Interfaces: 8x 5GE RJ45 (1/2.5/5GE multi-speed); 8x 10GE SFP+; 4x GE SFP; 1x MGMT, 1x HA (RJ45); USB; console
Form Factor: 1 RU rack-mount appliance
Curation Review
✔ Pros:Strong firewall throughput for a 1 RU appliance; 8x 10GE SFP+ ports for high-speed uplinks; 11M concurrent sessions and 400K new sessions/sec; Dual redundant AC power supplies (1+1); Integrates with the Fortinet Security Fabric and FortiGuard security services
✘ Cons:Threat prevention throughput (6 Gbps) is far below firewall throughput, so full inspection performance is much lower than headline numbers; Security services (UTM, FortiCare) are licensed separately and add substantial cost; Only 2,000 gateway-to-gateway IPsec tunnels, which may limit large VPN deployments; No PoE, so it cannot power APs or phones directly; Hardware price is well above entry-level FortiGate models