balance over trunking port (dst-ip, dst-mac, src-dst-ip, src-dst-mac, src-ip, src-mac)
- Virtual-Wire
- VLAN Mapping
Services
- IGMP proxy / querier
- IGMP Snooping
- MLD proxy / querier
- MLD Snooping
Layer 3
- Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
- DHCP Relay
- DHCP server
- Dynamic Routing Protocols: OSPFv2, RIPv2, VRRP, BGP, ISIS *
- ECMP
- Filtering routemaps based on routing protocol
- IP conflict detection and notification
- IPv6 route filtering
- Multicast Protocols: PIM-SSM *
- Static Routing (Hardware-based)
- Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding - uRPF
Security and Visibility
- ACL
- ACL Multiple Ingress
- ACL Multistage
- ACL Schedule
- Admin Authentication Via RFC 2865 RADIUS
- Assign VLANs via Radius attributes (RFC 4675)
- DHCP-Snooping
- Dynamic ARP Inspection
- Flow Export (NetFlow and IPFIX)
- IEEE 802.1ab Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
- IEEE 802.1ab LLDP-MED
- IEEE 802.1ae MAC Security (MAC Sec)
- IEEE 802.1X Authentication MAC-based
- IEEE 802.1X Authentication Port-based
- IEEE 802.1X Dynamic VLAN Assignment
- IEEE 802.1X EAP pass-through
- IEEE 802.1X Guest and Fallback VLAN
- IEEE 802.1X MAC Access Bypass (MAB)
- IEEE 802.1X open auth
- IP source guard
- IPv6 RA Guard
- LLDP-MED ELIN support
- MAC-IP Binding
- Per-port and per-VLAN MAC learning limit
- Port Mirroring
- Radius Accounting
- Radius CoA (Change of Authority)
- sFlow
- Sticky MAC and MAC Limit
- Wake on LAN
High Availability
- Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation (MCLAG)
Quality of Service
- Egress priority tagging
- Explicit Congestion Notification
- IEEE 1588 PTP (Transparent and Boundary Clock)
- IEEE 802.1p Based Priority Queuing
- IP TOS/DSCP Based Priority Queuing
- Percentage Rate Control
Management
- Automation Stitches
- Display Average Bandwidth and Allow Sorting on Physical Port / Interface Traffic
- Dual Firmware Support
- HTTP / HTTPS
- IPv4 and IPv6 Management
- Link Monitor
- Managed from FortiGate
- Packet Capture
- POE Control Modes
- Provide warning if L2 table is getting full
- RMON Group 1
- SNMP v1/v2c/v3
- SNMP v3 traps
- SNTP
- Software download/upload: TFTP/FTP/GUI
- SPAN, RSPAN, and ERSPAN
- Standard CLI and Web GUI Interface
- Support for HTTP REST APIs for Configuration and Monitoring
- Syslog UDP/TCP
- System alias command
- System Temperature and Alert
- Telnet / SSH
* Requires ‘Advanced Features’ License.
All Fortiswitch Models (RFC and MIB Support*)
BFD
- RFC 5880: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
- RFC 5881: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for IPv4 and IPv6 (Single Hop)
- RFC 5882: Generic Application of Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
BGP
- RFC 1771: A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
- RFC 1965: Autonomous System Confederations for BGP
- RFC 1997: BGP Communities Attribute
- RFC 2545: Use of BGP-4 Multiprotocol Extensions for IPv6 Inter-Domain Routing
- RFC 2796: BGP Route Reflection - An Alternative to Full Mesh IBGP
- RFC 2842: Capabilities Advertisement with BGP-4
- RFC 2858: Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
- RFC 4271: BGP-4
- RFC 6286: Autonomous-System-Wide Unique BGP Identifier for BGP-4
- RFC 6608: Subcodes for BGP Finite State Machine Error
- RFC 6793: BGP Support for Four-Octet Autonomous System (AS) Number Space
- RFC 7606: Revised Error Handling for BGP UPDATE Messages
- RFC 7607: Codification of AS 0 Processing
- RFC 7705: Autonomous System Migration Mechanisms and Their Effects on the BGP AS_PATH Attribute
- RFC 8212: Default External BGP (EBGP) Route Propagation Behavior without Policies
- RFC 8654: Extended Message Support for BGP
DHCP
- RFC 2131: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- RFC 3046: DHCP Relay Agent Information Option
- RFC 7513: Source Address Validation Improvement (SAVI) Solution for DHCP
IP/IPv4
- RFC 2697: A Single Rate Three Color Marker
- RFC 3168: The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
- RFC 5227: IPv4 Address Conflict Detection
- RFC 5517: Cisco Systems' Private VLANs: Scalable Security in a Multi-Client Environment
- RFC 7039: Source Address Validation Improvement (SAVI) Framework
IP Multicast
- RFC 2710: Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6 (MLDv1)
