Technical Tip: FortiGate 180xF supports 100Gbps

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Description

This article describes the FortiOS version that supports the 100Gbps speed option in FortiGate 180xF.

Scope

FortiGate 1800F, FortiGate 1801F.

Solution

For FortiGate 180xF products, it does not support the 100Gbps speed option before particular firmware versions, even though it has four QSFP28 slots from port37 to port40. Starting from FortiOS 7.0.16, 7.2.8, 7.4.1 and 7.6.1, the FortiGate 180xF supports 100Gbps.

config system interface

edit "port37"

set vdom "root"
set type physical
set mediatype sr4
set monitor-bandwidth enable
set snmp-index 41
set speed 100G

end

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