Fortinet FortiGate 7040E-9
Scalable Data Center and Carrier-Graded Security Systems

Overview:

The FortiGate 7000E series delivers high performance next generation firewall (NGFW) capabilities for large enterprises and service providers. With multiple high-speed interfaces, high-port density, and highthroughput, ideal deployments are at the enterprise edge, hybrid data center core, and across internal segments. Leverage industry-leading IPS, SSL inspection, and advanced threat protection to optimize your network’s performance. Fortinet’s Security-Driven Networking approach provides tight integration of the network to the new generation of security.

Security

• Identifies thousands of applications inside network traffic for deep inspection and granular policy enforcement
• Protects against malware, exploits, and malicious websites in both encrypted and non-encrypted traffic
• Prevents and detects against known attacks using continuous threat intelligence from AI-powered FortiGuard Labs security services
• Proactively blocks unknown sophisticated attacks in realtime with the Fortinet Security Fabric integrated AI-powered FortiSandbox

Performance

• Engineered for Innovation using Fortinet’s purpose-built security processors (SPU) to deliver the industry’s best threat protection performance and ultra-low latency
• Provides industry-leading performance and protection for SSL encrypted traffic including the first firewall vendor to provide TLS 1.3 deep inspection

Certification

• Independently tested and validated best security effectiveness and performance
• Received unparalleled third-party certifications from NSS Labs, ICSA, Virus Bulletin, and AV Comparatives

Networking

• Application aware routing with in-built SD-WAN capabilities to achieve consistent application performance and the best user experience
• Built-in advanced routing capabilities to deliver high performance with encrypted IPsec tunnels at scale

Management

• Includes a management console that is effective and simple to use, which provides a comprehensive network of automation & visibility
• Provides Zero Touch Provisioning leveraging Single Pane of Glass Management powered by the Fabric Management Center
• Predefined compliance checklists analyze the deployment and highlight best practices to improve the overall security posture

Security Fabric

• Enables Fortinet and Fabric-ready partners’ products to provide broader visibility, integrated end-to-end detection, threat intelligence sharing, and automated remediation
• Automatically builds Network Topology visualizations which discover IoT devices and provide complete visibility into Fortinet and Fabric-ready partner products

Deployment:

Figure 1: FortiGate 7000 Series deployment in large campus networks (NGFW, ISFW)

Figure 2: FortiGate 7000 Series deployment in data center (DCFW/NGFW, ISFW)

Next Generation Firewall (NGFW)

• Security gateway to the Internet for enterprises.
• Enforce security policies with granular control and visibility of users and devices for thousands of discrete applications.
• Identify and stop threats with powerful intrusion prevention beyond port and protocol that examines the actual content of your network traffic.

Internal Segmentation Firewall (ISFW)

• Segmentation solution for end-to-end protection against threats while meeting compliance requirements.
• High port density and accelerated traffic processing capacity, to protect multiple segments without compromising performance.
• Deploy transparently and rapidly into existing environments with minimal disruption.

Data Center Firewall (DCFW)

• High availability, high throughput and low latency for data center edge and core.
• High session scale for accommodating large network and user traffic for internet and cloud facing data centers.
• High speed Interfaces for future-proof connectivity while compact size contributes to greener data centers.

Hardware:

FortiGate 7040E

Next Generation 6U 19-inch 4-slot rack mount chassis with Fortinet Processor Modules (FPM) and Fortinet Interface Modules (FIM).

Software:

FortiOS

Control all the security and networking capabilities across the entire FortiGate platform with one intuitive operating system. Reduce operating expenses and save time with a truly consolidated next generation security platform.

• A truly consolidated platform with one OS for all security and networking services for all FortiGate platforms.
• Industry-leading protection: NSS Labs Recommended, VB100, AV Comparatives and ICSA validated security and performance.
• Control thousands of applications, block the latest exploits, and filter web traffic based on millions of real-time URL ratings.
• Detect, contain and block advanced attacks automatically in minutes with integrated advanced threat protection framework.
• Solve your networking needs with extensive routing, switching, WiFi, LAN and WAN capabilities.
• Activate all the ASIC-boosted capabilities you need on the fastest firewall platform available.

