Fortinet FortiGate 7121F
Scalable Data Center and Carrier-Graded Security Systems

Deployment

Next Generation Firewall (NGFW)

• Reduce the complexity and maximize your ROI by integrating threat protection security capabilities into a single high-performance network security appliance, powered by Fortinet's Security Processing Unit (SPU)
• Full visibility into users, devices, applications across the entire attack surface and consistent security policy enforcement irrespective of asset location
• Protect against network exploitable vulnerabilities with Industry-validated IPS security effectiveness, low latency and optimized network performance
• Automatically block threats on decrypted traffic using the Industry's highest SSL inspection performance, including the latest TLS 1.3 standard with mandated ciphers
• Proactively block newly discovered sophisticated attacks in real-time with AI-powered FortiGuard Labs and advanced threat protection services included in the Fortinet Security Fabric

Segmentation

• Segmentation that adapts to any network topology, delivering end-to-end security from the branch level to data centers and extending to multiple clouds
• Reduce security risks by improving network visibility from the components of the Fortinet Security Fabric, which adapt access permissions to current levels of trust and enforce access control effectively and efficiently
• Delivers defense in depth security powered by highperformance L7 inspection and remediation by Fortinet's SPU, while delivering third party validated TCO of per protected Mbps
• Protects critical business applications and helps implement any compliance requirements without network redesigns

Mobile Security for 4G, 5G and IOT

• SPU accelerated, high performance CGNAT and IPv4 and IPv6 traffic, for 4G SGi LAN and 5G N6 security
• User plane security enabled by full Threat Protection and visibility into GTP-U inspection
• 4G and 5G security for user and data plane traffic SCTP, GTP-U/C and SIP that provides protection against attacks
• 4G and 5G cores IoT signaling storm protection
• High-speed interfaces to enable deployment flexibility

IPS

• Purpose-built security processors delivering industry validated IPS performance with high throughput and low latency
• Deploy virtual patches at the network level to protect against network exploitable vulnerabilities and optimize network protection time
• Deep packet inspection at wire speeds offers unparalleled threat visibility into network traffic including traffic encrypted with the latest TLS 1.3
• Proactively block newly discovered sophisticated attacks in real-time with advanced threat protection provided by the intelligence services of the Fortinet Security Fabric

Hardware

Content Processor

Fortinet's ninth generation custom SPU CP9 content processor works outside of the direct flow of traffic and accelerates the inspection.

Powered by SPU

• Fortinet's custom SPU processors deliver the power you need to detect malicious content at multi-Gigabit speeds
• Other security technologies cannot protect against today's wide range of content- and connectionbased threats because they rely on general-purpose CPUs, causing a dangerous performance gap
• SPU processors provide the performance needed to block emerging threats, meet rigorous third-party certifications, and ensure that your network security solution does not become a network bottleneck

Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

The FortiGate 7121F Series features a dedicated module that hardens physical networking appliances by generating, storing, and authenticating cryptographic keys. Hardwarebased security mechanisms protect against malicious software and phishing attacks.

Network Processor

Fortinet's new, breakthrough SPU NP7 network processor works inline with FortiOS functions delivering:

• Superior firewall performance for IPv4/IPv6, SCTP and multicast traffic with ultra-low latency
• VPN, CAPWAP, and IP tunnel acceleration
• Anomaly-based intrusion prevention, checksum offload, and packet defragmentation
• Traffic shaping and priority queuing

Specifications:

^* Performance specifications for FG-7121F are based on 10 FPM combination.

¹ IPsec VPN performance test uses AES256-SHA256.

² IPS (Enterprise Mix), Application Control, NGFW and Threat Protection are measured with Logging enabled.

³ SSL Inspection performance values use an average of HTTPS sessions of different cipher suites.

⁴ NGFW performance is measured with Firewall, IPS and Application Control enabled.

⁵ Threat Protection performance is measured with Firewall, IPS, Application Control, URL filtering, and Malware Protection with sandboxing enabled.

⁶ Measured with VPN load balancing.

⁷ Measured on single FPM only

Documentation:

Download the Fortinet FortiGate 7121F (PDF).