FIM-7901E interface module
FortiGate-7030E
FIM-7901E interface module
The FIM-7901E interface module is a hot swappable module that provides data, management and session
sync/heartbeat interfaces, base backplane switching and fabric backplane session-aware load balancing for a
FortiGate-7000 chassis. The FIM-7901E includes an integrated switch fabric and DP2 processors to load balance
millions of data sessions over the chassis fabric backplane to FPM processor modules.
The FIM-7901E can be installed in any FortiGate-7000 series chassis in hub/switch slots 1 and 2. The FIM-7901E
provides thirty-two 10GigE small form-factor pluggable plus (SPF+) interfaces for a FortiGate-7000 chassis.
You can also install FIM-7901Es in a second chassis and operate the chassis in HA mode with another set of
processor modules to provide chassis failover protection.
FIM-7901E front panel
The FIM-7901E includes the following hardware features:
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Thirty-two front panel 10GigE SFP+ fabric channel interfaces (A1 to A32). These interfaces are connected to
10Gbps networks to distribute sessions to the FPM processor modules installed in chassis slots 3 and up. These
interfaces can also be configured to operate as Gigabit Ethernet interfaces using SFP transceivers. These
interfaces also support creating link aggregation groups (LAGs) that can include interfaces from both FIM-7901Es.
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Two front panel 10GigE SFP+ interfaces (M1 and M2) that connect to the base backplane channel. These
interfaces are used for heartbeat, session sync, and management communication between FIM-7901Es in different
chassis. These interfaces can also be configured to operate as Gigabit Ethernet interfaces using SFP transceivers,
but should not normally be changed. If you use switches to connect these interfaces, the switch ports should be
able to accept packets with a maximum frame size of at least 1526. The M1 and M2 interfaces need to be on
different broadcast domains. If M1 and M2 are connected to the same switch, Q-in-Q must be enabled on the
switch.
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Four 10/100/1000BASE-T out of band management Ethernet interfaces (MGMT1 to MGMT4).
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One 80Gbps fabric backplane channel for traffic distribution with each FPM module installed in the same chassis as
the FIM-7901E.
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One 1Gbps base backplane channel for base backplane with each FPM module installed in the same chassis as the
FIM-7901E.
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One 40Gbps fabric backplane channel for fabric backplane communication with the other FIM-7901E in the chassis.
FortiGate-7000
Fortinet Technologies Inc.
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