Technical Tip: FortiGate 9xG Gen2 series faceplate does not show status for x1 and x2 port
| Description | This article describes a cosmetic bug that has been observed on FortiGate 90/91G Gen2 series, where the GUI faceplate does not show the status for port x1 and x2 after the changes mentioned in the article below: |
| Scope | FortiGate 90G, FortiGate 91G (Generation 2). |
| Solution | On the GUI, the faceplate will show as wan1 and wan2, despite FortiGate 90/91G being equipped with x1 and x2 ports. The ports will be greyed out while the interface list will show that ports x1 and x2 are connected:
This has been confirmed as a cosmetic bug on the FortiGate 90G and FortiGate 91G Generation 2, and there is no impact on traffic processing.
Workaround:
diagnose hardware deviceinfo nic x1 diagnose hardware deviceinfo nic x2 get system interface
Important note: Because of the naming difference between 90G Gen1 and Gen2, it is not possible to setup an HA Cluster using devices of the two different generations. For example, a FGT-90G Gen1 with a FGT-90G Gen2. This is related to the port name difference as described above as Gen1 uses wan1/wan2 whereas the Gen2 interfaces changed to x1/x2. |