Services:

FortiGuard Security Services

FortiGuard Labs offers real-time intelligence on the threat landscape, delivering comprehensive security updates across the full range of Fortinet's solutions. Comprised of security threat researchers, engineers, and forensic specialists, the team collaborates with the world's leading threat monitoring organizations, other network and security vendors, as well as law enforcement agencies:

• Real-time Updates — 24x7x365 Global Operations research security intelligence, distributed via Fortinet Distributed Network to all Fortinet platforms.
• Security Research — FortiGuard Labs have discovered over 170 unique zero-day vulnerabilities to date, totaling millions of automated signature updates monthly
• Validated Security Intelligence — Based on FortiGuard intelligence, Fortinet's network security platform is tested and validated by the world's leading third-party testing labs and customers globally.

FortiCare Support Services

Our FortiCare customer support team provides global technical support for all Fortinet products. With support staff in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia, FortiCare offers services to meet the needs of enterprises of all sizes:

• Enhanced Support — For customers who need support during local business hours only.
• Comprehensive Support — For customers who need around- the-clock mission critical support, including advanced exchange hardware replacement.
• Advanced Services — For global or regional customers who need an assigned Technical Account Manager, enhanced service level agreements, extended software support, priority escalation, on-site visits and more.
• Professional Services — For customers with more complex security implementations that require architecture and design services, implementation and deployment services, operational services and more.

Enterprise Bundle

FortiGuard Labs delivers a number of security intelligence services to augment the FortiGate firewall platform. You can easily optimize the protection capabilities of your FortiGate with the FortiGuard Enterprise Bundle. This bundle contains the full set of FortiGuard security services plus FortiCare service and support offering the most flexibility and broadest range of protection all in one package.

Specifications:

FortiGate 7040E Specifications
Hardware Specifications
Module Slots	4
Shelf Manager	1
System Performance and Capacity
Firewall Throughput (1518 / 512 / 64 byte, UDP)	315 / 310 / 200 Gbps
Firewall Latency (64 byte UDP packets)	7 μs
Firewall Throughput (Packets Per Second)	330 Mpps
Concurrent Sessions (TCP)	160 Million
New Sessions/Second (TCP)	950,000
Firewall Policies	200,000
IPsec VPN Throughput(512 byte packets)	100 Gbps
Gateway-to-Gateway IPsecVPN Tunnels	40,000
Client-to-Gateway IPsecVPN Tunnels	64,000
SSL-VPN Throughput	N/A
Concurrent SSL-VPN Users(Recommended Maximum)	N/A
IPS Throughput (HTTP / Enterprise Mix) 1	140 / 60 Gbps
SSL Inspection Throughput 2	50 Gbps
Application Control Throughput 3	80 Gbps
NGFW Throughput 4	50 Gbps
Threat Protection Throughput 5	40 Gbps
CAPWAP Throughput 6	N/A
Virtual Domains (Default / Maximum)	10 / 500
Maximum Number of FortiAPs (Total / Tunnel Mode)	N/A
Maximum Number ofFortiTokens	5,000
Maximum Number ofRegistered FortiClients	20,000
High Availability Configurations	Inter-Chassis – Active-Passive and Active-Active
Dimensions
Height x Width x Length (inches)	10.4 x 17.3 x 25.6
Height x Width x Length (mm)	264 x 440 x 650
Weight	90.3 lbs (41 kg)
Power and Environment
Power Required	AC (configured with 3 PS by default, optionally an additional PS can be added for redundancy)
Power Consumption (Maximum / Average)*	2500 / 1800 W
Heat Dissipation (Maximum)*	8,530 BTU/h
Operating Temperature	32–104°F (0–40°C)
Storage Temperature	-31–158°F (-35–70°C)
Humidity	20–90% non-condensing
Compliance
Certifications	FCC, ICES, CE, RCM, VCCI, BSMI, UL/cUL, CB

Note: All performance values are "up to" and vary depending on system configuration. IPsec VPN performance is based on 512 byte UDP packets using AES-256+SHA1.
1. IPS performance is measured using 1 Mbyte HTTP and Enterprise Traffic Mix.
2. SSL Inspection is measured with IPS enabled and HTTP traffic, using TLS v1.2 with AES256-SHA.
3. Application Control performance is measured with 64 Kbytes HTTP traffic.
4. NGFW performance is measured with IPS and Application Control enabled, based on Enterprise Traffic Mix.
5. Threat Protection performance is measured with IPS and Application Control and Malware protection enabled, based on Enterprise Traffic Mix.
6. CAPWAP performance is based on 1444 byte UDP packets.

Documentation:

Download the Fortinet FortiGate 7000E Series Data Sheet (PDF).