The Fortinet FortiSwitch 424E-FIBER is a 1U rack-mountable, managed Layer 2/3 switch with 24 Gigabit Ethernet SFP ports, 4 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ uplinks, a switching capacity of 128 Gbps, and a forwarding rate of 204 Mpps. It features 1 GB of RAM, 256 MB of flash memory, and a management RJ-45 console port.

Key Specifications

• Model: FortiSwitch 424E-FIBER
• Management: Managed, Layer 2/3
• Switching Capacity: 128 Gbps
• Forwarding Rate: 204 Mpps (Million packets per second)
• MAC Address Table Size: 32K entries
• Latency: Less than 1 microsecond (< 1µs)
• Memory: 1 GB RAM, 256 MB Flash
• Ports:
  • Network: 24 x 1 Gigabit Ethernet SFP ports
  • Uplink: 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ ports
  • Management: 1 x RJ45 serial console, 1 x 1 Gigabit RJ45 management port

• Form Factor: 1U Rack-Mountable

Key Features

• FortiGate Integration: Tightly integrated with the Fortinet Security Fabric via FortiLink, allowing management from the FortiGate interface.
• High-Speed Connectivity: Provides high-throughput connections with 24 Gigabit SFP ports and 4 10 Gigabit SFP+ uplinks for backbone connections.
• Scalable Infrastructure: Designed for network scalability and capable of supporting complex network architectures.

Compatible Transceivers:

The Fortinet FortiSwitch 424E-FIBER has two types of transceiver ports: 24 SFP ports for Gigabit Ethernet (1G) connections and four SFP+ ports for 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10G) uplinks. The SFP+ ports are backward compatible and can also accept 1G SFP transceivers.

Compatible transceiver types

For 1G SFP ports:

• FS-TRAN-FX (100Base-FX): A specific Fortinet 100 Mbps fiber optic transceiver.
• FN-TRAN-SX (1000Base-SX): A common 1G SFP for multimode fiber connections, with a range of up to 550m.
• FN-TRAN-LX (1000Base-LX): A 1G SFP for single-mode fiber, with a range of up to 10km.

For 10G SFP+ uplink ports:

• FN-TRAN-SFP+SR (10GBASE-SR): For short-range multimode fiber connections, with a typical range of 300m over OM3 fiber.
• FN-TRAN-SFP+LR (10GBASE-LR): For long-range single-mode fiber connections, with a range of up to 10km.
• FN-TRAN-SFP+ER (10GBASE-ER): For extended-range single-mode fiber connections, with a range of up to 40km.
• FN-TRAN-SFP+ZR (10GBASE-ZR): For single-mode fiber connections with a maximum reach of 80km.
• FN-TRAN-SFP+BD (BiDi): Bi-directional SFP+ transceivers for 10km connections over a single fiber strand.
• FN-TRAN-SFP+GC (10GBASE-T): A 10G SFP+ module for copper ethernet cables, with a range of up to 30m over Cat6a cabling.