Fim-7921F Interface Module; Fpm-7620F Processor Module - Fortinet FortiGate-7000F Series System Manual

FortiGate-7000F chassis

FIM-7921F interface module

The FIM-7921F interface module is a hot swappable module that provides data, management, and session
sync/heartbeat interfaces, base b ackplane switching, hardware acceleration, and fabric backplane session-aware load
balancing for a FortiGate-7000F series chassis. The FIM-7921F includes an integrated switch fabric, five NP7
processors to load balance millions of data sessions over the FortiGate-7000F 400Gbps fabric backplane channel to
FPM processor modules. The FIM-7921F also includes a 50Gbps base backplane channel for base backplane
management communication with each FPM in the chassis, one 1Tbps fabric backplane channel for fabric backplane
communication with the other FIM in the chassis, and a second 50Gbps base backplane channel for base backplane
communication with the other FIM in the chassis. The FIM-7921F also includes two 4 TByte SSD log disks in a RAID-1
configuration. The SSDs are accessible from the FIM-7921F front panel but should not be removed.
The FIM-7921F can be installed in any FortiGate-7000F series chassis in chassis hub/switch slots 1 or 2. The FIM-
7921F includes eighteen front panel 100GigE QSFP28 fabric channel data network interfaces (1 to 18) and two 400GigE
QSFP-DD fabric channel data network interfaces (19 and 20). Interfaces 1 to 18 can be connected to 100Gbps data
networks. Interfaces 19 and 20 can be connected to 400Gbps data networks. Y ou can also change the interface type of
interfaces 19 and 20 and change the speeds of all of the data interfaces.
The FIM-7921F also includes two 100 GigE QSFP28 base channel management interfaces (M1 and M2) and two 25
GigE SPF28 base channel management interfaces (M3 and M4). The management interfaces can be used for HA
heartbeat communication and session synchronization between two chassis in HA mode or for other management
functions such as remote logging. Y ou can also change the speeds of the management interfaces.
The FIM-7921F includes a console port to provide console access to the FIM-7921F CLI.
FIM-7921F front panel
Status, alarm
HA, and power
LEDS
Power Console
Slider port
Secure Module
Screw Lever
Power and
USB
NMI buttons
MGMT1 and MGMT2
10/100/1000BASE-T copper
management interfaces

FPM-7620F processor module

The FPM-7620F processor module is a high-performance worker module that processes sessions load balanced to it by
FIMs over the chassis fabric backplane. The FPM-7620F includes two 400Gbps data connections to the FIMs over the
FortiGate-7121F System Guide
1 to 18
100/40GigE fabric channel
QSFP28 data network
interfaces
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19 and 20
400/100GigE fabric channel
QSFP-DD data network
interfaces
M1 and M2
100/40GigE base
channel QSFP28
management
interfaces
M3 and M4 25/10GigE base
channel SFP28 management interfaces
SSD
log
disks
Power
Slider
Module Secure
Lever Screw
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