- RFC 3569: An Overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)
- RFC 4541: Considerations for Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping Switches
- RFC 4605: Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)/Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD)-Based Multicast Forwarding (“IGMP/MLD Proxying”)
- RFC 4607: Source-Specific Multicast for IP
IPv6
- RFC 2464: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
- RFC 2474: Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the and IPv6 Headers (DSCP)
- RFC 2893: Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
- RFC 4213: Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Router
- RFC 4291: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
- RFC 4443: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
- RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
- RFC 4862: IPv6 Stateless Address Auto configuration
- RFC 5095: Deprecation of Type 0 Routing Headers in IPv6
- RFC 6724: Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
- RFC 7113: IPv6 RA Guard
- RFC 8200: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
- RFC 8201: Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
IS-IS
- RFC 1195: Use of OSI IS-IS for Routing in TCP/IP and Dual Environments
- RFC 5308: Routing IPv6 with IS-IS
MIB
- RFC 1213: MIB II parts that apply to FortiSwitch 100 units
- RFC 1354: IP Forwarding Table MIB
- RFC 1493: Bridge MIB
- RFC 1573: SNMP MIB II
- RFC 1643: Ethernet-like Interface MIB
- RFC 1724: RIPv2-MIB
- RFC 1850: OSPF Version 2 Management Information Base
- RFC 2233: The Interfaces Group MIB using SMIv2
- RFC 2618: Radius-Auth-Client-MIB
- RFC 2620: Radius-Acc-Client-MIB
- RFC 2665: Definitions of Managed Objects for the Ethernet-like Interface Types
- RFC 2674: Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges with Traffic Classes, Multicast Filtering and Virtual LAN extensions
- RFC 2787: Definitions of Managed Objects for the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
- RFC 2819: Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base
- RFC 2863: The Interfaces Group MIB
- RFC 2932: IPv4 Multicast Routing MIB
- RFC 2934: Protocol Independent Multicast MIB for IPv4
- RFC 3289: Management Information Base for the Differentiated Services Architecture
- RFC 3433: Entity Sensor Management Information Base
- RFC 3621: Power Ethernet MIB
- RFC 6933: Entity MIB (Version 4)
OSPF
- RFC 1583: OSPF version 2
- RFC 1765: OSPF Database Overflow
- RFC 2328: OSPF version 2
- RFC 2370: The OSPF Opaque LSA Option
- RFC 2740: OSPF for IPv6
- RFC 3101: The OSPF Not-So-Stubby Area (NSSA) Option
- RFC 3137: OSPF Stub Router Advertisement
- RFC 3623: OSPF Graceful Restart
- RFC 5340: OSPF for IPv6 (OSPFv3)
- RFC 5709: OSPFv2 HMAC-SHA Cryptographic Authentication
- RFC 6549: OSPFv2 Multi-Instance Extensions
- RFC 6845: OSPF Hybrid Broadcast and Point-to-Multipoint Interface Type
- RFC 6860: Hiding Transit-Only Networks in OSPF
- RFC 7474: Security Extension for OSPFv2 When Using Manual Key Management
- RFC 7503: OSPF for IPv6
- RFC 8042: CCITT Draft Recommendation T.4
- RFC 8362: OSPFv3 Link State Advertisement (LSA) Extensibility
OTHER
- RFC 2030: SNTP
- RFC 3176: InMon Corporation's sFlow: A Method for Monitoring Traffic in Switched and Routed Networks
- RFC 3768: VRRP
- RFC 3954: Cisco Systems NetFlow Services Export Version 9
- RFC 5101: Specification of the IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Protocol for the Exchange of Flow Information
- RFC 5798: VRRPv3 (IPv4 and IPv6)
RADIUS
- RFC 2865: Admin Authentication Using RADIUS
- RFC 2866: RADIUS Accounting
- RFC 4675: RADIUS Attributes for Virtual LAN and Priority Support
- RFC 5176: Dynamic Authorization Extensions to Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)
RIP
- RFC 1058: Routing Information Protocol
- RFC 2080: RIPng for IPv6
- RFC 2082: RIP-2 MD5 Authentication
- RFC 2453: RIPv2
- RFC 4822: RIPv2 Cryptographic Authentication
SNMP
- RFC 1157: SNMPv1/v2c
- RFC 2571: Architecture for Describing SNMP
- RFC 2572: SNMP Message Processing and Dispatching
- RFC 2573: SNMP Applications
- RFC 2576: Coexistence between SNMP versions
* RFC and MIB supported by FortiSwitch Operating System. Check FortiSwitch Feature Matrix for model specific support.
